Is it true that you need to remove milk and its products from your diet during chemotherapy?

Hello, it depends on the medications used. There are drugs that actually cause lactose intolerance and the digestive discomfort associated with these. In this case, as a rule, lactose-free milk, natural lactose-free yogurt or plant-based milk are useful. Sometimes, however, it is enough to replace sweet milk with plain yogurt (or other fermented milk products), which usually has half as much milk sugar. Regards

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Ewa Ceborska-Scheiterbauer

Dietitian. A graduate of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences at the Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumption Sciences, specializing in dietetics. Nutrition specialist in civilization diseases. Answers questions about diet and nutrition during cancer treatment.

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