Diet for cancer patients What are the requirements

Rapid proliferation of malignant cells without restriction a major feature of the cancer, cancer cells in the proliferation process, the body will cost a lot of energy, weight loss and this is why cancer patients.  Cancer patients during chemotherapy or radiotherapy, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite are common, the deployment of the diet of cancer patients often become difficult.  Therefore, how to ensure and improve the diet of cancer patients, cancer patients for prolonged survival time is critical.  Improve the patient's appetite is usually the first consideration, especially in critically ill cancer patients, patients should combine selection of food preferences.  Personal preferences tend to increase appetite, help patients get more energy.  However, questions have to do detailed analysis of appetite, diabetes, loss of appetite in patients with hyperthyroidism compared with the disease signs of instability, if the diabetes patients with cancer, will have to pay attention to limit sugar foods and appropriate relaxation of the food intake of fat and protein.  Liquid and semi-liquid food, it is appropriate for patients to adapt to loss of appetite, arrange some soup, porridge, fruit juice drinks are more appropriate.  Food color, smell and taste will help enhance the patient's appetite, in the production of food, you should try to consider a bright color, aroma, taste and other characteristics when new.  If conditions permit, with a quiet, elegant surroundings, with beautiful music, will further enhance the patient's appetite.  For cancer patients, the characteristics of high energy consumption, diet, try to get enough protein, vitamins and total calories, is usually given to high-protein diet, such as lean meat, eggs, milk, fish and other food can be properly selected.  Sufficient to consider only the nutrients, but also consider the absorption capacity to adapt to the patient; too many patients can not digest and absorb nutrients or nutrients, to increase the cancer patient's condition.  In recent years, emphasis on fresh vegetables contain vitamin E, such as cauliflower, lettuce, etc., beneficial to slow down the aging of human cells; in the carrots, leeks, rape and other vegetables contain more ß-carotene, can block the carcinogenic activity the formation of substances, these vegetables can be included in the daily diet of cancer patients.