Cancer patients ask: how to eat three meals a day? Remember to keep this dietary guide
With the development of science and technology, the current anti-tumor treatment methods are also constantly improving, and the survival time of tumor patients is significantly prolonged. Even if there is no cure for malignant tumor, it is a chronic disease that can survive for a long time.
One of the things that family members and patients are most concerned about is the diet and nutrition of patients with malignant tumors. What should patients eat? What to drink? Make up for what? What else should be avoided, etc., because cancer patients generally experience weight loss during treatment, poor prognosis, poor quality of life, and high mortality. Therefore, how to ensure the quality of life of cancer patients has begun to attract everyone's attention.
Among the family members of 100 cancer patients, about 99 are troubled by the question: "Can I take supplements for my own patients?" From this example, it can reflect two aspects of the anxiety of cancer patients: one is psychological The second is psychological comfort, in front of the person you love, in the face of life and death problems, you always feel that you can give him the best talent Make yourself feel like you're not wronging him.
In fact, the National Health and Family Planning Commission has scientific guidance on the diet of cancer patients, and has given the most authoritative answers to the dietary problems of cancer patients.
The following is a detailed interpretation of the above principles
About food selection
- Cereals and Potatoes
It is advisable to maintain an appropriate intake of cereals per day, and adults should consume 200g to 400g per day. In the case of normal gastrointestinal function, pay attention to the matching of thickness.
- Animal Food
Appropriately eat more fish, poultry, eggs, and reduce red meat intake. For patients with gastrointestinal injury from radiotherapy and chemotherapy, it is recommended to make soft, rotten and finely crushed animal food. At the same time, white meat should be increased and red meat intake should be reduced.
In daily life, it can be roughly classified as follows: animals with four legs such as pigs, horses, cattle and sheep have red meat, animals with two legs such as chickens, ducks, and geese have red and white meat, and animals without legs such as fish have white meat.
Processed meat products such as sausage, cured meat, ham, etc. are collectively referred to as processed meat. Processed meat is similar to red meat and can be classified as red meat. It will also increase the incidence of various tumors.
- Beans and soy products
Consume soybeans and soy products in moderation daily. It is recommended to consume an equivalent amount of soybeans of about 50g per day, and other soybean products are converted according to the moisture content.
- Vegetables and fruits
The recommended intake of vegetables is 300g to 500g, and vegetables of various colors and leafy vegetables are recommended. Fruit intake 200g ~ 300g.
- Grease
Use a variety of vegetable oils as cooking oil, 25g to 40g per day.
Do you need taboos? The issue of taboos has attracted much attention. Many patients and their families often ask medical experts about this issue. In fact, this matter needs to be viewed from different perspectives. As far as the current clinical research is concerned, those that can increase the risk of tumor recurrence and metastasis need to be absolutely contraindicated include the following: tobacco, alcohol, moldy food, barbecue (fire, charcoal)/salted and fried animal food.