UNDERSTANDING CANCER: CHEMOTHERAPY/RADIATION THERAPY DIET
General Tips
If you are feeling nauseous try to blend any of the foods featured in the following diet in a food processor or blender and then drink hot or cold. It is important to keep energy and nutrition levels high while undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy, as nutrients are required in large amounts by the body.
If you are in the hospital for long periods, it is advisable to take your own foods. Try to make fresh salads, take in plenty of purified water, soups and fruit.
Try to drink eight glasses of water throughout the day. Pure water helps to flush toxins from the body and cleanses and protects the kidneys.
Upon Rising
Every morning drink two glasses of pure water with 1/2 lemon squeezed into them. Fresh vegetable juice – any combination of the following – carrot, kale, celery, beetroot, garlic, ginger, apple, pineapple, lemon, broccoli, lettuce, wheatgrass
Breakfast
Fresh fruit or vegetable juice.
This may include any combination of the following:
Carrot, kale, celery, beetroot, garlic, ginger, apple, pineapple, lemon, broccoli or lettuce
AND
Cereal made from a combination of oatbran, lecithin granules, psyllium, LSA mix (linseed, soy and almond) and millet, dried apricots, prunes, chopped figs or chopped banana. Use nut milk or soymilk on top.
OR
Grilled or baked fish, preferably mackerel, tuna, cod, sea perch, dory or salmon.
OR
Wholegrain or rye bread with a thin layer of avocado, chopped tomato, sprouts and lemon juice for flavouring.
OR
Energy/protein shake
Mid-Morning
Any of the following:
Vegetable juice diluted half/half with pure water.
Fruit for a snack if you feel hungry.
Herbal teas including echinacea, red clover, chamomile, essiac tea, pau d’arco, chaparral, burdock root or dandelion tea.
Vegetable soup made with lentils, brown rice or polenta.
OR
Miso soup made with buckwheat noodles, onions, garlic and ginger.
OR
Fresh vegetable salad. Good vegetables include lettuce, carrot, capsicum, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, celery, spinach, avocado, broccoli, green peas, green beans, and cabbage.
AND/OR
Wholemeal bread, rye bread or yeast-free pita bread. Spread avocado over the base.
Add sun-dried tomatoes, lettuce, cottage cheese, grated carrot, grated beetroot and either salmon, tuna or tofu.
Mid-Afternoon
Any of the following:
Vegetable juice, diluted half/half with pure water
Fruit for a snack if you feel hungry
Herbal teas, including echinacea, essiac tea, pau d’ arco tea, red clover, chamomile, dandelion tea
Dinner
One source of protein, either free-range chicken breast, turkey breast, fish (particularly cod, mackerel, salmon, tuna, halibut or sardines), tofu or tempeh, or organic red meat (no more than 3 times/week). Add this to steamed or raw vegetables. Good vegetables include broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, green beans, carrots, pumpkin, potatoes, spinach, brussel sprouts, and turnips. Choose vegetables in season and organic if possible.
OR
Fresh vegetable soup.
OR
Wild/Brown Rice with fresh vegetables and shitake mushrooms.
After Dinner
Fresh chopped fruit with natural low-fat yogurt. Good choices of fruits include apple, banana, paw paw, pineapple, berries, strawberries, kiwifruit, grapes, and melon. Add LSA mix and lecithin granules for added benefit.
Herbal teas throughout the day are very helpful.
After chemotherapy or radiation therapy stops, it is important for you to detoxify your body of the harmful carcinogenic toxins put into your body during treatment.
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