Diet nursing of cancer patients

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The use of diet to prevent and treat diseases has a long history in China. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, there was "food medicine" in China. Sun Simiao, a famous doctor of the Tang Dynasty, said: "a doctor should know the source of the disease, know what he has committed, treat it with food, and then prescribe medicine." The importance of dietotherapy was explained. Dietotherapy is more significant for cancer patients. It is not only beneficial to relieve the clinical symptoms of cancer patients, but also beneficial to the rehabilitation of cancer patients.

Diet nursing of cancer patients

Although fat is the main source of body heat, it should not be excessive. Long term high-fat diet is easy to lead to melanoma, colorectal cancer, breast cancer. In addition, cancer patients in the course of treatment or disease progression, often nausea, vomiting, greasy, poor digestive function and other performance, should use low-fat diet.

Because cancer patients often cause digestive tract reaction in radiotherapy and chemotherapy, which leads to digestive function weakening, or tumor increases body consumption and causes malnutrition, even cachexia, many people blindly adopt high protein diet. However, high protein diet will increase the burden of gastrointestinal tract, make gastrointestinal digestion and absorption function weaker, and is not conducive to the treatment of tumor. Many experiments have shown that high protein diet is positively correlated with the incidence rate of cancer and prostate cancer.

Fresh fruits and vegetables contain a lot of vitamin A, vitamin C, and E. in recent years, studies have found that they have antioxidant effect, can eliminate free radicals, block the synthesis of carcinogen nitrosamine, inhibit the degeneration of squamous epithelial cells and the occurrence of cancer cells, and can enhance the body's immune function and promote ulcer healing. When eating green leafy vegetables, you should buy and eat them as you like. Do not place them for too long. It is better not to stay overnight to avoid the loss of vitamins and other nutrients caused by placing them.

matters needing attention

There is a close relationship between eating habits and cancer rehabilitation. Cancer patients should develop good eating habits, and usually pay attention to the following items: (1) diet should be regular, quantitative, less and more meals. Eat enough calories and nutrients in a planned way. Less food and more meals are more suitable for patients with digestive tract cancer. (2) eat a diet rich in vitamin A and vitamin C, and eat more green vegetables and fruits. (3) often eat food containing anti carcinogenic effect, such as kohlrabi, cabbage, shepherd's purse, etc.