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honey, jam, cheese, and nut butter.
• Added protein with poultry, meat,
fish, eggs, yogurt, cheese, beans, nuts, pudding, peanut butter, and dried milk powder.
• High-calorie liquids like juice, milk- shakes, smoothies, and protein drinks.
• Nutritional supplements or liquid meal replacement.
• Use hard candy or gum to get rid of unappetizing taste.
Skip That:
• Forced meals.
• 3 large meals per day.
• Try to make mealtimes an enjoyable,
social event.
• Avoid drinking liquids during meals,
which can make you feel fuller.
• Light exercise can stimulate appetite;
try walking, stretching and yoga.
Mouth sores and dry mouth – Cancer treatment may result in mouth sores, painful red or white patches caused by a weakened immune system, or a dry mouth.
Pick This:
• Added fat, such as nut, butter, or cream.
• Blended or pureed foods, soups, smoothies, yogurt, casseroles, eggs, tender meats, and well-cooked mashed fruits and vegetables.
• Room temperature or cold food.
• Sauces, liquid, broth, or gravy to
moisten food.
• Ice chips, sugarless gum, or hard
candy to moisten mouth.
Skip That:
• Salty, spicy, sugary, acidic foods.
• Rough or coarse foods.
• Ginger, curry, red pepper and strong
spices.
• Do not use store bought mouthwash.
Instead rinse with a simple solution of one teaspoon salt and one teaspoon baking soda mixed in one quart of
water.
Nausea and vomiting – Nausea is
very common during cancer treatments, often accompanied by increased saliva, dizziness, feeling faint, skin tempera- ture changes, and increased heart rate.
Pick This:
• Take anti-nausea and vomiting drugs (antiemetic) 30-60 minutes before meals.
• 5-6 small meals per day – an empty stomach may make nausea and vomit- ing worse.
• Light meal on treatment day.
• Light foods like crackers, toast, or
broth.
• Drink liquids before and after meals –
drinking during meals can make nau-
sea worse.
• Ginger tea, ginger candy, gingersnaps,
ginger root.
• Ice chips or frozen juice chips.
• Use plastic cutlery when eating, rather
than metal silverware.
Skip That:
• Large meals.
• Greasy, spicy food.
• Foods with strong odors.
Keep a log of nausea and vomiting to help determine their causes. Items that can help ease nausea – ginger gum, candy or gingersnaps, saltines, and bland snacks, acupressure wrists bands, plastic bags for sickness.
Taste changes – Treatment and medication can change the way foods taste. Try one of these four simple ways to improve flavor.
If food is: Tasteless or cardboard. Try: Acidic foods. Use acidic flavors like lemon, citrus, vinegar, or pickled foods. Adding sea salt may help.
If food is: Metallic.
Try: Adding fats and flavoring. Add a fat source, such as extra virgin olive oil, nut cream or butter, and try flavoring food with herbs, spices, and condi- ments. Eat room-temperature foods to decrease potent smells, and avoid using metal utensils.
If food is: Salty, bitter or sour. Try: Sweeteners. Add sugar, maple syrup or honey. Adding 1⁄4 teaspoon of lemon juice may decrease the salty flavor.
If food is: Too sweet.
Try: Citrus juice. Start by adding six drops of lemon or lime juice. Keep adding it in small increments until the sweet taste becomes muted.
Walgreens’ Balance Rewards for healthy choicesTM program is just one tool to help you make healthy choices by rewarding you for tracking your blood pressure, exercise, weight, sleep and more. ~ Be well, stay well!
Stacey Lott
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