Jeff, thanks for that article. We give Dad what he likes to eat, of course, though the main issue is appetite. He can't eat much in terms of solid food. He is active, taking a walk or two a day, driving around to do errands, mentally alert and is able to maintain his energy and weight with the nutrient-laden, protein and berry-filled "smoothies" (a term which sounds so trite in this situation) which he downs several of a day, - and which he likes, by the way. We have worked with a nutritionist at the cancer center to come up with a cocktail of ingredients that supply his daily needs and tastes good. Solid foods aren't going to do it for him. Of the solid foods he does like, he can still only get down less than a child's portion at a time. Many of the things he used to like, well now they taste bad to him. Cancer fucks with you that way. Without his liquid diet, he would be wasted away by now simply from malnutrition. He is maintaining his current weight (which is way down), so we just want to bump it up if we can.
Georg and Dan, point taken on the risks of raw (milk, cream, butter, not much cheese, actually..and these are additional supplements, not the main ingredients btw) we are weighing that. Since he's getting the nutrients from other means, perhaps using pasteurized dairy to focus on increasing fat content alone is wisest. (Georg, I understand the train has left the station, but the concern of the thread was are we speeding up the train with dairy/casein....when we want to slow it down, if not bring it to a halt.)
Jeff C - Tks and we've got that in his diet...yoghurt is not one of his fav. flavors, but can be hidden in the smoothies with enough berries.
