Best Diet For Chemo

[prince baka]

Hi I am undergoing one round of chemo (carboplatin) to inhibit the reoccurrence of testicular cancer and was wondering what dietary measures I could take before/during/after to best recover from this treatment (and of course to keep cancer at bay).

it seemed strange to get chemo when i do not have any cancer presently, but it apparently drops the reoccurrence from 20% to 5% and that sounds pretty good to me. it's a single days worth so an "easy treatment" apparently.

thanks gang!

 

[LLight]

Fasting just before and during, an answer that clearly won't be popular here.

 

[R J]

I would look into sulforaphane

 

[Fidelio]

Fasting

 

[prince baka]

yeah, i did a quick search here and found this re: fasting

Fasting During Chemo?

seems iffy, but also doesn't seem to be benefitial to reversing the negative effects of the chemo and mostly trying to prevent cancer

thank you!

 

[Michael Mohn]

A friend of mine got chemo and he found eating only fruits and zero fats would prevent him from vomiting and excessive nausea. He was still groggy as hell and one bite of avocado or any other fatty food would send him straight to the toilet. Chemo downregulated his metabolism and he was constantly cold afterwards.