Posts Tagged ‘protein’
Chemo Over? Try These Foods for Healthy, Shiny Hair
Nutrition experts say that diet can affect how hair looks. Can food really fortify hair strands?
“Your hair grows about 1/4 to 1/2 inch every month, and the foundation of all of our new hair, skin, and nail growth is the nutrients we eat,” says Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, a Chicago-based dietitian.
If you want to eat your hair healthy, what foods should you choose? As with skin, omega-3 fatty acids moisturize and nourish from the inside out. Most of us don’t get enough omega-3s (good fats) and too many omega-6s (bad fats), so the hair can become dull and lackluster. Eat more salmon, sardines, almonds, flaxseed, beans, and walnuts. (more…)
I Have No Appetite on Chemo! Tips to Help Keep the Calories Up
“I just got back from Christmas,” says a caregiver on Cancercompass.com, “and I am just so sad. My dad who was diagnosed with EC [esophageal cancer] in November couldn’t eat his dinner.”
There’s no doubt that cancer, treatments, and side effects can make it harder for you to eat, and harder for your body to absorb nutrients from your food. “Our doctors have some amazing weapons in their arsenal when it comes to knocking out cancer,” says Heather Borsa, Oncology Dietitian at Elkhart General Hospital, Indiana. (more…)
