Resources on Cancer and Eating

Cancer, Food and Nutrition:

What to Eat if You Have Cancer by Maureen Keane and Daniella Chace. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1996. This book is a guide to adding nutritional therapy to your cancer treatment plan. It has good explanations of the body, cancer and nutrition, how to use food to manage the nutritional side effects of treatment, and diet plans.

One Bite at a Time by Rebecca Katz. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 2004. This book is a must for your cookbook library. Though primarily a book of recipes of great dishes, it is loaded with tips and resources about cooking and nutrition for people with cancer. The recipes are delicious and are likely to appeal to the whole family.

Choices in Healing, by Michael Lerner, MIT Press, 1994. This book has great information on conventional and non-conventional nutritional therapies. Some of the non-conventional cancer diets he explores include the Gerson Diet, Macrobiotic Diet and Dr. Keith Block's Integrative Cancer Therapies program.

The Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care. www.blockmd.com, phone (847) 492-3040. Dr. Keith Block's program includes nutrition as a key component in his integrative therapies model. Diet and nutritional supplementation are a mainstay of the program.

The Center for Mind-Body Medicine: www.cmbm.org; 202-966-7338. This center trains health care professionals to use food as medicine as well as to become cancer guides. Contact them if you'd like information about health care providers in your area who have attended these trainings and are consulting with patients.

Some of the Cookbooks I Use:

F=Flexitarian recipes---include fish and chicken

Veg=Vegetarian

V=Vegan

F - One Bite at a Time by Rebecca Katz. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 2004.

Veg - The Ayurvedic Cookbook by Amadea Morningstar. Lotus Press, 1990.

Veg - A Life of Balance by Maya Tiwari. Healing Arts Press, 1995.

V - The Natural Gourmet by Annemarie Colbin. New York: Ballentine Books, 1996.

F - Cooking for Life by Robert Lehmann Dell Publishing, New York, 1997. This book was written for people with AIDS, but I find it very helpful for people with cancer, as much of his advice about cooking and eating for people with suppressed immune systems is useful. It includes recipes for when people have symptoms such as nausea, poor appetite, and diarrhea.

V - The Natural Foods Cookbook by Mary Estella. New York: Japan Publications, 1985.

Veg - Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites by the Moosewood Collective. New York: Clarkson-Potter, 1996.

V - The McDougall Program: 12 Days to Dynamic Health by John McDougall, Plume Books, 1990.

F - The Healthy Hedonist by Myra Kornfield. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005.

Veg - The What to Eat if You Have Cancer Cookbook by Maureen Keane and Daniella Chace. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1997.

F - The Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker. New York: Scribner, 1997. No, this is not a vegetarian cookbook and it's not necessarily a health supportive cookbook. But, it has great information about food, and how to work with ingredients, and cooking techniques. I refer to it at least once a week.

Magazines with Vegetarian Recipes:

Click on the Magazine name to link to its website

Vegetarian Times: P.O. Box 420235, Palm Coast, FL 32142-0235. Tel. (877) 717-8923 (US and Canada toll free) for subscriptions

Natural Health

Eating Well: 823A Ferry Rd. PO Box 1010, Charlotte, VT 05445, USA, Tel. (802) 425-5700 for subscriptions.

Veggie Life: Mailing Address: 1041 Shary Circle, Concord, CA 94518 Fax: (925) 671-0692 for subscriptions

Websites on nutrition, diet, menu planning and personal chefs:

http://www.eatingforalifetime.com Laura Pole's website for her education and consultation business "Eating for a Lifetime"

http://www.personalchef.com American Personal Chef Association

http://www.hireachef.com Hire a Chef service to find personal chef

http://www.mypyramid.gov USDA Food Pyramid. The USDA's website helping you use the new Food Pyramid to design you diet

http://www.aicr.org The American Institute for Cancer Research. Cancer and nutrition info.

http://www.eatright.org American Dietetic Association website

General Information

Center for Mind-Body Medicine

Find out the latest research, training and information about mind-body medicine, Food as Medicine and Cancer Guides from the http://www.cmbm.org website

Smith Farm Center for Healing and The Arts

A Washington, DC-based nonprofit health, education and creative arts organization that serves individuals, families and communities affected by cancer and other serious illness.http://www.smithfarm.com

Environmental Working Group

Report Card for Pesticides in Produce. Adjusting your eating habits can lower your intake of pesticides -- sometimes dramatically so. Substitute organic for conventional produce that is consistently contaminated with pesticides. When organic is not available, eat fruits and vegetables with consistently low pesticide loads. http://www.foodnews.org/reportcard.php