On 8/8/2007 suzycat wrote:
My sister was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer within the last month. She is having difficulty eating, not much appetite and can't keep much down. I am wondering if anyone has a website for recipes that lend themselves to digestion by pancreatic cancer patients? I'd love to be able to make some things and stock her freezer with items that she will find appealing and can easily digest. Thank you in advance for any assistanc you can provide.
There is one diet that my wife is now beginning (also a pancreatic cancer patient) --it is called the "Dr. Johanna Budwig diet" If you GOOGLE "Johanna Budwig" you will get many sites. Essentially this diet combines cottage cheese or yogurt and linseed or flaxseed oil---proportions of about 3 tbsp. flaxseed oil--cold pressed, available in health food stores or the web-- to 1 cup cottage cheese--there are refinements like adding some cayenne or freshly ground flaxseed--but I don't know how essential these refinements are--anyway, the various sites give some additional details, but the essential diet just needs the two ingredients I listed. How effective will it be? I really don't know, although one doctor I consulted said that it works for some people.
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