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Default What to make for a cancer patient and family?

Mark Thorson wrote:

> First, you'll need a complete list
> of the forbidden foods. Curry, tumeric,
> grapefruit, and yellow onions would certainly
> be on the list because they interefere with
> chemotherapy.


Says who? Got a citation for that claim?
We always told patients to eat whatever they wanted if that is what they
wanted and their condition allowed. Many suffer ulcerations of their
oral cavity because of the way chemotherapy interferes with cell
replication. Epithelial cells in the mouth are very sensitive to this
and it often makes eating painful. So finding foods that nourish, yet
aren't difficult to eat are important. And yet everyones tolerance varies.