{"id":380,"date":"2026-04-28T12:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shawcancercenter.org\/our-services\/survivorship-program\/nutrition\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T23:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:12:45","slug":"nutrition","status":"publish","type":"service","link":"https:\/\/www.shawcancercenter.org\/es\/our-services\/survivorship-program\/nutrition\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Call\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tel:9705697614\/\">(970) 569-7614<\/a>\u00a0or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ShawNutrition@vailHealth.org\">ShawNutrition@vailhealth.org<\/a>\u00a0to consult with our nutritionist.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nutrition plays a vital role in helping cancer patients during treatment. Good nutrition can help maintain energy and strength, reduce the risk of infection, improve tolerance to side-effects, and promote healing and recovery. Patients in our survivorship program work with our dietitians to create individualized nutrition plans, learn how to prepare quick and healthy meals, and maintain a healthy body composition during treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Melaine Hendershott,&nbsp;<\/strong>RDN, CSO is our Spirit of Survival registered dietitian. Melaine received her Master&#8217;s degree in nutrition from Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and is board certified in oncology nutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kimberly Crane<\/strong>&nbsp;is a Registered Dietitian and certified in nutrition support. She has experience working in many different specialties within healthcare but is most passionate about oncology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Vail Health Shaw Cancer Center Offers Nutrition Excellence\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iB3iIYZrrEs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, patients are encouraged to read the following articles and visit our recommended websites for useful tips on nutritional health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recommended Websites<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Cancer Society<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatright.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Academy of Nutrition &amp; Dietetics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aicr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Institute for Cancer Research<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Food and Drug Administration<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/medlineplus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medline Plus<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Cancer Institute<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nccam.nih.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Nutrition counseling and programs are made possible by the generosity of Shaw Cancer Center donors.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":294,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"class_list":["post-380","service","type-service","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nutrition - Shaw Cancer Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shaw Cancer Center provides nutrition plan support for cancer patients. 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