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Healthy diets for cancer patients
Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Apr 12 10:44am | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
my father was recently diagnosed with colon cancer and has a large mass. While working on plan of treatment they suggested a high protein low fiber diet as the mass is blocking most of his colon. They said to avoid veges, red meat and nuts. Currently he is eating chicken soup and broth and trying protein shakes. he is lactose intolerant, so we are avoiding whey-based products. Any suggestions on what we could have him eat?
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@annirene Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm sorry to hear of your father's recent diagnosis, and the sudden changes he has to make to keep eating and keep his energy up!
You can make protein shakes using almond or oat milk or orange juice for the liquid, a bit of Greek yoghurt, berries, bananas, pea protein based protein powders. Personally I use flavored protein powders [vanilla, chocolate or strawberry] depending on the berries being used. We have access to wild blackberries and have some fresh picked then frozen.
Protein sources can be chicken, turkey, fish, hummus. I think the best idea is find what appeals to him so he will keep eating it. How soon will they have a treatment plan in place?
Ginger