Hi Ms Chang,


More often than not when someone received their diagnosis, they received advices from ex-cancer patients, loved ones what to eat and what not eat during their treatment even right after they have gone onto remission. These expression of care and concern do come helpful to support individuals to come to term with their health conditions; however it can be add stress to patients not know how to choose their meals.

Hence my subsequent questions are: What are things we need to be cautious(beside hygiene) select meal for are patients with cancer ? Is there really link between cancer and sugar? Is it true that there specific nutrition patients need to take/and food need to avoid while under chemotherapy and radiation therapy? Should a cancer patients diet be alter accordingly to stage of the cancer? Would you recommend specific diet regiment to a person Stage 2 cancer and another to someone with much advance stages to boost their immunity? Given the fact the more advance cancer are the weaker the patients would be.

Thanks for taking time off the answers questions aforementioned.

I was recommended manuka honey for the dry throat during NPC treatment. Recently, someone told me that Jarrah honey is equally good. Is this true?

 

What is a 'good diet' for someone currently undergoing both chemo and radiotherapy for cancer treatment.

 

I was also told never to eat grilled and barbecued food again, because it is carcinogenic. Pls verify.

Any other foods that should be avoided?

 

When my uncle had cancer many years ago, someone told him to eat asparagus and bitter gourd everyday, which he more or less did. Are these especially good for preventing relapse?

 

Sorry to ask so many questions- would really like to know all this once and for all.

 

Thanks very very much