Healthy Eating To Support Cancer Healing

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Kathryn White, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.

If you’re currently living with cancer, eating a healthy diet can be a great place start supporting your healing process both during and after cancer. Healthy eating is very important for supporting your body and goes a long way towards rebuilding your health and even living a disease-free life. Therefore, to truly live the best lifestyle possible, it is important to start eating a more healthy diet. And, as they say, it is never too late and there is no time like the present.

Get rid of the temptations

A great first step when you want to start eating your way to health is to rid your home of all temptations that will distract you from following better eating habits. Ideally it would be wise to keep junk foods and beverages out of your house so as not be tempted to snack during the day. If you’re worried about getting hungry, keep healthy snacks like carrot sticks, yogurt, fresh fruit, or whole-wheat crackers on hand.

Learn what your body needs

Another great step to healthy eating, when you’re first starting the process, is to take a few moments to learn what foods are the healthiest for you and how they work within the body. To start eating healthily we must begin by thinking healthily. Most people understand that fruits, vegetables, low-fat meats and grain products are good for you, but few people understand why. The key is learning if you are living with cancer. It is important to know what you can and can’t eat and why. When you understand how specific nutrients work and why you need them, it becomes more reasonable for you to make healthier choices for your body. Knowledge really is power!

Consider meal planning and meal prepping

Preparation is a major key in starting a new healthy lifestyle. You need to take into consideration your schedule for meals, what is good for you, and what you are able to eat, especially if cancer treatments are wearing you down. If you often eat in a hurry at odd times of day, you are probably more inclined to grab a rushed meal, which may not be as nutritious as you need right now. So plan ahead! Instead of grabbing a fast food lunch on the go, take a bagged lunch to work or prepare your lunch the night before so it is ready to reach for if you are at home. One way to solve this problem is to plan out your meals for the week. You can do this or you can get help from a meal plan program or from a coach who focuses on nutrition and cancer.

Change is a process

Initially you may find it difficult to make those necessary changes to healthier eating. Along with the difficulty of change, you may not know how to implement new eating habits. Start with baby steps. Even if you only replace one soda a day with a glass of water, you are really improving your physical health. If you eat fast food every day for lunch, try replacing that half of the time with better quality foods until you are no longer eating fast food. When you start by taking small steps you aren’t cutting out all of the foods you love all at once. Remember, it is a process but it is a very important part of the healing process.

By taking your time to learn about your eating habits and slowly replacing them with better meals, by taking the time to learn and understand why you should be doing that and making the necessary changes in an orderly fashion, you will feel much better within yourself physically, mentally and emotionally and well on the road to becoming as healthy as you can be.