Goomba wrote:
>
> 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?

Yes, I can. Apparently you are unfamiliar with
a phenomenon called multidrug resistance, and its
causes. It is caused by up-regulation of several
drug clearance mechanisms, in particular those mediated
by P-gp and CYP3A4.

> 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.

You may have given poor advice, which accelerated
progress toward multidrug resistance for some of
your patients.