Diet after breast cancer chemotherapy, you need to know these points

Breast cancer is a common disease among women, and the incidence rate is even higher in women who have given birth. If the condition is serious, chemotherapy is required. The patient's appetite is extremely poor after chemotherapy, so there are many issues that need to be paid attention to in diet. The following will introduce to you what you need to pay attention to in diet after chemotherapy for breast cancer?

(1) Change the diet and cooking methods: A new food can stimulate appetite. For example, patients who usually eat pork can switch to fish, lamb, chicken, etc. If conditions permit, they can eat some turtle or soft-shelled turtle.

Changing cooking methods can give food different colors, aromas and flavors and can also increase appetite. But no matter what kind of food it is, it must be cooked to a relatively well-tender degree so that it can be digested and absorbed smoothly. At the same time, meat is difficult to digest, so you should add more ginger, tangerine peel, etc. when cooking to help stimulate the appetite and promote digestion.

(2) Medicinal food stimulates appetite and strengthens the spleen:

① Hawthorn diced meat: 100g hawthorn, 1000g lean pork (or beef), 250g vegetable oil, and appropriate amounts of mushrooms, ginger, onions, pepper, cooking wine, MSG, and sugar. First cut the lean meat into slices, fry it in oil, then add hawthorn seasoning and cook until dry, then it is ready to eat. It can stimulate appetite and fight cancer.

② Astragalus and Chinese Yam Soup: Use 30g of Astragalus, add water and boil for half an hour, remove the residue, add 60g of Huaishan tablets (Huaishan should be soaked in salt water before eating), boil for another 30 minutes, add sugar (add honey for constipation) and it is ready. Take once daily in the morning and evening. It has the effects of invigorating qi and promoting blood circulation, increasing appetite, and improving gastrointestinal absorption function.

(3) Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits that are high in vitamins: These foods can not only increase immunity, but also increase appetite.

Some patients believe that they should avoid eating raw and cold foods, but fruits and vegetables should be treated according to the situation. Eating some light and refreshing raw cold dishes and fruits, especially during chemotherapy and radiotherapy, has a significant appetite-stimulating effect. However, if you have a bland mouth and clear saliva, you should heat them slightly and then drink them warm. At the same time, you should not eat too much.

(4) During chemotherapy, patients often like to eat spicy and strong-flavored foods. In this case, they can often be given ginger fried rice, or even a small amount of pickles, fermented bean curd, or chili peppers as side dishes, which can greatly help improve the patient's appetite. At this time, "rice is steel" is truly a hard truth.