Diet of cancer patients

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Malignant tumor is what people call cancer. It is the general name of more than 100 related diseases. When the cells in the body mutate, it will continue to divide, out of the control of the body, and eventually form cancer. All the organs in people's body are made up of cells. Cell growth and differentiation can meet the needs of the body, and this orderly process can keep people healthy. However, if cells continue to divide, these extra large numbers of cells form tumors. Cancer cells can invade and destroy adjacent tissues and organs. Moreover, cancer cells can penetrate from the tumor and enter the blood or lymphatic system. This is how cancer forms new tumors from the primary site to other organs. This process is called cancer metastasis. Most cancers are named according to their original organ or cell type. Now let's talk about the diet of cancer patients?

Diet of cancer patients

First, eat appropriate amount of sugar to supplement calories. High dose radiotherapy can destroy the glucose metabolism in patients, decrease the glycogen, increase the lactic acid in blood, and aggravate the insufficiencies of insulin. Therefore, the effect of supplementing glucose is better. In addition, honey, rice, noodles, potatoes and other foods rich in sugar should be eaten more to supplement calories.

Secondly, vitamin A and C can prevent the malignant transformation and proliferation of cells and increase the stability of epithelial cells. Vitamin C can also prevent the general symptoms of radiation injury and increase the level of white blood cells. Vitamin E can promote cell division and delay cell aging. Vitamin B1 can promote the appetite of patients and reduce the symptoms caused by radiotherapy. Therefore, we should eat more foods rich in the above vitamins, such as fresh vegetables, fruits, sesame oil, Cereals, beans and animal viscera.

Third, the supply of easily digestible protein foods, such as milk, eggs, fish, bean products, can improve the body's anti-cancer ability. Milk and eggs can improve the protein disorder after radiotherapy.

matters needing attention

In different diseases, cancer patients have different dietary taboos. For example, patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma should avoid hot and spicy food, fried barbecue food, dog meat, mutton, pepper, fennel, etc. during radiotherapy; patients with gastric cancer should avoid spicy food, cinnamon, mustard, pepper, etc.; patients with food tube cancer should avoid old pork and duck meat; patients with liver cancer should avoid mother pork and eat less leeks. In short, diet should be appropriate, blind diet will lead to malnutrition, affect the rehabilitation of the disease. The maintenance of life depends on all kinds of nutrients in food. The main problem of cancer patients is nutritional disorder. Improving the nutrition of patients is the most important measure in the treatment of cancer