They often are easier to eat.Īsk someone else to cook for you in another room. If your mouth is sore, try soft, frozen fruits.įoods that are served cool, cold, or refrigerated have less taste and aroma. Suck on mints (sugar free) or lemon-flavoured candies, or add lemon to your food. Use mints or lemon if your mouth isn't sore.It may help to eat in the mornings or at times of the day when you feel better. Try eating smaller amounts of foods more often during the day.Using plastic forks, knives, and spoons can help if metal utensils leave a metallic taste in your mouth.
Try using plastic utensils if food tastes metallic. And bland foods may be easier to tolerate if foods don't taste the way they usually do. Sometimes it's easier to eat foods that you're not used to. Use a small amount to rinse your mouth 4 to 6 times each day. Stir together 1 tsp (5 mL of salt, 1 tsp (5 mL) of baking soda, and 4 cups (1 L) of water. Use a mouth rinse made with baking soda. There are some things you can do to help you feel like eating when you are having cancer treatments. Consequently, patients were having a tough time finding it," Erik Tietig said.How can you get enough calories when food doesn't taste or smell very good to you? Most farmers had shunned the berry, because it has no commercial viability and is highly perishable. "The fruit itself goes bad anywhere from one to three days after being picked off the tree. "Anything we can do to keep the quality of life to the patient, so that we can keep the patient on the treatment by itself, it's going to be beneficial, and it becomes a win-win situation."īecause the fruit is difficult to harvest, it took the brothers years to discover how to produce the fruit in large quantities "The objective of cancer care is to add life to the years more than years to the life," Cusnir said. A few local hospital systems have received hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fruit for their patients. This year, recipients included the University of Florida, Miami Cancer Institute and the Soroptimist of Homestead, an international organization that aids women and girls in need. 
However, he said the farm consistently donates the fruit to local hospitals, cancer centers and universities. "The fruit is available for purchase because it's the farm's primary source of business and income," Erik Tietig said. The majority of the farm's production gets donated. The berries, which are in season year-round, are sold for 50 cents to $1 each.
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