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Nutrition after chemotherapy
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Nutrition after chemotherapy should be complete, that is, include all the necessary elements to restore the patient's body. The experience of rehabilitative therapy has shown that the better a patient eats, the faster he copes with the negative consequences of treatment. Moreover, the side effects themselves are less pronounced in patients.
In the daily diet of the patient, the following product groups should be included:
- Vegetables and fruits - in the form of salads, stewed and boiled dishes, raw vegetables and fruits, fresh juices.
- Bird, fish and meat, as well as eggs.
- Cereals and cereals - whole grain bread, sprouted cereals, cereals from whole grains and so on.
- Dairy products, first of all, are dairy.
[Diet after chemotherapy
Diet after chemotherapy is based on the principles of healthy and healthy nutrition. For a patient who wishes to restore their health, the following recommendations should be adhered to: 1.
- Eat small meals, but often - at least five to six times a day.
- Food should be eaten slowly, thoroughly chewing.
- Dishes should be cooked for a couple, cooked or baked in the oven.
- Each meal should contain a vegetable dish or greens.
- It is necessary to refuse fried, fatty, spicy, excessively salty and sweet food.
- It is required to exclude from the ration of food smoked, pickled and canned products.
- Dishes should be prepared from fresh products that are environmentally friendly.
- It is necessary to drink a lot of liquid, at least two liters per day.
Juices after chemotherapy
Freshly prepared juices play an important role in restoring the health and well-being of a patient after chemotherapy.
The main role is given to the use of juice therapy in the restoration of hemopoietic functions of the organism, the prevention of anemia, the improvement of the gastrointestinal tract, the liver and kidneys, as well as to increase immunity and reduce allergic reactions.
Useful juices after chemotherapy are:
- Pomegranate juice.
- Beetroot carrot and apple.
- Carrot juice.
- Pumpkin-apple.
- Pumpkin and carrot.
- Beet-carrot-cucumber.
- Juice made from parsley and celery.
- Orange-lemon or orange-grapefruit juice.
Juice therapy should be quite long - at least a month. In this case, every day you need to drink from two glasses of juice. First, you can do it by a third of the glass, and dilute it with clean water a little, and then, as you improve your well-being, drink more juice and already undiluted.
Nutrition of patients after chemotherapy should be balanced, that is, consist of fresh and environmentally friendly products with all the necessary components - proteins, fats and carbohydrates, as well as vitamins and minerals.
Products after chemotherapy
The recommended products after chemotherapy are divided into four main groups.
Protein Products:
- beans - beans, soybeans, peas,
- nuts and seeds,
- eggs,
- a fish,
- Meat - veal, beef, pork, poultry,
- offal - liver.
The products of this group contain protein, B vitamins and iron. The protein group of foods should be included in the diet twice a day.
Dairy:
- kefir, fresh yogurt, fermented baked milk, natural yoghurt,
- cottage cheese and cheese,
- butter, milk.
In this group of products contains the necessary calcium for the body, as well as the necessary vitamins and protein. In this case, sour-milk products contribute to the recovery of the intestinal microflora after dysbacteriosis. They need to be included in the diet twice a day.
Fruits and vegetables:
- in the form of raw and boiled vegetables, salads and fresh fruits, juices and dried fruits,
- citrus fruits - grapefruits, oranges and tangerines,
- apples, quince and other fruits and berries with a high content of vitamin C,
- brightly colored fruits, vegetables and berries to improve the function of hematopoiesis,
- cabbage of different kinds, zucchini, eggplant, beetroot, carrot, sweet pepper,
- greens - parsley, dill, spinach, celery, green onions.
These products should be included in each meal, no less than four to five times a day.
Cereals and bread:
- whole wheat bread,
- cereals - oats, buckwheat, corn,
- germinated grains.
These products saturate the body of the patient with carbohydrates and vitamins. You need four meals a day for these products.
Useful products are also honey and other products of beekeeping - propolis, royal jelly, pollen and so on.