Cancer patients’ dietary benefits and contraindications

Dietary contraindications are an important yet complex issue that is asked by almost all patients and their families. As a common saying goes, “three parts of medicine and seven parts of nourishment”, the issue of avoidance of food is an important part of disease management. For cancer patients, it is especially important to keep the avoidance of food in the whole process of treatment and recovery of the disease. Diet should not be too monotonous and should be balanced in terms of nutrients, not too little but not too much, for example, too much fat can promote the occurrence of cardiovascular disease and colon cancer. In particular, patients should be advised not to be partial to food. If necessary, a small amount of alcohol can be consumed (except for liver cancer patients or other patients with abnormal liver function or oral administration of small doses of corticosteroids to stimulate appetite). The diet should contain appropriate amount of fresh vegetables, fruits (containing more fiber and vitamins), beans and their products, or other foods containing more vitamin C and vitamin A. Because fruits and beans can produce anti-cancer effect, vitamin A and C can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and also can turn abnormal cells to normal. During chemotherapy or radiotherapy, patients should especially pay attention to increasing calories and eating more food containing protein and vitamins. If the patient has obvious gastrointestinal symptoms and it is difficult to supplement nutrition by eating, intravenous high nutrition therapy can be used, such as intravenous infusion of various amino acids and high concentration of glucose. Foods with anti-tumor effects such as mushrooms, cauliflower, garlic, kelp, etc. can also be eaten at times. Chinese herbs that support and nourish qi such as medical grade Ganoderma spore powder or highly concentrated Ganoderma preparation can enhance the treatment effect and improve the prognosis. Examples of foods that cancer patients should eat Vegetable beans Alias string beans. It is suitable for patients with leukemia, nasopharyngeal cancer, thyroid cancer, osteosarcoma, malignant staphyloma, chorioepithelial cancer, breast cancer, cervical pain, ovarian pain, testicular cancer, and intestinal cancer. This is because the seeds of navy beans contain glycoproteins, trypsin inhibitors, and PHA, which is highly active on human blood red blood cells. Since PHA has certain anti-cancer effects, it is advisable for the above cancer patients to eat it. Soybean sprout is a good anti-cancer vegetable, not only because it is rich in nutrition and contains a lot of vitamin C and carotene which have anti-cancer effect. More importantly, bean sprouts contain an enzyme that hinders the synthesis of carcinogenic nitrosamines in the body. At the same time, the chlorophyll and fiber in bean sprouts can also prevent colon cancer and some other cancerous changes, cancer patients often eat bean sprouts, to improve nutrition, control the development of the disease is beneficial. Wheat bran is a high-fiber food that is suitable for patients with colon and rectal cancer. Scientists from the University of Arizona found that consumption of bran-rich foods can slow down the growth of colon and rectal cancer, thus reducing the incidence of colon cancer. Kelp According to traditional Chinese medicine, kelp has the function of resolving phlegm, softening hardness and dispersing nodes, and is a common tumor treatment drug in Chinese medicine, mostly used for gall tumor, choking, scrofula, phlegm nucleus, etc., which is equivalent to various benign or malignant tumors of thyroid, esophagus, stomach, breast and lymph node system, and is an ideal anti-cancer and anti-cancer food, suitable for thyroid cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, cardia cancer, lymphoma. It is suitable for patients with thyroid cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, cardia cancer, uterine cancer and malignant lymphoma. Nori is cold in nature, sweet and salty in taste, and has the function of clearing heat, softening hardness and resolving phlegm, which is an ideal anti-cancer food for cancer patients. It is suitable for brain tumor, breast cancer, thyroid cancer, malignant lymphoma, and various tumors with lymph node metastasis to take regularly, which has certain effect on inhibiting tumor growth, shrinking lumps and relieving the development of the disease. Seaweed Modern pharmacological research has confirmed that seaweed has certain anti-cancer functions and is also a kind of anti-cancer and anti-cancer food. According to Chinese medicine, seaweed is cold in nature and can soften hardness, disperse nodes and eliminate phlegm, which is suitable for people with various malignant tumors of head and neck, thyroid, digestive tract, lung and lymphatic system. It is usually eaten with seaweed, which is more suitable. Black fungus, also known as silver fungus. It is mild in nature, sweet in taste, and can benefit the qi and nourish the yin. Recent studies have found that black fungus contains a polysaccharide that has certain anti-cancer activity. This anti-cancer effect is not to inhibit or destroy cancer cells directly, but to fight cancer by improving the body’s immunity, which is the effect of supporting the righteous and dispelling the evil, as Chinese medicine says. Therefore, black fungus is suitable for all kinds of cancer patients and those who are weak after radiotherapy, chemotherapy or surgery. White fungus is mild in nature, sweet in taste and has the function of nourishing yin, moistening lung, nourishing stomach and generating body fluid, which is a kind of nutritional tonic to nourish the deficiency and help to fight cancer. Modern pharmacological research shows that silver fungus can promote the transformation of lymphocytes in the body and improve immune function. The antitumor polysaccharide of silver fungus has a certain inhibitory effect on cancer cells, which is especially suitable for cancer patients and those who are physically weak after chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Monkey head mushroom, or monkey head mushroom, is a nutritious edible fungus suitable for cancer patients, especially those with digestive system cancer. Monkey head mushroom not only has high nutritional value, but also contains polysaccharides and peptides that have a strong inhibitory effect on cancer cells, and at the same time can significantly increase the protein composition in the body and produce interferon, which enhances the anti-cancer effect. Therefore, the regular consumption of monkey head mushroom by cancer patients helps to raise the immunoglobulin of human body, improve the conversion rate of lymphocytes, raise the white blood cells, enhance the immune function of human body, and play the role of cancer prevention and treatment. Golden needle mushroom According to Japanese scholars, golden needle mushroom contains a kind of mushroom mucin, which can effectively inhibit the growth of tumors and has obvious anti-cancer effects. In Japan, Nagano Prefecture is the largest producer of golden needle mushroom, and the residents of this prefecture have very little cancer due to the regular consumption of this edible mushroom, and the tumor incidence rate in this area is significantly lower than that in other areas. It is also an ideal food for people with various types of cancer. Straw mushroom is cold in nature and sweet in taste, which can clear heat and produce body fluid to nourish yin. It is rich in vitamin C, which is good for cancer prevention and treatment, and the seeds of straw mushroom also contain a kind of heterogeneous protein, which also has certain anti-cancer effect. It is suitable for all kinds of cancer patients to take and can enhance the body’s ability to prevent and cure cancer. Flat mushroom In recent years, medical workers in China have found that flat mushroom is also an anti-cancer food, which has direct anti-cancer and anti-cancer effects and is suitable for patients with stomach cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer and cervical cancer. To a certain extent, it can stabilize the disease, control the development of cancer, and reduce the metastasis and recurrence after surgery. … Avoid: Yellow fish, catfish, striped bass, eel, snapper, loach and spicy food.