Meal Train® for Arielle Stratton

Special Instructions

FOODS THAT ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TAXOL Apples Arctic char Artichokes Arugula Basil Bell peppers Black cumin Black pepper Blackberries, Blueberries & bilberries Bok choy or Chinese cabbage Broccoli & broccoli sprouts Brussels sprouts Buckwheat Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery Cherries, especially sour or tart Cilantro Collard greens Cranberries & lingonberries Cucumbers Currants, black Flaxseed & flaxseed oil Garlic, fresh Ginger Grape juice, purple Grapes, red Greens Horseradish & wasabi Hot peppers Kale Lettuce, romaine Mustard Mustard greens Olive oil, extra-virgin Parsley Pears Pomegranates Raspberries Rice, brown, black, or purple Saffron Salmon, wild Seaweed, brown Thyme Tomatoes Turnips and turnip greens Walnuts & walnut oil Watercress & garden cress Zucchini GOOD FOODS FOR CHEMO PATIENTS: Low total fiber or good soluble fiber source (i.e. rice, bananas, white bread, oatmeal, mashed potatoes, applesauce, skinless/boneless chicken or turkey). Meals that can be eaten at room temp or cold Cruciferous vegetables, including kale, broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage Salmon, albacore tuna Eggs, avocado, brothy soups The best cooking methods for starchy foods are steaming, boiling and baking NUETRAL FOODS DURING TAXOL CHEMOTHERAPY Apricots fresh Beans,dry, especially black beans Blackberries Boysenberries Bread, whole grain Chicken, organic, but not chicken livers Currants Eggs, organic, cooked Grapes, green Green beans Halibut Honey, minimally processed but not raw Kiwifruit Leeks Lettuce, all types Melons, all types Mushrooms Oats, rolled Onions, all types Passion fruit Peaches Peas Pistachio nuts, U.S. grown Plantains Plums Pumpkins & squash, all types Strawberries Sweet potatoes, purple Turkey, organic Vinegar, red wine FOODS THAT INTERFERE WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TAXOL Açaí berries Caffeine, any source Capers Clementine juice Coffee, regular or decaf Goji berries Green tea Grapefruit Mangosteen Noni Pineapple Sage Highly salty foods Tumeric Shellfish, raw BAD FOODS FOR CHEMO PATIENTS: Hot, spicy foods (i.e. hot pepper, curry, Cajun spice mix). High fiber foods (i.e. RAW fruit and vegetables, coarse whole grains). Fatty, greasy, or fried foods. Herring, sardines, anchovies, mackerel, lake trout and similar fatty fish Avoid citrus and tomato based products. Food should not be deep fried, barbequed, pan fried at high heat, roasted or smoked Taken from: https://foodforbreastcancer.com/articles/foods-to-eat-and-avoid-during-taxol-chemotherapy