Because the cellular mucosa of the walls of the esophagus is thinner during treatment, food intake should be avoided as much as possible to avoid things that are too hot, too cold, too hard, and otherwise not easy to move down and swallow.
Esophageal cancer patients need to pay special attention to their diet in the later stages. Patients in the later stages should not eat anything that is too hot, too cold, too hard, or otherwise not easy to move down and swallow.
Patients can eat moderate amounts of high-quality protein, mainly plant-based protein, during treatment. Examples include milk, soy milk, soybeans, soy flowers, and other soy products.
Supplementing with a quantitative amount of vitamins, patients with esophageal cancer are advised to eat more fresh green leafy vegetables and fruits. If they have difficulty swallowing, they can juice the fruits and vegetables and drink them, such as cherries, watermelon, ziti, spinach, celery, broccoli, peach and grapes, etc., which can be supplemented with multiple vitamins and also take in sufficient amounts of fiber from plants.
Pay attention to the simplicity and ease of digestion of food, do not be too greasy, so that the oily fat of food does not stick to the esophageal wall and cause other cancerous lesions, such as thin rice, oats and porridge can be consumed more often, or you can carry out the principle of eating less and more meals, more liquid or semi-liquid food.
While diet can certainly address a patient’s nutritional deficiencies, it is often not enough for patients to address nutrition during treatment or even recovery. The key is still the balanced conditioning of the body and the improvement of the quality of life level.