Dietary considerations for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients during the recovery period

During the recovery period, patients with nasopharyngeal cancer also need to pay attention to dietary taboos, which can better help patients recover. In daily diet, avoid eating high-iodine foods, spicy foods, and aphrodisiac foods.

1. Do not eat high-iodine foods. If nasopharyngeal cancer patients eat seafood, such as crabs, shrimps, scaleless fish, kelp, etc., including iodized foods and iodized salt, the tumor will rupture. Iodine is widely present in seawater. Iodine can promote the dissolution of soft tissues, so it has a phlegm-resolving effect and is good for benign tumors and vascular sclerosis. However, it has always been taboo for hemorrhagic diseases and cancer. Therefore, nasopharyngeal cancer patients should buy pickled vegetable salt to eat. This is a common dietary taboo for nasopharyngeal cancer.

2. Do not eat spicy food. This is also a common dietary taboo for nasopharyngeal cancer patients, such as chili peppers, ginger, pepper, raw onions, raw garlic, etc. Spicy food can easily cause blood heat to run wild. Some nasopharyngeal cancer patients can never control their condition, and the reason is that they like to add spicy seasonings when eating.

3. Do not eat aphrodisiac foods, such as mutton, dog meat, goose meat, pigeons, sparrows, etc. Many animals contain hormones. Pigs have thyroid glands in their necks, and some people may be poisoned if they eat them. Some people say that cattle and chickens are also aphrodisiacs, especially chicken butts.