Ease Side Effects With Food. Certain foods can help ease the common discomforts from cancer treatment. 1  Conquer constipationby drinking water and eating high-fiber foods like beans, lentils, vegetables, and fresh or dried fruit.  Drive away diarrhea with bland foods such as rice, bananas, and apples. Drink water to stay hydrated.
1 While the amount of baking soda you will use as a substitute for baking powder is always 1/4 of the amount of baking powder called for, note that the volume of your acidic ingredient will vary from recipe to recipe.
How to Substitute Baking Powder in Recipes. Adapting smoothly to adversity is a culinary skill thatâs only learned through experience, but you can shorten the learning curve by memorizing a few basic, standard substitutions. Thatâs especially so in baking, where youâll encounter the same basic handful of ingredients time and again. For example, if youâre knee-deep in a recipe and find youâve run out of baking powder, soda can usually ride to the rescue.