What is chemotherapy? Chemotherapy is like spraying pesticides to eliminate weeds in a farmland, while the weeds are killed, the crops in the field will also be hurt accordingly. Chemotherapy is a way to kill cancer cells, which are the “bad cells” in our body. While killing the cancer cells, it will also damage other normal cells, resulting in a series of adverse reactions that will seriously affect the quality of life. And what is the way to improve it? Just like adding fertilizer to a field, if we can pay attention to our diet, we may be able to reduce the number of adverse effects. A few suggestions about diet: 10 suggestions 1, improve appetite During chemotherapy patients consume more than normal people, need more nutrition, but chemotherapy drugs often have digestive symptoms, and will damage the taste buds, so people have a poor appetite. At this time, it is necessary to find ways to make the food more delicious, for example, you can add some lemon to plain water. If you can’t stand the taste of lean meat, you can eat more eggs, fish, and drink skimmed milk for protein. You can drink some yogurt, vegetable soup, eat some sweet snacks, and eat bread with some peanut butter or other jam. Let the food taste heavier, sweeter, may enhance the appetite. 2.Keep your mouth clean During chemotherapy, immunity will be lowered, and some patients will have mouth ulcers or even oral fungal infections, which should Therefore, you should avoid drinking alcohol, eating spicy and overheated stimulating foods during chemotherapy. Drink more water, gargle with light salt water will help the ulcers to heal, if necessary, you can find a doctor to prescribe mouthwash to keep the mouth clean. 3, how to reduce nausea Ginger candies, mints or ginger tea can help reduce nausea. Eating slightly cooler foods can reduce nausea than hot foods. In addition to avoid greasy, fried food, food with a lot of spices, like Thai food and so on also try to eat less. Therefore, I think that during the chemotherapy family members should be less for the patient to prepare chicken soup, pork chop soup and other greasy food, supplemental nutrition can be based on eggs, milk, fish and so on. 4, eat more meals during chemotherapy, gastrointestinal function is poor, eat more meals is more conducive to the absorption of food and nutrition, and can reduce the symptoms of nausea and vomiting. 5, improve constipation Drinking more water is a good way to fight constipation. Before you eat a variety of high-fiber food is relatively small, to start eating more high-fiber vegetables and fruits, such as celery, sweet potatoes, bananas and other anti-constipation effect is good. 6, appropriate exercise during chemotherapy lying still not only can not promote the recovery, and have lower limb thrombosis, pneumonia and other risks, appropriate to do some exercise, such as walking and so on, on the gastrointestinal peristalsis also help, but also can fight constipation. 7, against diarrhea When you have diarrhea, eat less or not eat greasy food and fried food. At the same time, drink less coffee, sugary drinks, mixers, fruit juices, etc., all kinds of salads and raw food should also be eaten less. You can drink more porridge, eat more potatoes, pumpkin and so on. 8, avoid dehydration Diarrhea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy may lead to dehydration. When the following conditions occur, it suggests that you may have mild dehydration: dry mouth or feel sticky in the mouth, sunken eye sockets, little urine or dark-colored urine, and fewer tears. The most important way to avoid dehydration is to drink plenty of water, don’t wait until you are thirsty to think about drinking. 9, consult your doctor, discuss with your friends The various dietary problems you encountered during chemotherapy can be better answered by asking your doctor and communicating with your friends. 10, write a dietary diary to write down what you ate, after eating whether there is no discomfort. This can help you and the dietitian to better determine which food makes you uncomfortable, you can better adjust the diet. 4, Article Tips 1, quit drinking During chemotherapy, your liver is responsible for metabolizing chemotherapy drugs and reducing drug toxicity. Drinking alcohol at this time will bring extra burden to your liver and reduce the efficiency of its work. Drinking alcohol can also worsen gastrointestinal reactions such as nausea and vomiting. Some chemotherapy drugs may react with alcohol and bring incalculable damage to your body. 2, careful use of supplements Experts recommend that you do not consume various vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber supplements during chemotherapy. They may react with the chemotherapy drugs and affect their efficacy. If you are taking any supplements, be sure to communicate with your doctor first. 3, drink less green tea Green tea contains antioxidant components, about whether these antioxidant components have an effect on chemotherapy drugs, there is still a big controversy in the medical community. Some oncologists will advise their patients to limit the amount of green tea to 400 ml per day. 4. Consult your doctor if you eat soy products If your tumor is hormone-sensitive, eating soy products may have an effect on your tumor. Before eating soy products, you should consult your oncologist to see if you need to adjust your chemotherapy program or avoid soy products.