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Old 05-18-2012, 05:02 AM   #6
TanyaRD
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Re: Safe to eat raw foods?

I would be extra careful with raw foods like sushi, oysters, etc during chemo. I think the risk is too high because your counts can be rather unpreditable and varied. I wouldn't extend that caution into raw fruits/vegetables unless you know your counts are low then avoid just until counts rebound. As for fiber it is certainly a good think for those on chemo as mentioned above chemo can cause many GI symptoms including constipation. Fluids are also of primary importance.

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