Diet during breast cancer chemotherapy

Among the diseases we know, there are many diseases that are exclusive to women and men. Breast cancer, as a disease exclusive to women, is now the number one killer threatening women's health. Breast cancer patients will choose surgical treatment. The following editor will introduce to you the diet of breast cancer patients during chemotherapy.

1. A balanced diet, no taboos, no partiality, a combination of coarse and fine foods, meat and vegetables, the more food varieties the better;

2. Eliminate toxins. Do not eat pickled, salted, smoked, moldy, pigmented, or flavored foods. Do not drink alcoholic beverages.

3. Eat more natural, wild foods and less artificially bred and processed foods;

4. Proper tonic can improve immunity. Some tonics such as ginseng, white fungus, red dates, etc. have direct or indirect effects on cancer inhibition and strengthening the body;

5. Use steaming, boiling and stewing more often when cooking, and try to eat less fried and deep-fried foods.

Specifically speaking, the diet of cancer patients must rely on various nutrients in food. The most important problem of cancer patients is nutritional disorder, and improving the nutrition of patients is the most important anti-cancer treatment measure. Reasonable diet allocation for cancer patients can improve the body's resistance, which is very beneficial to the treatment and recovery of patients. Diet allocation for cancer patients, what to eat during breast cancer chemotherapy? The following points should be noted:

(1) Providing easily digestible and absorbable protein foods, such as milk, eggs, fish, and soy products, can improve anti-tumor ability. Among them, milk and eggs can improve protein disorders after radiotherapy.

(2) Eat an appropriate amount of sugar to supplement calories. It can supplement calories. Large doses of radiotherapy can damage the body's sugar metabolism, causing a sharp drop in glycogen and an increase in lactic acid in the blood that cannot be used anymore. In addition, the insulin deficiency is aggravated. Supplementing glucose is more effective. You should also eat honey, rice, noodles, potatoes and other foods rich in sugar to supplement calories.

(3) Eat more foods that have anti-cancer effects, such as soft-shelled turtle, shiitake mushroom, black fungus, kelp, garlic, mustard, royal jelly and other foods.

(4) Vitamins A and C can prevent the malignant transformation of cells and epithelial cells and increase their stability. Vitamin C can also prevent the symptoms of radiation damage and increase the level of white blood cells; Vitamin E can promote cell division and delay cell aging; Vitamin B1 can promote the patient's appetite and alleviate the symptoms caused by radiotherapy. Therefore, you should eat more foods rich in the above vitamins, such as fresh vegetables, fruits, sesame oil, cereals, beans, and animal offal.

(5) Patients undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy should generally eat cold foods and drinks; however, patients who feel cold should eat hot foods.

(6) Diversify the diet, pay attention to color, aroma, taste, and shape, and promote the patient's appetite; cook food by steaming, boiling, and stewing, avoid eating foods that are difficult to digest, and refrain from drinking alcohol.

(7) For patients with difficulties in chewing, swallowing, digestion and absorption of nutrients caused by tumor surgery in various parts of the body and special nutritional deficiencies, a compound nutritional element diet should be given when necessary according to different dietary conditions to enhance the patient's resistance.

Do you understand how breast cancer patients should eat properly during chemotherapy? In fact, no matter what disease it is, there are certain requirements for diet, and a reasonable diet arrangement is very helpful for the recovery of the disease. I also hope that breast cancer patients can reduce psychological pressure and maintain a happy mood. I wish the patients a speedy recovery.