What food to eat while on chemo therapy

The only thing I suggest (and I'm no professional, just a patient) is keep your sugars down.  You may (or may not) get really sick while on chemo, and lose weight; so its best not to worry too much about restricting foods. I think you will learn pretty quick if any foods upset your stomach, or make your feel (extra) nauseous. 

Play it by ear.  Its always good to follow a healthy diet, ie. fresh fruit, veg and fiber, on your plate and juicing; but in my humble opinoin, don't go to extremes. I could name a few dear friends from the forum, who restricted their diets to the point of it not being any fun, and they still succumbed to this awful disease. 

I'm sure other answers here will contradict what I have said, but thats the name of the game. We all do what we feel is best for our particular situation and life style. 

I wish you all the luck in the world. 

TRU

Minimal green tea; don't overdo blueberries, pomegranite.  They counter-act the oxidizing effect of the chemo, which is how many of the chemos work.  Eat what makes you happy.  Foods may taste different.  Find what you like.

Everyone's different. Immediately after chemo the only foods that I could tolerate were white.  Mashed potatoes, plain rice, angel hair pasta with nothing on it, vanilla pudding, cream of wheat.  after a couple days I would regain my appetite and could eat normallY. so when I feel well I eat as healthy as possible...loads of fruits and veggies, whole grains limited meat etc.  and when I'm in the throes of chemo I eat whatever Im able ..

good luck to,you

Your taste may change while you're on chemo, but it is  important to  eat a nutritious, well-balanced diet to  help your body keep up its strength during treatment. Your oncologist may have some hand-outs or books with advice on what to eat.  There are usually some  complimentary copies of  books and magazines in  the infusion room when I go for treatment, and  last week there was a new stack of cookbooks: Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes and Recommendations During and After Treatment, by Holly Clegg &  Gerald Miletello, M.D.  It  has a  lot of information on cancer, chemo,  possible side effects and how certain foods might  allevate or aggravate those side effects. And there are  some great recipes- although   many of them contain more prepared or pre-packaged ingredients than I'm comfortable with.  I'm sure there are many similar books out there. If your  oncologist's office doesn't  have any free copies, your local library may have some  for you to check out before you invest in one.

I found that  keeping a food diary  helped me determine which foods I tolerated well and which ones I should avoid. I've also found that  as the chemo regimens changed, so did the side effects and things that I couldn't eat while on one drug  weren't a ptoblem on another.  My onc told me to avoid green tea  and turmeric when I was on FOLFOX plus Avastin, but the only warnings I've received  about the irinotecan and Erbitux I'm currently on are to avoid St. John's wort and  grapefruit.  It's always a good idea to discuss any supplements you're taking or possible restrictions, with your  oncologist just to be on the safe side.

 Best of luck with your treatment. 

Grace/lizard44

Eat whatever you want! Enjoy and appreciate having an appetite. Most of my life I've had a love / hate relationship with food, eating, dieting. All that stuff. Now I can only eat tiny amounts (when I'm not nauseous) and food that I used to like doesn't appeal to me. When I'm at lunch with friends who are doing Weight Watchers, I just shake my head and wish they'd put away their calculators. Just live.