What should not be eaten if you have breast cancer

Breast tumor is a relatively serious disease. This type of tumor is generally benign. As long as the patient undergoes surgery to remove it in time, the disease can be completely cured. However, attention should be paid to the care methods after breast tumor surgery, especially to avoid infection of the wound. Patients with breast tumors cannot eat spicy, raw, or cold foods, nor can they eat high-fat and pickled foods, which can alleviate the symptoms of breast fibroids.

What should people with breast cancer not eat?

Generally speaking, patients with breast fibroids need to avoid certain foods in their daily diet. Patients with breast tumors should pay attention to the following foods.

1. Avoid excessive consumption of high-animal fat, such as: too much fat, lard, fat, pork skin, chicken skin, duck skin, etc. Because a high-fat diet not only causes obesity, but also leads to an imbalance in estrogen levels, causing breast fibroids or aggravating existing breast fibroid symptoms.

2. Avoid irritating foods and seasonings: Natural seasonings such as pepper, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, ginger, etc. are somewhat irritating and toxic. If you use too much seasoning in your diet, you may experience dry mouth, sore throat, lack of energy, insomnia, etc. in mild cases, and may induce illness in severe cases.

3. Foods that should be avoided in the diet for breast fibroids include: salted, smoked, grilled and fried foods, especially burnt and charred foods.

4. Avoid taking health products containing estrogen. For female friends, although some health products can delay their aging and maintain their youthful appearance, they can easily lead to an imbalance in estrogen levels in the body, which in turn can cause more serious breast diseases, especially breast fibroids and breast cancer. So be sure to pay attention.

Symptoms of Breast Tumors

There are two types of breast diseases in women, one is breast cancer and the other is breast fibroadenoma. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor, while breast fibroadenoma is a benign tumor in most cases.

1. Sarcoma

The lumps of breast fibroadenoma are prone to occur in the upper outer quadrant of the breast, often single but also multiple. Adenomas are round or oval in shape, with diameters ranging from 1 to 3 cm in most cases, but there are also smaller or larger ones, and occasionally giant ones. The surface is smooth, the texture is tough, the boundaries are clear, there is no adhesion to the skin and surrounding tissues, it has a large range of motion, and it feels sliding when touched. There was no axillary lymph node enlargement. Adenomas are usually painless and non-tender. Its size and characteristics generally do not change with the menstrual cycle. The lump usually grows slowly and may remain unchanged for several years, but it may increase rapidly during pregnancy and lactation, and in some cases may develop into a sarcoma at this time.

2. Breast lumps

The main clinical manifestation of breast fibroadenoma is breast lump, and in most cases, breast lump is the only symptom of the disease. The lumps of breast fibroadenomas are mostly discovered by patients accidentally. They are usually not accompanied by pain and do not change with the menstrual cycle. In a small number of cases, breast fibroadenoma and breast hyperplasia coexist, and premenstrual breast pain may occur in this case.

Dietary adjustment after breast cancer surgery

1. Foods that nourish Qi and blood, regulate Qi and disperse stagnation. After breast fibroid surgery, women's bodies are really weak. At this time, they should pay attention to eating more foods that have the effects of nourishing qi and blood, regulating qi and dispersing knots in their daily diet. The purpose is to help patients consolidate the therapeutic effect and facilitate recovery. Such foods include spinach, loofah, kelp, as well as yam powder, hawthorn, rose, etc. are all edible foods.

2. Eat more nutritious foods. After breast fibroid surgery, women's bodies consume a lot of nutrients. At this time, women should eat more foods rich in protein and vitamins in their daily diet, and should also pay attention to adequate calorie supplementation, which can help patients recover their health after surgery.

3. The diet should be varied and easy to digest. What women should pay attention to in their diet after surgery is to eat more foods rich in high-quality protein, including fish, meat, milk, eggs, poultry, and soy products. At the same time, in daily diet, you also need to pay attention to eating more rice, noodles, etc. that are rich in sugar. The purpose of eating these foods is to help patients replenish calories.

4. Eat more foods rich in vitamins. What patients also need to pay attention to in their daily diet is to supplement more vitamins, which means they need to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. Fresh fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins, so the recommended foods are fruits such as apples, kiwis, coconuts, and vegetables such as carrots, greens, and celery.