How should patients with liver cancer eat during the recovery period? Dietary tips for patients with liver cancer during the recovery period

After active treatment, liver cancer patients are in good condition and will definitely leave the hospital and return home. During their stay in the hospital, medical staff will supervise their diet. But what should they do after returning home? Of course, the family members of the patients will take care of them and pay attention to what they should eat and what they should not eat, so as to benefit the health of the patients.

Liver cancer diet should first be balanced

Liver cancer patients consume a lot of energy and must be guaranteed to have adequate nutrition. The simplest way to measure the nutritional status of patients is whether they can maintain their weight. The best way to maintain a normal weight is to maintain a balanced diet, requiring patients to eat more fresh vegetables, and half of which should be green leafy vegetables.

Fat and protein intake must be controlled

Many patients' families believe that liver cancer patients must be given a high-protein, high-fat diet because they are thin and have poor physical fitness. This view is wrong and sometimes even fatal.

Indeed, liver cancer patients have poor appetite and eat less. If they do not have a balanced diet, they must increase the calories of their diet and eat easily digestible fats and sweets, such as honey and royal jelly. Sucrose, vegetable oil, cream, etc. Liver cancer patients should eat more protein-rich foods, especially high-quality protein, such as lean meat, eggs, beans, milk, etc., to prevent albumin reduction. However, in the late stage of liver cancer, when liver function is poor, protein intake should be controlled to avoid excessive protein intake that may induce hepatic encephalopathy.

Liver cancer patients should not forget to supplement vitamins

Vitamin A, C, E, K, etc. have certain auxiliary anti-tumor effects. Vitamin C is mainly found in fresh vegetables and fruits. Carotene can be converted into vitamin A after entering the human body, so liver cancer patients should eat more animal liver, carrots, cauliflower, day lily, cabbage, figs, jujube, etc. At the same time, they should also eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, such as radish, pumpkin, bamboo shoots, asparagus, apples, black plums, kiwis, etc.

After solving the dietary problem of liver cancer patients, liver cancer patients should not forget to have follow-up examinations. Irregular follow-up examinations will lead to the neglect of tumor recurrence in liver cancer patients. Although the situation of radical cure of liver cancer is not optimistic now, if the tumor can be detected early, the patient's survival period can be greatly extended. It is recommended that patients check pET-CT after treatment and scan the tumor lesions in the whole body.