Good nutrition is important at all times of your life, but it is especially important in the context of cancer.
Following a healthy, well balanced diet as part of a healthy lifestyle can help prevent a cancer diagnosis.
If you have a cancer diagnosis, then the nutrition needs of your body are increased due to the cancer itself, as well as the treatment. Good nutrition during treatment and in the recovery period is focused on having adequate protein and energy so that you can maintain your weight, your strength and help to minimise side effects and speed up recovery. Once you have recovered from any treatment, the focus of good nutrition shifts back to following a healthy, well balanced diet and lifestyle.
There are many high quality resources available to help guide your nutrition needs at these different time points.
Victorian Cancer Malnutrition Collaborative (VCMC)
- Preventing weight loss for people with cancer - English
- Preventing weight loss for people with cancer - Arabic
- Preventing weight loss for people with cancer - Greek
- Preventing weight loss for people with cancer - Spanish
- Preventing weight loss for people with cancer - Croatian
- Preventing weight loss for people with cancer - Italian
- Preventing weight loss for people with cancer - Macedonian
- Preventing weight loss for people with cancer - Turkish
- Preventing weight loss for people with cancer - Vietnamese
- Preventing weight loss for people with cancer - Traditional Chinese (Cantonese)
- Preventing weight loss for people with cancer - Simplified Chinese (Mandarin)
Cancer Council Victoria
- Healthy eating to reduce cancer risk
- Following a healthy lifestyle: hints and tips
- Nutrition and Cancer: A guide for people with cancer, their families and friends
- Nutrition and exercise webinars
