Chemotherapy is an important treatment for cancer, but while they kill cancer cells, they can also damage other normal cells, leading to a range of adverse effects that can seriously affect quality of life. This may be improved if some attention is paid to the diet. Here are some suggestions to adjust the diet. 1, improve appetite patients during chemotherapy need more nutrition, but chemotherapy drugs often make people lose their appetite. You can drink some yogurt, vegetable soup, eat some sweet snacks, eat bread with some peanut butter or other jams. Make the food taste heavier and sweeter, may improve appetite. 2, make the food more delicious Chemotherapy can damage the taste buds, making some food taste strange, and plain water can make you find it difficult to swallow. This time, we must find ways to make food more delicious, for example, you can add some lemon to the plain water. If you can not stand the taste of lean meat, you can eat more eggs, fish, drink some skim milk and so on to supplement protein. 3, relieve mouth ulcers during chemotherapy, the immune system will be reduced, some patients will have mouth ulcers. Want to promote the healing of mouth ulcers, you should avoid drinking alcohol, eating spicy, overheated irritating food. Drinking more water and gargling with light salt water will help the ulcers heal. 4, how to reduce nausea Ginger candy, peppermint candy or ginger tea can help reduce nausea. Eating slightly cooler foods can reduce nausea than hot foods. Also avoid greasy, fried food, food with a lot of spices, like Thai food and so on, also try to eat less. 5, eat more meals during chemotherapy, eat more meals is more conducive to the absorption of food nutrients, and can reduce the symptoms of nausea and vomiting. 6, improve constipation Drinking more water is a good way to fight constipation. You have to start eating more vegetables and fruits with high fiber if you previously ate a variety of high-fiber foods less, but you should not rush, but slowly adjust the diet structure. At the same time, do some appropriate exercise, such as walking and so on, on the gastrointestinal motility is also helpful, can fight constipation. 7, fight diarrhea When you have diarrhea, eat less or no greasy food and fried food. Also, drink less coffee, sugary drinks, mixers, juices, etc., and eat less of various salads and raw foods. You can drink more porridge, eat more potatoes, pumpkin, etc. 8, avoid dehydration Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea and vomiting may lead to dehydration. You may have mild dehydration when the following conditions occur: dry mouth or feeling sticky in the mouth, sunken eye sockets, little urine or dark urine, and reduced tears. The most important way to avoid dehydration is to drink plenty of water and not to wait until you are thirsty to think about drinking water. 9. Consult a nutritionist A professional nutritionist can give you useful advice on how to choose and match ingredients and balance the intake of various nutrients, and solve various dietary problems you encounter during chemotherapy. 10. Keep a diet diary and write down what you eat and whether you feel uncomfortable afterwards. This will help you and the dietitian to better determine which foods are making you uncomfortable and can better regulate your diet. The liver is responsible for metabolizing chemotherapy drugs and reducing drug toxicity during chemotherapy. Drinking alcohol at this time will put an extra burden on your liver and reduce the efficiency of the liver’s work. Also drinking alcohol can aggravate 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 Do not consume various vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber supplements during chemotherapy. They may react with 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 ingredients. There is a big controversy in the medical community about whether these antioxidant ingredients have an effect on chemotherapy drugs. Some oncologists advise their patients to limit the amount of green tea they drink to less than 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 regimen or avoid soy products.