Diet Care of Liver Cancer

Aug 7, 2011 by Alexander

Diet balancing:

1，liver cancer patients must ensure adequate nutrition. The easiest way to measure the patient’s nutritional status,  is that whether he or she can maintain one’s body weight.In order to make weight to maintain on normal levels, balanced diet is very important: patients should eat more fresh vegetables, half of which should be green leafy vegetables.
2, fat and protein: high-fat may affect and aggravate patient’s condition, while the low-fat diet can reduce cancer patients’ nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension and other symptoms. Liver cancer patients, poor appetite, eat less, without a sufficient amount of a balanced diet, the need to improve the heat and eat meals easy digestion and absorption of fats, sweets such as honey, royal jelly. Sugar and vegetable oil, butter, etc. Liver cancer patients should eat protein-rich foods, especially high-quality protein such as lean meat, eggs, beans, milk, etc., in order to prevent albumin decreased. However, in liver cancer, liver function, to control the protein intake to avoid excessive consumption of protein-induced hepatic encephalopathy.
3, vitamins: vitamin A, C, E, K and others have a supplementary anti-tumor effect. Vitamin C is mainly found in fresh vegetables and fruits. Carotene into the human body can be converted to vitamin A, so cancer patients should eat liver, carrots, cauliflower, yellow Levin, cabbage, figs, and dates. Should also eat more fresh vegetables and fruits such as carrots, pumpkin, bamboo shoots, asparagus, apple, plum, kiwi, etc.
4, inorganic salts: the minerals. Nutritionists to inorganic salts into two categories: major elements, such as calcium, sodium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, etc.; trace elements such as selenium, zinc, iodine, copper, manganese, germanium, etc. Scientists have discovered that selenium, magnesium, copper, magnesium, iron and other minerals have anti-cancer effect. Liver cancer patients should eat foods containing anti-cancer trace elements, such as garlic, mushrooms, asparagus, corn, seaweed, kelp, seaweed, clams, fish, egg yolks, brown rice, legumes, whole wheat flour, nuts, pumpkin, whiteLevin, turnip and animal liver, kidney, and ginseng, wolfberry fruit, yams, fungus Ganoderma lucidum.
5, liver cancer patients have loss of appetite, nausea, bloating, indigestion and other symptoms, it should eat easily digestible foods, such as plum juice, fresh orange juice, fruit juice, ginger syrup, noodle soup, fresh millet gruel, in order to aid digestion The pain, not eating too cold, heat, fullness.Patients with liver cancer commonly nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, Yi Shi appetizer Jiangni light food, such as almond milk, lotus root starch, polenta, kumquat pie, cake and other easy to digest mountains residue of food, not eat heavy fatty.
6, liver and blood of patients after multiple injuries caused the malaise, rigor, anorexia, spontaneous sweating, BNI should be based. Edible fish soup, black chicken soup, ginseng tea, longan, white fungus, turtle, eat hard, cold food.
7, liver cancer patients in the state in a systemic failure, feeding difficulties, should be righting the main, in addition to increased nutrition, the commonly used American ginseng or white ginseng soaked in water to drink in order to enhance its function of various organs.

Dietary restrictions:

liver transplant patients should pay attention to the diet problem:
1,Liver transplant patients should intake high in vitamins, low sugar, low fat, and certain amount of quality protein-based food. Have more meals a day but less food at each, less fiber, less stimulated soft food or semi-liquid diet.

2, Alcohol.

3, strictly limit sugar: fruit 150-300g / day, usually no more than 250 g / day.

4, limit cholesterol. Diet should be light, not oil fried, fried food. Limit intake of foods high in cholesterol, such as: organ meats, egg yolk, squid and fish.

5. Avoid using food to improve immune function. Such as: white fungus, black fungus, ginseng.

6. Appropriate supplements: immunosuppressants can inhibit calcium absorption, long-term use can lead to osteoporosis, there joint pain, tetany, etc., can add milk, soup bones.

7. Select the composite staple food: such as rice, bread, bread and so on.

7 Do not eat too much, for easy to cause food allergies, such as: shrimp, crab, shellfish farming shallow, not too much to eat. , Patients with high uric acid do not eat too much broth.

Suitable for Eating:

1, Animals: fish, chicken, lean meat, beef, dairy products, eggs.

2, Plant: yam, carrot, carrots, watermelon, melon, corn and other fresh vegetables and fruit.

Avoid eating too much:

1, Avoid eating soy products.

2, Eat less salty foods, such as crackers