What recommendations do you give to patients who ask about diet during breast cancer treatment?

Women with breast cancer are at risk of gaining weight during treatment. It is the perfect storm: Decreased activity and increased appetite from the steroids. Sometimes women think they are going to loose weight so they compensate - so informing patients of the risk is a first step. There are numero...

During chemotherapy, I focus on trying to maintaining weight and avoiding excess weight gain by managing caloric intake, reduction of processed foods and sugars and focusing on whole foods. For more specific questions, I refer to dietary recommendations from AICR Diet Nutrition Physical Activity and...