After receiving various treatments, cancer patients are still faced with the problem of recovering health and preventing recurrence and metastasis. Therefore, the diet should be considered around health recovery and prevention of recurrence and metastasis. Whether the dietary structure is correct and reasonable is closely related to the prognosis, treatment effect and recovery of cancer.
Cancer patients are often weak, and it is very necessary to strengthen nutrition. In principle, emphasis is placed on high nutrition and comprehensive nutrition. From a therapeutic point of view, it is necessary to choose more supplementary foods.
Some people mistakenly believe that the reason why cancer patients develop cancer is because there is "toxin" in the body, and they should be treated with detoxification and detoxification drugs and food, rather than "replenishing" methods, and do not strengthen nutrition, so as to starve the tumor cells to death. This idea is wrong.
In arranging the diet of cancer patients, in addition to considering nutritional factors, attention should also be paid to making full use of the anticancer substances in the food. It is advisable to choose foods that can improve immune function, prevent cancer, and anti-cancer, such as sweet potatoes, soybean products, coix seed, celery, garlic, carrots, asparagus, tomatoes, figs, kiwi, gourd, hawthorn, mushrooms, mushrooms, fungus, etc. Here are some recommendations:
(1) Corn: Corn contains a high amount of carotene, a large amount of plant fiber and a large amount of lysine, which can significantly inhibit the formation of tumor cells. The content of selenium in corn is extremely rich. Selenium is a strong antioxidant, which is 500 times higher than vitamin E. It can devour free radicals and other peroxides in the human body, and protect cell membranes and chromosome genes from damage. In addition, the magnesium in corn also contributes to the anti-cancer ability.
(2) Sweet potato: Also known as sweet potato, sweet potato, and sweet potato, some people call it "the first anti-cancer food", and it is considered to be an excellent food for curing diseases, prolonging life, losing weight and health care. Most urban residents in my country no longer eat sweet potatoes, and occasionally some people buy roasted sweet potatoes to taste fresh. Sweet potatoes have powerful anti-cancer properties. Dehydroepiandrosterone, a substance found in sweet potatoes, can prevent bowel and breast cancer. The longevity secret of many longevity stars is: they like to eat sweet potatoes.
(3) Coix seed: Coix seed contains a variety of medicinal ingredients such as Coix seed fat, Coix seed oil, Coix seed, sitosterol, and alkaloids. Coix seed oil not only has a nourishing effect, but also has an inhibitory effect on a variety of tumor cells, and can increase white blood cells and platelets. The active ingredients of Coix Seed have been extracted and used in Kanglaite, an anticancer traditional Chinese medicine preparation, which has a good therapeutic effect on lung cancer. Regular consumption of coix seed porridge not only has a good adjuvant therapy effect on tumors, but also has symptoms such as weakness, leukopenia, loss of appetite, abdominal distention, ascites, and swelling of the face and limbs in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy. better effect. Coix seed is really an ideal anti-cancer health food, and cancer patients often eat it to help the body recover.
(4) Kelp: Kelp is rich in cellulose, which can promote the excretion of carcinogens in the intestine. Kelp also contains a lot of calcium, which also has anti-cancer effects. Epidemiological surveys found that people who eat calcium-rich foods have a low incidence of bowel cancer.
(5) Konjac: Also known as Gou weak and Snake Liugu, it is the bulb of konjac of the southern star family. Rich in glucomannan, protein, fructose, starch and cellulose, it has the functions of removing blood stasis and dispersing accumulation, removing blood stasis and swelling. The glucomannan in konjac can absorb water and expand, stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, relax bowels, promote the excretion of feces and harmful substances in the intestines, and has the effect of laxative and cancer prevention. It can not only treat constipation, but also prevent colon cancer. effect.
(6) Sea cucumber: Sea cucumber is a delicious and advanced tonic on the table. Sea cucumbers contain a substance called mucopolysaccharide, which can inhibit the growth and metastasis of cancer cells. In addition, sea cucumber extracted from sea cucumber glands has an inhibitory effect on tumors.
(7) Garlic: Garlic can prevent various cancers. The sulfur-based compounds in garlic are effective ingredients to eliminate nitrite in the human body and block endogenous nitrite amine, and inhibit the synthesis of nitrite by nitrite-reducing bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. amines, thereby reducing the incidence of gastric cancer. Garlic is best eaten raw or mashed and then mixed with sesame oil, because after mashed or chewed, the allicin-generating enzyme contained in garlic can be released, so that allicin can be turned into allicin, which can play its role. Anticancer effect.
(8) Actinidia: The meat contains a lot of vitamin C, which is a high-quality source of vitamin C. Kiwifruit is rich in substances that prevent the synthesis of carcinogens in the human body. Regular consumption of kiwifruit can prevent the occurrence of cancer.
(9) Figs: It has the effects of invigorating the stomach, clearing the intestines, reducing swelling and detoxification. The water extract of fig has anti-Ehrlich sarcoma, spontaneous breast cancer in mice, metastatic sarcoma in rats, can cause tumor necrosis, delay the development of transplanted adenocarcinoma, leukemia, lymphosarcoma, and promote the reduction of lesions. The contained benzaldehyde and β-cyclodextrin can prevent the induction of papilloma, and are clinically effective for adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. It has preventive and therapeutic effects on esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, bladder cancer and other tumors.
(10) Mushroom: It is a treasure in food. It is a kind of food that is beneficial to health and has anti-cancer effect. There is also a glucosidase in the mushroom, which can improve the body's anti-cancer ability. Among them, the most prominent is that the lentinan contained has a strong anti-cancer effect. Mushroom polysaccharide can enhance cellular immunity and humoral immunity, and has the effect of tonifying qi. Mushrooms can be taken in soup, which has the effect of adjuvant therapy. Patients after cancer surgery insist on taking mushroom soup, which is beneficial to prevent cancer cell metastasis. Healthy people eat mushrooms, which can prevent the occurrence of cancer.
In short, according to the principle of "three-point governance and seven-point nourishment", according to the specific situation of the patient, the diet should be adjusted reasonably, and efforts should be made to diversify, strengthen nutrition, and promote physical recovery.
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