Geisinger dietician: Cancer diet — eat your way to recovery
There’s more to cancer treatment than chemotherapy and radiation. Your diet, believe it or not, also plays a vital role in fueling your treatment and recovery. A well-balanced cancer diet provides your body with essential nutrients it needs to repair and recover. It gives you energy, increases muscle tone and strengthens your immune system — which is often weakened by cancer treatments — to improve your body’s ability to fight cancer and fend off infection. A healthy side effect? A balanced diet also can help mitigate side effects from chemotherapy, radiation and other common ...