food ideas while going through radiation?

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If your appetite is is good try this:

Fruits and Vegetables - Eat a variety of fruits and vegetables by focusing on different colors each week. Choose 7 to 9 servings, or greater than 4 cups, per day.

Grains - Eat at least 6 servings of grain products per day with at least 3 of those servings being whole grain products. Examples include: ½ cup of oatmeal; ½ cup of brown rice; 1 slice of whole grain bread; and ½ cup of whole wheat pasta.

Meat and Poultry - Choose moderate amounts of low fat meat, poultry and fish, about 6 ounces per day. Examples include: lean beef trimmed of fat, such as round, sirloin, flank, tenderloin, and ground beef which is 90% lean or greater; cuts of pork trimmed of all visible fat; and skinless chicken breast.

Dairy - Choose moderate amounts of low fat dairy foods, about 3 serving per day. Examples include: 1 cup of low fat milk; 1 cup of low fat yogurt; 2 cups of low fat cottage cheese; and 1/3 cup of low fat shredded cheese (3 grams of fat or less per ounce).

Cut back on fat, sugar, alcohol and salt.

Fluids - You need 6 to 8 servings of non-caffeinated liquids per day. Each serving should be 8 ounces. Beverages that contain caffeine cannot be counted as part of your fluid intake. Foods that are liquid at room temperature, however, can be counted. Some examples are: ice cream, sherbet, gelatin, cream soups, and popsicles. Keep some type of fluid with you at all times so you can sip continually throughout the day. If you are not eating well, choose fluids that contain calories, such as fruit juices, milk, smoothies, sports drinks, and liquid supplements or meal replacements.


If you do not have much appetite focus on foods that help increase protein:

Dairy

Melt cheese on sandwiches, breads, muffins, tortillas, hamburgers, hot dogs, meats, fish, vegetables, eggs, soups, casseroles, chili, mashed potatoes, rice, and pasta.
Use milk (instead of water) while preparing hot cereals, soups, cocoa, and pudding.
Add ice cream, frozen yogurt, or yogurt to carbonated beverages (ginger ale), shakes, cereals, fruit, gelatin, and pie. Sandwich between cookies, cake, and graham crackers.

Eggs

Add powdered milk or egg white powder to shakes, milk, casseroles, meatloaf, breads, muffins, sauces, soups, mashed potatoes, puddings, hot cereals, and scrambled eggs.
Add extra egg whites to scrambled eggs, French toast batter, and casseroles.

Nuts and Legumes

Use nuts or seeds in casseroles, breads, muffins, pancakes, cookies, vegetables, ice cream, or as a simple snack.
Spread peanut butter on sandwiches, toast, muffins, crackers, fruit, waffles, pancakes, and vegetables. Blend in to shake or ice cream.

Hope these tips help.

If you cannot eat, at least try keeping ensure or boost handy at all times.

I found this website that has an article on nutrition during treatments. I didn't read it all but hope it may have some helpful insights for you. My heart goes out to you. I know it has to be very difficult. I think you are being very wise about checking into finding ways to help your body with healing. Sometimes people don't even give it a thought. I would think that helping you to learn good nutrition during treatment would be a standard thing a cancer doc would discuss with you. But after having a couple of friends go through it. I have learned they don't talk about it at all. I will pray for you, know that the Lord loves you and He wants to walk you through this.
Here's the link http://nutrition-matters.com/articles.html

First off you are in my prayers...

This is my Granny's recipe for her soup that she swore by when she was going through chemo and radiation for breast cancer. Its the only thing she could keep down
1 can of chicken broth and 1 can of water (use 98% fat free) 20 cals
1 chicken breast (4 oz-6oz) 120-180
celery- 2 stocks cut 17
onion 1/4 cup (she omitted this on really bad days) 15
tomato cut in chunks 30
cabbage about 2 cups 46
sugar to taste (she likes sweet and your body needs the sugar dont be afraid of the calories there is only 45 in 1 table spoon) 45

Boil chicken breast in the broth and water until very tender, de-bone if has one, add veggies and salt and pepper and sugar boil until tender.
only 293 cals for the whole thing oh and she swore by homemade bread.
Good luck and if you need anything please just call on me
Tiff

Thanks for the dietary ideas. I am going through exactly the same treatment for breast cancer. I have 11 more treatments to go. and 6 more months of herceptin. I cannot get past the fatigue. Anyone have any suggestion for that.