What should I pay attention to in my diet after rectal cancer surgery

The occurrence of rectal cancer is mostly related to the patient's living habits and eating habits. Studies have shown that the incidence of rectal cancer is gradually increasing, so everyone must pay attention to this disease. After treatment of rectal cancer, dietary care is also very important.

Diet after colorectal cancer surgery:

1. Fast for 3 to 4 days after rectal cancer surgery. Wait until intestinal peristalsis is restored and the artificial anus is exhausted, i.e. bubbles overflow from the stoma. Then you can eat liquid food. The food you choose should be easily digestible and nutritious, such as vegetable soup, rice soup, lotus root powder, etc. It is best to eat small meals frequently, eat every 2 to 3 hours, 6 to 7 meals a day.

2. One week after rectal cancer surgery, you can eat a semi-liquid diet and choose foods that are very high in protein and low in fiber, such as noodles, porridge, wontons, etc. You should also eat small meals frequently, 5 to 6 meals a day.

3. After two weeks, you can eat easily digestible food with less residue, but avoid eating coarse grains and vegetables high in fiber, such as celery, to reduce the burden on the intestines. Dietary restrictions after surgery:

1. The diet should be balanced, without partiality or taboos, and a combination of meat and vegetables, coarse and fine foods. The more food varieties the better; 2. Toxins must be eliminated. Do not eat foods that are pickled, salted, moldy, smoked, pigmented, or flavored. Don't drink strong alcohol. 3. Eat more natural, wild foods and less artificially reproduced and processed foods;

4. Reasonable tonic can improve immunity. Some tonic foods such as ginseng, white fungus, and red dates have direct or indirect cancer-inhibiting and health-strengthening effects;

5. When cooking, use steaming, boiling and stewing more often, and eat less fried and pan-fried food as possible.

Secondly, you can eat more foods that have anti-cancer effects, such as soft-shelled turtle, mustard greens, royal jelly, black fungus, garlic, mushrooms and seaweed.