Diet menu for cancer patients
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If we want to prevent cancer, we must make adjustments in our daily diet. So, what are the dietary principles of cancer patients? Which foods are suitable for cancer patients to eat, and which foods should cancer patients avoid? Let's take a look at the diet menu for cancer patients
Diet menu for cancer patients
Supplement high nutrition liquid or semi liquid diet, such as lotus seed soup, crucian carp soup, milk, snow ear soup and soybean milk. When eating, avoid overheating, over acid and stimulating diet. At this time, you can eat appetizers, such as hawthorn, white radish, mushrooms, lentils, Chinese yam, etc. at the same time, eat less and more meals to avoid satiety. Eat slowly, don't lie on your back one hour after meal, take a walk, don't eat water one hour before chemotherapy, take 3-5ml fresh ginger juice if you feel nauseous and vomit.
The daily nutritional needs of cancer patients can be met according to the "four base diet plan": 1. Protein: especially after radiotherapy, high protein diet should be selected to supplement energy, such as fish, eggs, meat (pig, cattle, mutton and poultry) and bean products. Protein accounts for 10% of the total energy to meet the needs of adult cancer patients, but usually the protein intake of elderly patients is greater than 10% of the total energy. Patients with renal insufficiency should limit their protein intake. 2. Dairy products: including various forms of dairy products, it is the main source of vitamin A, B, D and calcium, and can also provide a certain amount of protein. 3. Vegetables and fruits: cancer patients should adopt the dietary guidelines recommended by the American Cancer Association, and eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables (about 85g per serving, equivalent to a small banana, medium Apple or a small carrot) every day to provide vitamins and minerals, especially citrus fruits are the main source of vitamin C, and dark yellow green vegetables can provide vitamin A. 4. Cereals: such as rice, noodles, steamed bread, porridge, etc., can provide sugar, B vitamins and iron. In addition, the daily need for lipids, including animal fat, vegetable oil, to provide calories and vitamins to prevent the consumption of their own fat.
The following four kinds of food have anti-cancer and anti-cancer effects: 1. Antioxidant vitamins and dietary fiber: vitamin A, C, e can eliminate the harmful substances of free radicals, dietary fiber can promote the excretion of intestinal carcinogens, both of which exist in fresh vegetables and fruits. 2. Food containing selenium: selenium can eliminate free radicals and enhance immunity. In animal food, fish is more than meat, meat is more than eggs; in vegetables, garlic, asparagus, mushroom, onion, tomato, lettuce, pumpkin are rich in selenium. 3. Food containing polyphenols: tea and wine are rich in tea polyphenols, which can inhibit the nitrosylation reaction and prevent cancer. 4. Food containing lycopene: it can prevent prostate cancer and breast cancer. It is found in tomato, watermelon and grapefruit.
matters needing attention
Cancer patients can't eat MSG. Do not eat iodized salt, any seafood, do not eat high iodine food. Cancer patients eat seafood, such as crabs, shrimps, scaleless fish, kelp, etc., including iodized food and iodized salt, the lump will burst. Iodine widely exists in seawater, iodine can promote the dissolution of soft tissue, so it has the effect of expectorant, which is good for benign tumor and vascular sclerosis. But for hemorrhagic diseases and cancer, it has always been taboo. Therefore, cancer patients should buy pickles and salt to eat.
