So far, this section has dealt with the eating problems of people with cancer who have lost weight or have poor appetites. However, there are many people with cancer who don’t lose weight or have any difficulties with eating. For other people, eating problems are only a temporary effect of their treatment and most of the time they can eat well.

This healthy eating section contains sound nutritional advice for people with cancer who have no weight loss or eating problems. It is also for anyone without eating problems who wants to follow a diet to keep as healthy as possible and feel better. In the long term, this diet may reduce the chances of getting heart disease and diabetes as well as certain types of cancer. This diet can also be used by members of your family who do not have cancer.

Some of the advice given in this section may contradict that given in the building-up diet section. The advice there is for specific groups of people with cancer who are eating very little, or are losing weight, and is not recommended for people who can eat normally.

Several reports have been published recently, which aim to improve the diet of people in Britain. The following section is a summary of that advice.