Nutrition Importance for Sore Mouth Cancer Treatment with Melon Salad
The right sore throat foods can help to be the best sore throat treatment. Don’t let sore mouth cancer treatment keep you from getting important nutrition during chemotherapy. Eating Well Through Cancer cookbook devotes a whole chapter to Sore Mouth and Sore Throat soothing foods. Certain chemotherapy and radiation treatments can cause sore mouth. It is important to keep up nutrition for healing and energy so, if you find a food that you can tolerate, don’t hesitate to eat it repeatedly. My melon salad is a healthy easy recipe for sore mouth cancer treatment and I think you will like it.
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Best Sore Throat Treatment with Food
Sore mouth cancer treatment often includes soft and bland foods to be tolerated more easily. Choose lukewarm or cool foods as opposed to hot or very cold foods. Soothing, easier to swallow foods to try to eat include creamy soups, cheeses, mashed potatoes, yogurt, eggs, puddings, cooked cereals, casseroles and nutritional liquid food supplements. What you eat makes a difference! Nutrition is important and sometimes you need a supplement.
Boost High Protein Complete Nutritional Drink, Vanilla Delight, 8 fl oz Bottle, (Pack of 24)
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Sore Throat Foods to Avoid
I understand the problems people have with a sore mouth because my father had larynx cancer. Therefore, it was important for me to include a Sore Mouth Chapter in Eating Well Through Cancer cookbook.
Sore throat foods to avoid are dry, scratchy, rough foods like toast, granola and raw fruits and vegetables. Tart and citrus fruits and juices such as grapefruit, lemon and orange can be irritating for a sore mouth. Tomato-based and vinegary, pickled foods may also cause you difficulty. Alcohol, caffeine and tobacco are drying to the mouth and throat and should be avoided to reduce pain.
| Servings 6 (1/2 cup) servings |
- 2 cups watermelon small chunks or balls
- 1 cup cantaloupe small chunks or balls
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil leaves
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup reduced-fat feta cheese
Ingredients
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- In large bowl, combine watermelon and cantaloupe.
- In small bowl, mix together lemon juice, honey, mint and basil. Season to taste. Toss with watermelon mixture and refrigerate until serving. Add feta to melon salad right before serving
Per Serving: Calories 60 kcal, Calories from fat 11%, Fat 1 g, Saturated Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 2 mg, Sodium 89 mg, Carbohydrates 13 g, Dietary Fiber 1 g, Total Sugars 11 g, Protein 2 g, Dietary Exchanges: 1 fruit
Watermelon Tomato Salad
Another Fresh Melon Salad
Watermelon is so refreshing and you can find it already cut in the grocery store. Try my Watermelon Tomato Salad from my arthritis cookbook for a different twist on a soothing summer salad. Be sure to only add balsamic vinegar and red onions as tolerated. You can always adjust recipes to how you feel. My Melon and Spinach Salad also makes a great choice and uses juicy summer watermelon
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