Safe food when immunity is low

Chemotherapy can weaken the body's defences. Food germs can then cause serious illness.

Clean

• Wash hands with soap before eating and cooking
• Wash fruit and vegetables well
• Drink boiled or filtered water

Cooked

• Eat freshly cooked, hot food
• Cook eggs, meat and fish fully
• Boil milk before drinking

Avoid during low immunity

• Raw street food, cut fruit sold outside, chutneys left open
• Leftovers kept outside the fridge
• Ask your treatment team what to avoid

Sources

• National Cancer Institute: Eating Hints (food safety)