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Diet for Leukemia

 The diet for Leukemia is known as neutropenic diet. This is a diet specifically designed to ward off serious infections that failing white cell immunity exposes your body to. Some of the things you should avoid include unpasteurized milk and products from unpasteurized milk, herbed cheeses, raw and uncooked meats, cold or smoked fish, deli meats, miso products, leftovers, uncooked vegetables and soups, raw vegetables, nuts and peanut butter and refined foods or foods with a lot of added flavors and synthetics. You can also check with your doctor to get your dose of vitamins for leukemia.