What to pay attention to in the diet of lung cancer patients

The dietary care of lung cancer patients is very important, and family members must pay great attention to the diet of lung cancer patients, which can focus on the following aspects for reference.

Less fishy and greasy food

Lung cancer patients with low immunity and weakened digestive function should not eat too greasy and smoky food, such as yellow fish, scallop, black fish, shrimp, crab, eel, fatty meat and grilled chicken. Mainly consume foods that are less oily, oil-free, light and refreshing.

Less spicy and stimulating food

Patients with lung cancer cannot consume spicy and stimulating food. Spicy and stimulating food will stimulate the trachea of lung cancer patients, damage the tracheal mucosa, cause local congestion and edema, easily cause choking and coughing, and even cause mucosal rupture and bleeding, so it cannot be consumed. Spicy stimulating foods generally include onion, garlic, leek, ginger, chili, pepper, pepper, cinnamon, star anise, cumin, onion, etc.

No smoking, drinking, coffee

Smoking and drinking can cause bronchial dilatation, congestion and edema of respiratory mucosa, and increase of airway secretion, which can aggravate the symptoms of cough, hemoptysis and dyspnea of lung cancer patients. Cigarettes contain more than 20 kinds of toxic substances such as nicotine, which are carcinogenic; wine contains alcohol that can stimulate the secretion of pituitary hormones. Even drinking medicinal wine for lung cancer can cause blood heat delusion and increase the incidence of cancer; coffee contains caffeine which has toxic effect on human body, and there is a relationship between this toxicity and the incidence of cancer. Caffeinated foods mainly include tea, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, Red Bull, cola, etc.

Eat fewer and more frequent meals

Lung cancer patients may also often experience nausea and vomiting. In order to avoid nausea and vomiting caused by overfilling, they should eat less and more meals. Before three meals, you can consume some high nutrition food with increased calories, such as chocolate, egg products, etc.

Eat more vitamin-based foods

Lung cancer patients with low immunity can eat more fruits or vegetables rich in vitamin C and vitamin A, which can enhance immunity of lung cancer patients and help their own immune cells to kill cancer cells. For example: sour dates, kiwi, wild amaranth, fishy grass, bitter melon, orange, orange, lemon, grapefruit, celery leaves, etc.

Eat more foods to stop coughing and bleeding

Patients with lung cancer in early stage will often bleed and cough and hemoptysis, so they should eat more foods to stop cough and bleeding. Foods to stop cough include pear, radish, chrysanthemum, bamboo shoot, etc.; foods to stop bleeding include persimmon, example, white fungus, peanut coat, lotus root, pork belly, asparagus, tomato, pumpkin, etc.

Eat more high-protein foods

Patients with lung cancer have serious nutritional deficiency, so they should eat more high-protein and high-fiber foods to replenish the nutrients needed by their bodies. High-protein foods include milk, eggs, fish, poultry, meat and soy products; high-fiber foods include animal liver, carrots, tomatoes, lemons and fruits.

Eat more cancer-fighting foods and immunity-enhancing foods

Lung cancer patients can eat more anti-cancer foods that can effectively inhibit the growth of cancer cells, such as: carrot, shiitake mushroom, fungus, beans, yellow cabbage, asparagus, snapper, barley, sweet almond, oyster, jellyfish, sea turtle, crab, yam, string bean, walnut, etc.

Eat more foods to reduce chemotherapy

Most patients with lung cancer need radiotherapy and chemotherapy. At this time, they can eat more foods to reduce radiotherapy and chemotherapy, such as: goose blood, mushroom, shark, cinnamon, eel, walnut, snapper, turtle, kiwi, Ulva, golden needle, jujube, sunflower seed, apple, carp, mung bean, soybean, adzuki bean, shrimp, crab, silver bean, loach, pond lice, grass carp, mahi-mahi, green tea, snail.

Dietary standards for lung cancer

Lung cancer patients often have obvious damage to lung function and low respiratory resistance, so they should absolutely prohibit smoking and spicy products, and ensure sufficient dietary fiber in food, avoid colds and keep bowel movement smooth. 2. It is advisable to eat more foods that enhance the body's immunity and have the effect of fighting lung cancer, such as sweet apricot, yogurt, coix seeds, mushrooms, string beans, soy products, cauliflower, cabbage, garlic, onion, yam, sweet potato, white radish, rhizome, silver fungus, black fungus, walnuts, lotus seeds, lily, jujube, cinnamon, dendrobium, river fish, poria, rock sugar apricot paste, etc. 3. & radiotherapy is easy to cause dry mouth and throat, cough and less phlegm and other symptoms, diet to nourish Yin and nourish blood, you can eat the composition of wolfberry. Melon, banana, peach kernel, tomato, water chestnut, lotus root, honey, duck, etc. 4. chemotherapy, drug toxicity, qi and blood, it is advisable to nourish the qi and blood, diet can be used animal liver, lean meat, eggs, mushrooms, fungus, peanuts, dates, carrots, cherries, black sesame, fish soup, astragalus chicken stew, etc. 5. When the patient has symptoms such as cough and coughing blood, it is advisable to add foods that nourish Yin and moisten the lungs and stop coughing and blood astringency, such as almond, lily, lotus root, persimmon, duck pear, yam, loofah, silver fungus, orange peel, loquat, Luo Han Guo, fig, peach, orange, grapefruit, water chestnut, honey, lotus seed, caramelized radish juice, Chuan Bei almond juice, etc. At this time, be careful to eat river and seafood, such as shrimp, crab and shellfish and other foods.

Lung cancer dietary therapy

Ginkgo and Red Date Porridge

Ingredients: 25 grams of ginkgo, 20 red dates, 50 grams of glutinous rice. Directions: Boil ginkgo, red dates and glutinous rice into porridge and consume on an empty stomach in the morning and evening. Efficacy: It has the function of detoxification and decongestion.

Iced sugar apricot two paste

Ingredients: 15 grams of sweet almonds, 50 grams of round-grained rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Method: Soak sweet almonds and bitter apricot two with water to soften and remove the skin, mash with round-grained rice, water and rock sugar and cook into a porridge, every other day, with effect: has the effect of moistening the lungs and expectorant, cough, laxative, laxative and so on.

Licorice and Snow Pear with Pig Lung

Ingredients: 10 grams of licorice, 2 snow pears, a small amount of pig lung about 250 grams. Practice: pear peeled and cut into pieces, pork lung washed and cut into slices, squeeze out the foam, put in the casserole with licorice. Add a little rock sugar, water appropriate amount of simmering 3 hours after taking, once a day. Effect: It has the function of moistening lung and resolving phlegm, suitable for For people with cough.

Sha Shen Tian Dong stewed duck soup

Ingredients: 5 grams of Southern ginseng, 3 grams of asparagus, 100 grams of duck meat (skin removed). Method: Wrap the ginseng and asparagus in gauze, stew with duck meat until cooked, remove the dregs, eat the duck meat and drink the soup. Efficacy: It can nourish Yin and moisten lung, resolve phlegm and stop cough, and is suitable for patients with middle to late stage lung cancer.