Stay Healthy During Chemo - by Mike Herbert (Paperback)

About the Book

According to the National Cancer Institute, an astounding 20%40% of cancer patients die from causes related to malnutrition, not from the cancer itself, and 80% of cancer patients develop some form of clinical malnutrition. With The Chemotherapy Diet, Mike Herbert and Joseph Dispenza are here to help change these alarming statistics.Chemotherapy kills cancer cells (and other fastgrowing and weak cells in the body, like hair). It doesnt make you healthy. The Chemotherapy Diet offers nutritional and other therapeutic advice to help your body stay (or get) healthy while it undergoes aggressive chemo treatments. Herbert and Dispenza concentrate on five primary areas:
Focusing your mind on healingCleansing with therapeutic bathsEating the right foods to create a healing chemistry in your body (includes what to eat and what to avoid)Supplementing your diet correctly to support healing momentumExercising and resting to speed the healing processThe Chemotherapy Diet will benefit anyone wishing to remain healthy during and after chemotherapy.

Book Synopsis

Chemotherapy works to beat your cancer, but it also takes its own toll on your body and your health. During treatment, it is more important than ever to do what you can to keep yourself strong and healthy. The best way of doing that is to work with your body's innate healing powers.

This book offers a treasure chest of practical guidance for feeling good during chemo and beyond. And it does so through 5 basic steps, supporting you to:

• Change your thinking and develop an attitude focused on healing.
• Detoxify with therapeutic baths to promote healing from the inside out.
• Eat the best foods to create a healing chemistry in your body.
• Supplement your diet to support healing momentum.
• Exercise and rest to speed the healing process.

Also included are 100+ simple recipes and a menu-planning guide.

Review Quotes

This book should be handed to newly diagnosed patients after their oncologist delivers the lifealtering news. I imagine the conversation going something like this: 'The tests show that you have cancer. Our plan of treatment will focus on killing the cancerous cells, but you need to read this book and follow the five steps to stay healthy, strong, and, one day soon, be cancer free. -Kirsten Rogers, founder of ChemoBites

This powerful book will change your perspective forever on recovering from cancer. It provides excellent and sound guidelines on protecting your immune system while undergoing and recovering from chemotherapy and will help you conquer your fears and anxiety and replace them with healing and hope. --Ann Louise Gittleman, America's First Lady of Nutrition and author of the New York Times bestselling The Fat Flush Plan

About the Author

Mike Herbert is a PhD naturopath with more than 15 years in practice as a wellness consultant, with a particular emphasis on nutrition and natural healing. When his life was touched by cancer, he turned his full attention to investigating cutting-edge studies on the link between cancer and nutrition.
Joseph Dispenza is the author of several books and scores of articles about living a higher quality of life. He is a former university film professor and former director of Education Programs for the American Film Institute. He is a columnist for Beliefnet and a contributor to Spirituality and Health, American Way, Massage Magazine, and Yoga Journal. He is also a spiritual counselor.