For esophageal cancer patients, eating is definitely challenging for them because careless diet can bring serious consequences to esophageal cancer patients. So, what should be noted in the diet of esophageal cancer patients? 1.It is better to eat in sitting position or semi-sitting position. 2, avoid eating cigarette, alcohol and coffee: cigarette contains nicotine and nitrosamine, which are toxic carcinogens; alcohol can stimulate the secretion of hormones, thus affecting the susceptibility to malignant tumor; caffeine can destroy the B vitamins in the body. 3, keep your mouth clean, rinse your mouth before eating, drink warm water to rinse your esophagus after eating. 4.Eating should be slow and small number of meals. 5.It is advisable to eat cold, cool liquid or semi-liquid food. 6.Avoid overheating, hard, solid, rough and crumbly food, irritating food. 7, avoid eating sugar, smoked food, moldy food and sauerkraut. 8.The diet should be light and not partial, and more foods rich in vitamins, trace elements and fiber, plus fresh vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, seafood, etc. 9.Esophageal cancer patients, when there is difficulty in swallowing, should change to liquid food, chew slowly, eat more often with less time, forcible pressure will also stimulate cancer cell spreading, metastasis, bleeding, pain and so on. 10.Eating regimen of advanced esophageal cancer (esophageal cancer): when esophageal cancer patients have cachexia, they should supplement more protein, such as milk, eggs, goose meat, goose blood, lean pork, various fruits and so on. 11.Esophageal cancer (esophageal cancer) diet for advanced stage: when esophageal cancer patients have complete obstruction, intravenous rehydration and gastrostomy should be used to maintain life by giving high nutritious food. 12.Dietary adjustment for early stage esophageal cancer patients: In terms of diet, the maximum digestive and absorption capacity of gastrointestinal tract should be used to supplement as many nutrients as possible to make the body strong. Eat more fresh food and supplement protein, vitamins and fat, etc. 13.Esophageal cancer patients’ post-surgery diet adjustment: within seven days after surgery, liquid, zinc and calcium-rich foods are the mainstay, such as milk, bone broth, chicken soup and so on; in the second week (7-14 days) after surgery, if it is only smooth, a whole nutrition diet should be chosen, such as chicken soup, duck soup, meat soup, rice porridge with carrot juice, spinach juice, gingko porridge and so on. After two weeks, the patient can change to a semi-liquid diet and soft rice, etc. 14.It is advisable to eat more foods with anti-esophageal cancer effect, such as kiwi, fig, shiitake, mushroom, golden needle, barley, diamond, orange, apple, olive, agaric, sandworm, jellyfish, water chestnut, clam, shark, turtle and snapper. 15, it is advisable to eat more food that can improve swallowing difficulties, including carp, carp, mussels, oyster chicken, pears, lychees, sugar cane, walnuts, leeks, garlic, persimmon cake, lotus root, field chicken, pond lice, chicken crop, milk, goose blood, asparagus. 16, chest pain and chest tightness should eat leeks, marjoram, figs, almonds, orange cake, horseshoe crab, eels, kiwi, capers, loach, honey. 17, erratic should eat lychee, knife beans, persimmons, walnuts, sugar cane, apples, radish. 18, constipation should eat honey, water chestnuts, Ulva, jellyfish, mud snail, sea cucumber, figs, cereals, pine nuts, sesame, walnuts, rabbit, mulberry, apples, peaches.