A brief introduction to dietary knowledge for pancreatic cancer

People are anxious about pancreatic cancer, because after the disease occurs, patients will be very worried. Usually, we must detect the disease as early as possible, and pay attention to the development of the disease, effectively regulate it, and avoid causing serious illness. So what are the dietary precautions for pancreatic cancer patients?

1. Choose a diet that is nutritious, easy to digest, less irritating and low in fat. You can give high-protein, high-carbohydrate foods, such as milk, fish, liver, egg white, fine flour foods, lotus root powder, fruit juice, vegetable soup, glutinous rice, etc., and combine it with foods that have the effects of softening and dispersing nodules, and soothing the liver and regulating qi, such as hawthorn, malt, coix rice, Shenqu, red beans, shepherd's purse, ophiopogon, costus root, trichosanthes, angelica, astragalus, codonopsis, honeysuckle, kelp, seaweed, and laver.

2. After the operation, you should often use foods that nourish qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and stomach, such as glutinous rice, red beans, broad beans, yam, wolfberry, mussels, figs, hazelnuts, milk, water chestnut powder, etc.

3. Avoid overeating, binge drinking, alcoholism and high-fat diets. Because the pancreas is one of the main organs that secrete digestive enzymes, once the pancreas is diseased, the digestion of fat will be seriously affected.

4. Eat less or limit the intake of fatty meat, fish roe, brain marrow, greasy, fried foods and other foods that are difficult to digest. Avoid spicy foods such as onions, ginger, garlic, and chili peppers, and avoid smoking and drinking.

Generally speaking, when choosing a method to treat pancreatic cancer, the three most commonly used methods in clinical practice are symptomatic supportive treatment, palliative treatment and surgical treatment. For pancreatic cancer patients, which method to choose during treatment depends on the development stage of their disease.

During chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer, when the white blood cell count decreases, it is advisable to supplement with foods that have anti-cancer and white blood cell-raising effects, such as animal placenta, walnuts, liver, bone marrow, lean meat, fish, jujube, mushrooms, osmanthus, red beans, pig's feet, goose blood, shark, and turtle.

When patients have symptoms such as loss of appetite, indigestion, loose stools, etc., they can be given foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach. For example, coix seeds, radish, hawthorn, kiwi fruit, water shield, jujube, sunflower seeds, walnuts, shrimps and crabs, carp, whitebait, loach, bighead carp, pond fish, grass carp, etc., can strengthen the spleen and appetite, protect digestive function, and reduce the side effects of chemotherapy. If oral mucosal ulcers occur, rose flowers, rose flowers or mulberry buds can be used instead of tea.