To meet your increased nutritional needs. To improve your nutrition to lessen the side effects and be able to handle your treatments. To help keep up and improve strength to fight illness and infections To help prevent body tissue from breaking down.
Guidelines Eat a variety of foods every day.
Eat three meals every day with between-meal snacks. Mix into puddings, cooked cereal, mashed potatoes, soups, ground meats, vegetables, cooked cereal. Milk when preparing hot cereals, soups, cocoa and puddings. Add to casserole, meat loaf, mashed potatoes, cooked cereal, macaroni and cheese. Give as snacks, or in sandwiches.