Faerie, to your nutrition question. I had my treatment at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and they actually had nutritionist on their staff that were assigned to me. Early on the put me on a high calorie (2700 calories per day), high protein diet. They wanted me to beef up to counter any weight loss during my treatment. Also protein aids the healing process for body tissue. It was interesting that instead of advising me to eat lost of leafy green vegatables, they wanted me eating ice cream, steak and anything else to gain weight! As to the anti-oxidents, I was told to be careful about loading up on the anti-oxidents as it could diminish the effectiveness of my radiation treatment. I would advise you take this up with the folks where your dad is getting treatment as well.

Hope this helps.

Randy Z.