A balanced diet that is easy to digest and absorb is recommended after kidney cancer surgery.
After kidney cancer surgery, you should eat light, easily digestible and absorbable foods. The staple food group contains a lot of carbohydrates, which provide sufficient energy, and sufficient energy can improve the utilization of protein. However, after kidney cancer surgery, because of the decline in kidney function, the excretion of protein metabolites is impaired, the concentration of essential amino acids in the blood decreases, and the level of non-essential amino acids increases, so the diet should minimize the intake of plant protein. Cereals contain about 8%-12% protein, which is plant protein, so in the normal diet, some starchy foods without protein can be used to replace cereals. On the basis of ensuring the amount of staple food, protein is more derived from animal quality protein. The high quality proteins that post-operative kidney cancer patients can choose include milk, eggs, lean meat, fish, shrimp, chicken, etc.