Category: 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...

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...

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...

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...

Years before I was diagnosed with cancer, I developed digestive trouble. I stopped eating wheat as it made me feel sick. Lo and behold, I stopped craving sugar (for a while). If you are someone who thinks they can’t possibly...

5 oz porridge oats 6 oz grated cheese 2 oz sunflower or olive oil 1 egg Half tsp crushed rosemary Salt and pepper Mix all the ingredients together and press into a 7”/8” shallow tin. Bake at 180C/350F/gas 4 for 40...

When I gave up wheat I found it all very well to eat a lot of fruit and veg, salads and soups but I often found myself scouring the kitchen for food in the late morning or mid afternoon because I felt hungry. What could I eat...