Nutrition For Cancer Patients
Our dietitian and nutritionist offer nutritional support for cancer patients via an individualized approach, tailored nutritional interventions and a personalized meal plan.
How Can Our Dietitian and Nutritionist Help Manage Cancer
Cancer Prevention & Care
Following a healthy, nutritionally-balanced, wholesome diet can help prevent certain types of cancer and reduce the risk of others. More on the connection between food and cancer.
For this reason nutritionists and dietitians are essential in the prevention and management of diseases such as cancer.
Please note: Although we have a large and diverse group of dietitians and nutritionists, we may not be able to help all cancer patients seeking oncology nutrition support. Please contact us to see if and how our practitioners can help.
Our team of dietitians and nutritionists offer cancer nutrition support for patients in a number of ways.
- Receive nutritional support to help manage the side effects of cancer treatment.
- Obtain protocols, strategies and tips to help prevent and treat malnutrition associated with cancer treatment.
- Provide guidance to help you modify your diet that may be required (e.g., GI cancers, post-surgery).
- Help guide cancer patients who want to establish and follow special diets (vegan, vegetarian, low-fat, keto, macrobiotic diets, modified texture diets, low residue) to ensure they are nutritionally balanced.
- Offer professional advice on various supplements.
- Discuss what foods to eat and what foods to avoid for each individualized case.
- Create a personalized cancer diet plan based on foods you enjoy, your lifestyle, budget, sensitivities and allergies, other restrictions, and more. Learn more about the foods we work with.
- Assist in the creation of a diet plan for cancer prevention, to keep cancer patients as healthy as possible during treatment, and to assist patients with nutrition in recovery or after cancer treatment.
- Provide meal ideas and recipes that coincide with your needs.
- Conduct nutritional counselling sessions for support, to monitor progress and make changes to the diet plan, if and as required.
- Address other or co-existing health conditions, nutritional goals and needs.
- And more.
Other & Related Services
Discover more information about which of our registered dietitians and nutritionists offer cancer nutrition support, their areas of specialization and more.
Contact us for a no-obligation phone consultation during which we can:
✓ outline how the process looks like
✓ discuss your goals and concerns
✓ explain how billing and pricing work
✓ address concerns about insurance, if any
✓ answer any other questions
For questions or to book an appointment, get in touch using our
How much does it cost to work with our nutritionist and dietitian?
Our Locations
Our main office location for in-person appointments with an oncology nutritionist and dietitian in downtown Toronto.
We also offer the services of a dietitian and nutritionist in Ottawa, dietitian in Mississauga and dietitians in our other Ontario locations as well as Nova Scotia.
If you’re unable to attend any of our office locations, all our nutritional practitioners provide online nutrition counselling.
For specific information on areas served, the corresponding practitioners and services offered visit: registered dietitians in Calgary, dietitian counselling in Edmonton, nutritionist and dietitian counselling Vancouver, Saskatchewan dietitian service, nutrition counselling New Brunswick, registered dietitian in Newfoundland.
Oncology Nutrition Resources
In addition to working with your medical doctors and our dietitian and nutritionist for cancer, we encourage you to take a look at the below resources, which you may find useful.