| Eating a nutritious diet rich in fruits and vegetables is | | | | education and assistance programs must be funded |
| key to maintaining overall good health. For those | | | | and established at both local and national levels for |
| battling cancer however, proper nutrition is not | | | | this change to take place. |
| merely recommended, it is crucial. Cancer patients | | | | When battling a disease a formidable as cancer, |
| must take extra care to ensure that their bodies | | | | patients need every available advantage in order to |
| receive adequate levels of nutrients, calories, and | | | | maximize their quality of life and to increase their |
| protein in order to maintain their strength, energy, | | | | chances of recovery. is a social network connecting |
| and ability to fight infection. Nutrition may also play a | | | | patients, advocates, and volunteers. is devoted to |
| role in the way that patients react to various forms | | | | helping patients learn to adopt a more proactive |
| of treatment. Maximize the body’s strength and | | | | approach to their recovery. With access to a wealth |
| defenses may increase its ability to tolerate specific | | | | of valuable resources, members can research a |
| treatments that may be harsher on the system than | | | | variety of cancer-related topics. They are |
| others. | | | | encouraged and empowered to develop strategies to |
| Despite the influence that nutrition can have on their | | | | not only cope with, but to overcome their disease as |
| treatment and recovery, few patients are adequately | | | | well. As part of this effort, has assembled the Cancer |
| educated about the unique nutritional needs of cancer | | | | Patient Bill of Rights. The goal of this 15-part petition |
| patients. Most healthcare providers fail to effectively | | | | is to demand changes in legislature that will benefit |
| emphasize and communicate this vital information to | | | | both cancer patients and cancer research. Those |
| their patients. Therefore, it is imperative for the | | | | who would like to lend their support are given the |
| healthcare community to increase awareness and to | | | | opportunity to sign the petition online. |
| make nutrition one of its top priorities. Nutrition | | | | |