While you are fighting breast cancer you need to make sure you provide the nutrition your body needs. There may be times you won’t feel like eating, treatments might leave you with nausea, and so having some easy to fix recipes that are nutritious is important. According to oncologist Gerald Miletello MD there are also foods that can help ease symptoms from your cancer treatment. And then let’s not forget about the foods that you should choose after breast cancer to stay healthy.

So what should you eat? There are many good breast cancer diets on the market. Diana Grant Dyer has been breast cancer free for 5 years now with tons of energy. She was a dietitian and she put herself to the biggest test – seeing if her diet worked, and it has been. One thing Diana recommends is that you should start slow, by changing just one component of your diet at a time; focus first on what seems easiest to you.

There’s also an excellent book on the market called Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During & After Treatment  written by Holly Clegg and oncologist Gerald Miletello. This book focuses on foods that are easily tolerated and easy to prepare. It is filled with great recipes, color photos, and a whole lot of other information. There are more than 250 recipes. There are recipes to treat diarrhea, nausea, recipes for those chemo days,

Dr. Miletello says, “This is a good, healthy cookbook that can be used by anyone to prepare everyday meals.”

There are many different breast cancer diets around. Spend a little time searching online and find something that feels right to you. Remember good nutrition is important during your treatments and after.