Dietary considerations for patients with liver cancer

The liver is an important organ in the human body, especially playing a major role in the human digestive system. After liver cancer occurs, it will inevitably affect the function of the digestive system. Diet has a direct effect on the condition of liver cancer, so it is necessary to pay attention to the diet of liver cancer patients. What are the daily dietary precautions for liver cancer patients?

Liver cancer patients usually have symptoms such as gastrointestinal bleeding, nosebleeds, and bleeding gums. Therefore, they must not eat foods that are too hard or coarse in fiber to avoid esophageal venous bleeding. They should also eat less cold, hot, spicy, and irritating foods to avoid irritating the gastric mucosa and causing bleeding. They should eat small meals frequently to reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. The diet should be light, and foods with strong flavors should be avoided to maintain the salt-base balance in the body.

The best staple food for liver cancer patients is rice with some grains, such as corn, millet, red beans, soybeans, mung beans, etc.; they should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, so that they can take in a lot of vitamin A and vitamin C. The anti-cancer effect of vitamin A and vitamin C has long been proven by the medical community. For example, pakchoy, rapeseed, spinach, coriander, green garlic, snow mustard, leek, grapes, hawthorn, kiwi fruit, these fresh vegetables and fruits are also rich in vitamin A and vitamin C, which can be eaten by patients and can also enhance the patient's ability to resist diseases.