The main physiological function of the colon is to absorb water and store food residues to form feces, and the glands of the colonic mucosa can secrete thick mucus, which is alkaline and can neutralize fermentation products of feces. When the colon is suffering from cancer, the physiological function is damaged, and the defecation function and the general condition are affected, such as diarrhea, difficulty in defecation, general wasting and other symptoms. If we do not pay attention to the diet and eat foods that are not easy to digest and cancer-promoting foods, the progress of colon cancer will be aggravated and the whole body will be exhausted. When you have colon cancer, you must pay attention to your diet.
It is proved that high-fat diet will promote the occurrence of intestinal tumor, especially polyunsaturated fatty acid, which can lower blood lipid but has the role of promoting cancer, and cholesterol itself is not carcinogenic, but reacts with gallstone acid at the same time and has the role of promoting cancer, which means that gallstone acid is a cancer-promoting factor. Patients with colorectal cancer should not eat too much fat, and the total amount of fat should account for less than 30% of the total caloric energy, and the ratio of animal and vegetable oils should be appropriate. In other words, in a day’s meal, including the amount of fats in the food itself, plus the oil used in cooking, the daily fat should be less than 50 grams. Some friends are afraid of coronary heart disease, control animal fat is very strict, often to vegetable oil, or even do not eat animal oil, which will cause excessive peroxide in the body. Because vegetable oil in the carbon chain is unstable, easy to oxidation, such as appropriate to eat some animal fat, will make the carbon chain stable, not easy to oxidation, and reduce the formation of free radicals in the body, so we must eat scientifically, pay attention to the reasonable ratio of fats.
Dietary fiber-rich vegetables, such as celery, leek, cabbage, radish and other green leafy vegetables, can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, increase the number of bowel movements and take away carcinogenic and toxic substances from feces. If colon cancer bulges into the intestinal cavity and the intestinal cavity becomes narrow, the intake of dietary fiber should be controlled, because too much dietary fiber can cause intestinal obstruction. At this time, easy-to-digest, soft and semi-fluid food should be given, such as millet porridge, thick lotus root soup, rice soup, congee, cornmeal porridge, egg custard, tofu brain, etc. These foods can reduce the stimulation to the intestinal tract, pass through the intestinal cavity smoothly and prevent the occurrence of intestinal obstruction.
Post-operative patients with colon cancer should follow medical advice and give diet as other patients with gastrointestinal surgery, and the quality of meals should start with thin and soft and gradually adapt to the body before adding other diets. Care should be taken not to eat too much fat, and to have a reasonable mix of sugar, fat, protein, minerals, vitamins and other foods, with grain, lean meat, fish, eggs, milk, all kinds of vegetables and soy products every day, and not too much of each kind. This will replenish the various nutrients required by the body. If you cannot eat normally at the early stage after surgery, intravenous rehydration should be the main focus, and glucose, amino acids and fat milk can be supplemented by infusion, but the speed of inputting fat milk and amino acids should not be too fast, as they will not be absorbed in the body after inputting too fast, but will cause energy waste, and at the same time make the body produce adverse reactions. After the surgery, pay attention to strengthen the care and diet, the patient’s strength will gradually return to normal, but it is more important to adhere to chemotherapy after surgery.
Example of one day recipe for colon cancer (post-operative recovery period)
Breakfast: millet porridge (millet 50g), cornmeal rice cake (cornmeal 50g), mixed cabbage (cabbage 50g)
Additional meal: 1 apple (200g of apple)
Lunch: buns (egg 50g, cabbage 100g, celery 100g, flour 100g), soup (tomato 50g, cucumber 50g, starch 10g)
Extra meal: 1 small bowl of lotus root powder punch (30g lotus root powder, 10g sugar), 2 vegetable crackers (20g flour)
Dinner: 50g rice porridge (50g rice), steamed buns (50g flour), mixed tofu (100g northern tofu), steamed garlic and mashed eggplant (100g eggplant)
Additional meal: sweet milk (250g fresh milk, 5g sugar), cake 50g
10g of oil for cooking all day, 6g of salt
Colon cancer dietary therapy prescription
(1) Rhizome porridge: 20 shelled rhizomes, 1 spoon of honey, appropriate amount of glutinous rice. Wash and mash the water chestnuts, put them in a tile jar and add water to make a semi-paste first. Then put in the appropriate amount of glutinous rice porridge, porridge cooked with honey seasoning to eat. Regular consumption, has a beneficial effect on the stomach and intestines.
(2) Lotus root juice egg: 8 grams of plum seeds, 1 egg, the amount of lotus root juice. Blend the root and lotus root juice, put it into the egg, seal it with wet paper and steam it. Twice daily, 1 dose each time, with blood activation to stop bleeding, cool the blood, and can be used for those with bleeding in the stool.
(3) Qomai root soup: 60 grams of fresh Qomai root or 30 grams of dried root. First wash with rice slop and add water to decoct into soup. 1 dose daily, with the effect of clearing heat and relieving dampness.
(4) Poria egg shells: Poria 30 grams, 9 grams of eggshells. Poria and egg shells melt dry research into the end that is. Twice a day, each time 1 dose, with boiling water sent down, this remedy has vegetables and liver Qi, abdominal pain, abdominal distension can be used, in addition, can also be used to serve porridge.
(5) mulberry pork soup: mulberry 50 grams, jujube 10, pork lean meat appropriate amount. Mulberry and jujube, pork and salt together with the right amount of soup until cooked. Regularly eaten, with a tonic for the middle, lower abdominal cramps can be used for this formula.
(6) lotus seed soup: 5 fresh lotus seeds, such as no fresh lotus seeds can be used as a substitute for the dried ones, a little rock sugar. First, wash the lotus seeds, cut them up, add an appropriate amount of water, and take the soup after 1 hour of decoction, then add rock sugar. 3 times a day, with clear heat, cool the blood, stop bleeding, bleeding in the stool can be used for this meal.
(7) fishy grass and lotus seed soup: 10 grams of fishy grass, 30 grams of lotus seed meat, the above medicine with water decoction soup that is ready. Take it twice a day, in the morning and in the evening, it can clear heat and dry dampness, and detoxify fire.
(8) papaya stewed large intestine: 10 grams of papaya, fat pig intestine 30cm. papaya into the cleaned large intestine, both ends tied tightly, stewed until cooked, that is. Drink soup and eat intestines, this meal has a clear heat and stomach, moving gas to relieve pain.
(9) leech seaweed: leech 15 grams, seaweed 30 grams. Dried leech and seaweed into fine powder, divided into 10 packets that is. This meal has the effect of removing silt and breaking blood, clearing heat and detoxifying.
(10) Lingjiao Vine Soup: 10 pieces of lingjiao, 12 grams of coix seed rice, 12 grams of fresh perilla. Tear the perilla into pieces, and then decocted with water with the rhizome and coix seeds. 3 grams per day, with clear heat and detoxification, strengthen the spleen and permeate dampness.
(11) Cinnamon and sesame boiled pork large intestine: 50 grams of cinnamon, 60 grams of black sesame, about 30 cm of pork large intestine. Pork large intestine washed cinnamon and sesame seeds into the large intestine, both ends tied, add water to cook, to cinnamon and black sesame, seasoning is ready. Drink soup and eat intestines, this meal is external to the Chinese qi, lower abdominal cramps, frequent bowel movements can be used.