What is the diet for brain cancer patients

Brain tumors, also known as intracranial tumors and brain cancer, mainly refer to cranial neoplasms, most of which can produce symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. The cause of brain tumors is still unclear, and people of any age may suffer from the disease, but the common age is 20 to 40 years old, and most of them are men, but meningiomas are mostly women. Brain tumors often have the triad of increased intracranial pressure, namely headaches, vomiting (severe headaches may be accompanied by projectile vomiting), and visual impairment. In addition, there are symptoms such as dizziness, diplopia, neck stiffness, epileptic seizures, and decreased corneal reflex. What principles do brain tumor patients need to follow? What are the dietary taboos for brain tumor patients?

1. Eat more foods and Chinese medicines that can nourish the liver and extinguish wind, nourish the kidney and replenish essence, dissipate phlegm and open the orifices, soften and disperse lumps, etc.

2. Eat more foods that can extinguish wind, benefit the brain, and protect intracranial blood vessels, such as celery, wild rice stem, chrysanthemum brain, sunflower seeds, kelp, jellyfish, oysters, etc.;

3. Eat more foods that can resist intracranial tumors, prevent and treat intracranial hypertension, headaches, protect vision, and prevent reactions to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, such as wheat, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, fried geckos, fried centipedes, fried scorpions, peach kernels, seaweed, corn silk, sheep brains, pig brains, wolfberries, pig livers, mushrooms, kiwis, pig blood, chicken blood, lotus seeds, mung beans, day lilies, etc.

4. Patients with weak constitution after surgery should eat more foods that nourish the kidneys, replenish essence and enhance immunity, such as duck meat, lamb liver, crucian carp, shrimp and crab, etc.

Dietary taboos for patients with brain tumors:

Avoid tobacco, alcohol, spicy, irritating, moldy, smoked, pickled and overly salty foods, such as moldy peanuts, burnt fish, moldy soybeans, pickled fish, pickled pork and chicken, smoked foods, etc.