20 notes on tumor diet
2020-07-13
1. Mutton, seafood and fish are "hairs", can't cancer patients eat them?
There is no such thing as "hair" in western medicine nutrition. Of course, some people are allergic to food such as seafood and fish. In the diet of cancer patients, beef, mutton, poultry, and fish are needed to ensure the intake of high-quality protein. High-quality protein comes from four categories: milk, eggs, lean meat, and soy products.
2. Can cancer patients drink chicken soup?
Strictly speaking, there is nothing that a cancer patient can't eat, but only scientific and healthy eating can prevent cancer recurrence more effectively, prolong life, and improve quality of life.
3. What should I do if the patient loses appetite after radiotherapy?
After head and neck radiation therapy, the destruction of taste cells usually reduces the sensitivity to sweetness and acidity and increases the sensitivity to bitterness. The method of improvement should be a small number of meals, which can enhance the sweetness and sourness when cooking, and avoid bitter foods.
4. How to adjust the diet for diarrhea after radiotherapy?
If the radiotherapy site is in the abdomen, such as the rectum, bladder, uterus, etc., excessive intestinal peristalsis can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea. Improvement methods should avoid eating gas-prone, rough, fiber-rich foods such as beans, onions, potatoes, milk, carbonated drinks, etc. Irritating foods and condiments should also be avoided.
5. How to adjust the diet for dry mouth after radiotherapy?
Mouthwashing should be performed frequently to keep the mouth moist and prevent oral infections. Drink plenty of water or high-calorie beverages every day to avoid flavoring foods that are too strong. Food should be made into a smooth shape. For example, if the meat is frozen, it can also be eaten with gravy, broth or drinks to help swallow.
6. How to pay attention to diet for esophageal cancer?
When eating, you should chew slowly and eat less, eat more meals, coarse grains should be fine, avoid rough food, warm food should be avoided to avoid excessive heat and cold. Eat a digestible diet to reduce the stimulating factors in food.
7. How to adjust diet in early stage of bowel cancer?
Early stool changes are the main symptom, so you can eat more foods containing more crude cellulose, such as leeks, celery, yams, whole grains, beans, to prevent constipation, but the process must be meticulous, to avoid excessively rough food on the tumor site Stimulates and prevents diarrhea.
8. How to adjust diet for advanced bowel cancer?
Late-stage patients are often accompanied by intestinal stenosis. Foods rich in nutrients and less cellulose should be given. You can drink honey water and eat bananas to facilitate laxation. Taboo spicy foods and indigestible diets and cold diets.
9. What should I pay attention to in the diet of patients with advanced liver cancer?
Eat less and eat more meals to reduce the burden. 4-5 meals a day. Those with portal hypertension should avoid eating hard foods. Those with bleeding can stop eating bad fiber or fiber-free foods with high vitamin and protein temperature. Avoid tobacco and alcohol, avoid strong irritating condiments, avoid strong tea, avoid excessive salt.
10. Is there any evidence that a ketogenic diet can treat cancer?
No food can cure cancer. Some studies have shown that the ketogenic diet is associated with the slow growth of certain types of tumors in mice. Moreover, the ketogenic diet has also shown hope in studies of certain types of brain tumors. However, some studies have found that a low-fat diet can reduce the risk of recurrence of certain types of breast cancer.
11. The diet of cancer patients should be light, mainly fruits and vegetables, should avoid animal products, such as milk or meat?
wrong. Cancer patients should maintain a balanced diet to provide sufficient nutrients for the body. Cancer patients need a high-protein diet. Meat and milk are rich in high-quality protein. Reducing eating will result in insufficient protein absorption and accelerated muscle loss.
12. Cancer patients need a low-sugar diet to starve cancer cells?
wrong. A low-sugar diet will not starve cancer cells, but will increase the chance of cancer patients suffering from malnutrition. Intake of sufficient calories and protein is the primary goal, in order to maintain a better body to overcome all kinds of discomfort during treatment.
13. What should patients eat during chemotherapy?
The food is light, soft, and easy to digest: it is mainly composed of cereals, vegetables, and fruits, and is easily digested with egg custard, tofu, chicken, and fish. If the treatment response is large, the diet is mainly semi-liquid, such as vegetable porridge, eight-treasure porridge, long whisk noodles, bread, egg custard, bean curd, boiled cabbage tofu, etc.
14. Can cancer patients be vegan?
Can't. Tumor is always a wasting disease, reasonable nutrition, strong body is also conducive to fighting tumors.
15. What to do if the patient is malnourished?
Complete three meals as much as possible. In addition to this, add meals in moderation and do not wait for hunger before eating. Not only to eat more, but to eat well. You can eat some high-energy, high-protein foods in moderation. Moderate activity can promote digestive function and improve appetite. Do not drink large amounts of water (drinking soup) when taking a meal to avoid affecting the amount of food you eat.
16. How do people with cancer who are overweight have a diet?
If a patient is overweight and recovers well after treatment, an appropriate amount of "bogey", reducing a fat diet and maintaining a healthy posture are more beneficial. For example, rectal cancer, breast cancer, etc., disease and diet have a certain relationship with obesity, then changing the poor diet structure, not eating refined foods, increasing the intake of vegetables and fruits, and reducing the intake of red meat have certain benefits.
17. Should cancer patients eat more organic food?
The term "organic" is commonly used to describe foods that are free of pesticides and genetic modification (transgenic), as well as meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products from animals that have not been given antibiotics or growth hormone. At present, there is no research to show whether organic food can reduce the risk of cancer or relapse more than other foods.
18. Should cancer patients eat more beans?
Beans are an excellent source of protein. It has weak estrogen activity and has been shown in animal studies to prevent certain hormone-dependent cancers. Pulses contain compounds with antioxidant properties and may have anti-cancer effects. For breast cancer survivors, the treatment effect of tamoxifen can be enhanced.
19 Can a vegetarian diet reduce the risk of cancer?
A vegetarian diet refers to a diet high in vegetables, fruits and whole grains, but low in red meat. There is no direct evidence that a vegetarian diet helps reduce the risk of cancer compared to a meat-rich diet.
20. Will sugar "cause" cancer or accelerate cancer progression?
NO, there is no direct evidence that sugar intake increases the risk of developing or worsening (progressing) cancer. Most foods and beverages with high sugar content are low in nutrition. It is recommended to limit the intake of foods and beverages with added sugar.
