Leukemia patients are forbidden to eat cold, fried, pickled, stimulating food, so as not to cause diarrhea, constipation, intestinal infections and other digestive diseases.
Leukemia patients with poor immune function, so the specific taboos in the diet are as follows:
1. Cold and raw: leukemia patients should first avoid eating lettuce, cold drinks, etc. These foods are easy to increase the risk of intestinal infections, which is not conducive to the recovery of the disease.
2. Deep-fried: prohibit the consumption of deep-fried food, such as doughnuts, etc., after high-temperature frying of food will produce toxic chemicals, such as acrylamide, which is a class I carcinogen, and is not conducive to the recovery of the disease.
3. Pickled food: avoid eating pickles, bacon, etc. Pickles contain anaerobic bacteria, which can easily cause infection to the organism, and it is also unfavorable to the body.
4. Stimulating food: avoid eating chili peppers, garlic and so on, these foods are spicy stimulating food, easy to stimulate the mucous membrane of the stomach, so that excessive secretion of gastric acid, inducing peptic ulcers and other phenomena.
As the resistance of leukemia patients are relatively low, so the diet must pay attention to hygiene, tableware disinfection, during the period of high-calorie high-protein food, to enhance the body’s resistance, in addition to taking measures to control the condition according to the individual situation.