Diet after chemotherapy for colon cancer

Many patients with colon cancer also need chemotherapy as an adjuvant while undergoing surgery. But in addition to medication, patients with colon cancer also need to pay attention to their diet. So, what should be paid attention to in the diet after chemotherapy for colon cancer? What are the recipes?

Colon cancer is a common malignant tumor of the digestive tract that occurs in the colon. The treatment of colon cancer is a comprehensive program that mainly uses surgery, supplemented by chemotherapy, immunotherapy, Chinese medicine and other supportive treatments to improve the surgical resection rate, reduce the recurrence rate, and improve the survival rate. Patients need to pay more attention to their diet after chemotherapy. Here are a few points for you:

1. Start with a soft diet, and then add other foods after the body gradually adapts. Be careful not to eat too much fat, and reasonably match sugar, fat, protein, minerals, vitamins and other foods. Eat cereals, lean meat, fish, eggs, milk, various vegetables and bean products every day, but not too much of each. This is the only way to supplement the various nutrients needed by the body.

2. Give the patient a light and easily digestible diet according to his/her taste, and encourage him/her to eat small and frequent meals. Especially during the intervals between chemotherapy, more attention should be paid to supplementing high-calorie, high-vitamin, high-protein, low-fat foods to ensure nutritional needs. However, during chemotherapy, due to the toxic and side effects of drugs, patients often lose their appetite, so they should be given a light, less greasy, and easily digestible diet.

3. During chemotherapy for colon cancer, the diet requires prohibition of tobacco, alcohol, spicy, fried and other irritating cold and hard foods. Patients are encouraged to drink more water and soup to accelerate the excretion of toxins in the body. At the same time, try to create a good dining environment for patients.

4. The dietary principles for colon cancer after chemotherapy are: choose high-calorie, high-protein, high-vitamin, low-fat, easily digestible food, and encourage patients to eat small meals frequently. The diet should be diversified, and try to use the color, aroma and taste of food to induce patients to eat.