Diet therapy for patients with colon cancer

When you have colon cancer, you must pay attention to your diet. You should eat more vegetables rich in dietary fiber, such as celery, leeks, cabbage, radish and other green leafy vegetables. Vegetables rich in dietary fiber can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, increase the frequency of bowel movements, and remove carcinogenic and toxic substances from the feces.

If colon cancer bulges into the intestinal cavity and the intestinal cavity becomes narrow, the intake of dietary fiber should be controlled, because excessive intake of dietary fiber can cause intestinal obstruction. At this time, easily digestible, soft semi-liquid food should be given, such as millet porridge, rice soup, egg custard, etc.

Patients who have undergone colon cancer surgery should, like patients who have undergone other gastrointestinal surgeries, follow their doctor's instructions for diet. They should start with soft and thin food and then add other foods after the body gradually adapts.

It is also important to note that you should not eat too much oil, and should rationally match foods such as sugar, fat, protein, minerals, vitamins, etc. You should have grains, lean meat, fish, eggs, various vegetables and soy products every day, but not in excessive amounts of each.

Recommended Diet: Ling Congee

[Ingredients] 20 water chestnuts with shells, 1 spoon of honey, and appropriate amount of glutinous rice.

[Preparation] Wash the above foods first. Wash and mash the water chestnuts, put them in a clay pot, add water and cook until they become a semi-paste. Then add an appropriate amount of glutinous rice and cook porridge. When the porridge is cooked, add honey to taste and eat.

【Edible】Take regularly.

【Effects】It has the effect of benefiting the stomach and moistening the intestines.

Recommended Diet 2: Double Ginseng Pork Marrow Soup

[Ingredients] 30 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, about 200 grams of sea cucumber, 50 grams of kelp, and 500 grams of pork spine with marrow and meat.

[Preparation] Wash the above foods first. Then chop the Codonopsis pilosula into small pieces and wrap them in gauze. Soak the sea cucumber in an appropriate amount of water and chop the pork spine into small pieces. Add an appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, and simmer for another 3 hours over low heat. Season with salt and remove the Codonopsis pilosula residue from the medicine bag.

【Eat】Drink soup and eat meat as a side dish.

【Effects】Replenishes Qi and blood, suitable for patients with colon cancer.