It is common for people undergoing chemotherapy for head and neck cancer to experience a metallic taste in their saliva. Here are some tips to help between and with your meals.
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Use plastic utensils.
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Use glass or enamel coated cooking ware.
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Avoid cooking in a cast iron pan.
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Avoid eating and drinking from cans.
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Rinse your mouth often.
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Chew fruit-flavoured sugar-free gum between meals.
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Marinate red meat and poultry, using:
-Soy sauce
-Yogurt marinade: Mix ½ cup plain Greek yogurt (2% M.F.), 1 tbsp lemon juice, 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley, ½ tbsp minced garlic, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp dried oregano, and ¼ tsp ground cloves.
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Brine meat: Dissolve ½ cup salt in 8 cups (2 litres) water. Optional: add minced garlic, honey and/or brown sugar. Leave meat in the brine for roughly 1 hour per pound of meat.
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Top meat with mango chutney, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, or red pepper jelly.
Simple homemade egg salad
Sweet potato and lentil soup
Easy coconut chickpea curry
Pumpkin cauliflower curry
Maple Glazed Salmon
Coconut Mango Puree
Savory beet puree
