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 make baking powder. If you live in a humid environment, or donât bake that often, it might be easiest to make your own baking powder when you need it. To do so, youâll need cream of tartarâa dry acid in powder form (no idea why it is called âcreamâ)âand baking soda. Baking soda is much stronger than baking powder. To make baking powder, mix one part baking soda and two parts cream of tartar. So, if you recipe calls for 1 tablespoon of baking powder, use 1 teaspoon of baking soda, mixed in with 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar. Homemade baking powder is not double acting, and will start to react as soon as it gets wet, so work quickly and donât let your batter sit around!