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From tips for cooking through chemotherapy to busting healthy food myths to easy, pantry-friendly meal ideas — our team of experts covers it here.

Global Ingredients

Congee: The Ultimate Bowl of Comfort

Many Asian countries have variations of rice porridge — there’s okayu in Japan, juk in Korea, jok in Thailand, and lugao from the Philippines. In China, this staple dish is called congee, and it is standard fare...

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What Can I Eat on a Bland Diet?

My doctor told me to go on a bland diet after surgery. What can I actually eat? When prescribed a bland diet, people often feel doomed to culinary purgatory. ...

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Bananas: Health Benefits & Recipe Tips

Americans love bananas, eating roughly 28 pounds of bananas per person per year (that's about 90 bananas!). Bananas are also an important — and often necessary — food...

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Turnips

Turnips, a filling half your plate with fruit and vegetables. Be sure to include turnips and more brassica vegetables on your plate daily basis to ensure you are...

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Miso: Health Benefits & Recipe Tips

Miso is a salty paste that originates in Japan. It is made from soy, fermented and aged with varying amounts of added rice, barley or buckwheat among other...

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Prunes

Powerful Prunes By Alyssa Adler Aside from prunes helping soften the stool, did you know that prunes contain nutrients that preserve bone health? Especially for cancer patients, it is important...

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Sardines

Packed like Sardines By Alyssa Adler Sardines are small fish that are packed with flavor and nutrients. Sardines are actually not a species, but rather different types of tiny fish....

Food Myths

Fruits & Vegetables: To Peel or Not To Peel?

Fruits and vegetables are known for their phytonutrients, which have outstanding health benefits such as reducing risk factors for cancer and chronic diseases. These phytonutrients are mostly found...

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Bland Diet Pantry Basics

There are many reasons a patient may need to follow a bland diet. It is typically prescribed in the initial weeks after stomach or intestinal surgery, or more...

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Avocado

Avocados may get a bad rap for being high in fat, yet most of the fats in avocados are heart-healthy monounsaturated fats like those found in olive oil...

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Celery

Historically used as a topical medicine and as a tonic to clean the bloodstream, celery is a crunchy vegetable that earns its green color and nutritional value from...

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In a Nutshell: The Value of Nuts in the Diet

Nuts are one of the healthiest foods you can snack on. Numerous studies have found that eating nuts regularly is associated with reduced risk of diseases such as...