Nutrition

If you have cancer, your illness and treatments can impact your body’s ability to tolerate certain foods or use the nutrients in them to stay healthy. The Episcopal Health Services (EHS) Cancer Center’s team of cancer specialists on the Rockaway Peninsula will help you make the right choices based on your diagnosis and symptoms.

Our goal is to help you build energy, reduce inflammation and better manage the effects of cancer and treatment through changes in what you eat. Some of these changes may include foods that aren’t normally recommended when you are in good health. For example, you might need more high-protein, high-calorie foods that help you maintain your weight, or thick cool foods like ice cream or milkshakes because sores in your mouth and throat make it hard to eat anything.

The EHS Cancer Center team of nutritionists has extensive expertise in the challenges that cancer, treatment, and possible side effects pose in getting the nutrition you need during and after treatment. They are registered dietitian nutritionists with special oncology training whose recommendations are based on scientifically sound nutrition research. Whatever stage you are at in your cancer journey, our nutritionists will help you plan an optimal diet, manage any side effects you experience, and answer your questions about the latest findings on cancer and nutrition.