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If you are receiving treatment as an outpatient, mealtimes may come during IV, due to a long waiting time, etc. In such cases, carry something to eat or drink, such as rice balls, snacks, water or bottles of juice. Sugarless candies and gums (which won’t decay your teeth) are also good to carry.
〈Samples of handy snacks〉
Bread, muffins, crackers,
Popcorn,
Cookies and cakes containing embryo buds, cereals,
Cheese, cheese cake,
Sponge cake,
Fruit (fresh, canned, dried, sweet-boiled fruit, etc.),
Ice cream,
Milkshake,
Milkshake made with commercial ready-made powder or soybean flour,
Milk, yogurt,
Stick vegetables or boiled broccoli,
Rice balls, sandwiches,
Commercial snack bars, cookies with balanced nutrition, jellies,
Boiled egg,
Japanese egg cookies, wafers,
Rice crackers
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<Samples of clear fluids>
Japanese clear soup, bouillon,
Clear chicken or fish soup,
Carbonated drinks,
Grape juice, other fruit juices,
Fruit-tasting ice without fruit,
Honey, jellies, jelly-type desserts,
Ice candies,
Sports drinks, amino drinks,
Strained citrus juices, lemonade,
Strained vegetable juices,
Tea (green, oolong, barley, black or other types of tea),
Water (boiled and cooled water, mineral water)
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<Samples of foods with thick fluid>
Any fruit juices, nectar,
Soups of meat or fish, miso soup,
Butter, cream, oil, margarine,
Coffee, black tea,
Yogurt, iced milk,
Fruit-containing beverages, fruits with syrup,
Honey, jelly, syrup,
Nutritional supplements,
Milk (fat-free, low-fat, non-adjusted or any other type of milk),
Milkshake, custard, pudding,
Bavarian cream, milk jelly, sherbet, ice cream,
Potage, vegetable puree,
Strained cereals,
Various types of Japanese rice porridge, boiled udon
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Digestible foods are good for meals during a chemotherapy period. They will help you when your body absorbs less, or has difficulty getting nutrition due to diarrhea or slow digestion during cancer treatment.
For foods to be digestible, boil, steam or simmer them. They become less digestible when roasted, fried, and deep-fried, in this order.
<Samples of digestible foods>
Various types of Japanese rice porridge, boiled udon,
French toast, soft bread,
Medium-boiled egg, chawanmushi (stew of assorted foods),
Steamed egg custard,
Japanese scrambled eggs, slowly-boiled egg, scrambled eggs,
Omelet wrapped with egg, eggdrop soup, pudding,
Boiled or roasted bream, flatfish, sole fish, horse mackerel, cod, tuna, salmon, oysters, etc.
Gratin, stew, boiled meatballs, steamed chicken,
Meatball soup, boiled hamburger steak, stuffed cabbage, boiled minced meat,
Food boiled in cream, stew, Bavarian cream, milk, yogurt, cheese,
Ice cream, milk jelly,
Boiled tofu, cold tofu, tofu with Chinese paste, food boiled in miso,
Scrambled tofu, food marinated with drained tofu, natto,
Miso soup, fried tofu, soft-simmered food,
boiled minced meat, mealy potatoes,
mashed potatoes, potato salad, grated yam,
Boiled vegetables, vegetables boiled in soup, roasted and boiled foods,
Boiled foods wrapped with egg, miso soup,
Japanese tea, barley tea, black tea, lactic acid beverages,
Juices, soft beverages, biscuits, plain cookies,
Candies,
Sponge cake, Japanese egg cookies, jelly
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