Cancer Prevention

• Healthy Snacks 

• Benefits of Good Nutrition 
• Increasing Fluid Intake 

• Suggestions for dealing with constipation 
• Food ideas to help with diarrhea 

Decreased Appetite

• Food Ideas to Help with Poor Appetite (Word document)

Nausea  

• Food Choices to Help Control Nausea 

Taste Changes 

• Food Ideas to Cope with Taste and Smell Changes (Word document)

Chewing and Swallowing 

• Help with Sore Mouth during Chemotherapy (Word document)

Specific Cancers

• Breast Cancer
• Natural Health Products and Breast Cancer ²⁰⁰⁸ 
• Nutrition Guide for Women with Breast Cancer  August 2010
• Nutrition Resources for Living with Breast Cancer 
• Patient Guidelines for the Prevention of Osteoporosis in Women March 2011 
• Prostate Cancer
• Preventing Osteoporosis for Men with Prostate Cancer 
• Nutrition Guide for Men with Prostate Cancer (Booklet)
• Nutrition Guide for Men with Prostate Cancer (Short Handout)
• Lung Cancer
• Nutrition and LungCancer 

 

The BC Cancer Agency also recommends these websites for more information:

http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/RecommendedLinks/typesofcancer/nutrition.htm
http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/RecommendedLinks/reliablecancersites.htm

 

Nutrition information from other organizations

Canadian Cancer Society Nutrition Booklets

The following informational booklets are available from the Canadian Cancer Society upon request from their Cancer Information Service at 1-888-939-3333.

Good Nutrition: a guide for people with cancer

This booklet provides information to help you maintain good nutrition with:
• Tips on how to make sure your body gets the nutrients it needs
• Ideas on how to cope with the side effects that may prevent you from eating properly
• Recipe ideas, and much more

Eat Well, Be Active:  what you can do

This booklet is based on Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating and Canada’s Physical Activity guide.  It will help you make changes to your eating and physical activity habits.  Adults of all ages can benefit.  Try the food tips and recipe ideas.  Enjoy the physical activity suggestions.