by Liz Baker | 7 Mar, 2016 | Book Reviews
This story is written from the perspective of Mira, a young girl of 12, whose beloved grandmother Josie, an artist and political activist who’s lived a happy and fulfilled life, is dying of cancer. It’s about how Nana and Mira deal with all that this involves...
by Liz Baker | 7 Mar, 2016 | Healthy Eating for People Affected by Cancer
Bowel Cancer UK would like you to contribute bowel-friendly recipes for publication on their website. They are looking for recipes that patients have found to be useful following treatment for bowel cancer or that has affected bowel habits. If you don’t have recipes,...
by Liz Baker | 7 Mar, 2016 | Healthy Eating for People Affected by Cancer
Some books recommend not frying your food as it changes the chemical composition of the food in a way that makes it more difficult to digest. I compromise: when frying onions for example, I put in a tablespoon full of oil with my chopped onions, add just enough water...
by Liz Baker | 7 Mar, 2016 | Healthy Eating for People Affected by Cancer
After breast cancer I read that it is advisable to cut down on a number of foods, for example milk products (to avoid hormones) and refined sugar (which is deemed to “feed” cancer). Easier said than done. By experimenting, I found that in my baking I can easily...
by Liz Baker | 7 Mar, 2016 | Healthy Eating for People Affected by Cancer
I like my cakes. I have cut down on my consumption of sweet things significantly since being diagnosed with breast cancer but haven’t cut it out completely. What I found a useful exercise is simply reducing the amount of sugar I put into a cake. First time I left out...
