What foods are good for brain tumor patients

Patients with brain tumors need to be extra cautious in their daily diet, especially after surgery. They should eat more high-protein and high-calorie foods, and also pay attention to choosing foods that can protect intracranial blood vessels, such as celery, mustard greens, or kelp.

1. Brain tumor patients should eat more high-protein and high-energy foods after surgery. High protein can be obtained from foods such as beans, meat, poultry, animal offal, seafood, eggs, etc.; while high-energy foods can be obtained from high-fat foods such as sesame and day lily, as well as foods such as sugars and pastries.

2. In the early stages of brain tumor surgery, since the patient's gastrointestinal function has not fully recovered, they should try to drink less milk and eat less sugar and other gas-producing foods to avoid intestinal bloating. Moreover, if brown liquid is drawn out during the examination, it means there is bleeding in the digestive tract and you should stop eating until the bleeding stops. It is advisable to eat foods that have the function of protecting intracranial blood vessels: celery, shepherd's purse, chrysanthemum brain, wild rice stem, sunflower seeds, kelp, jellyfish, oysters, and clams.

3. Brain tumor patients often experience loss of appetite after surgery. How to solve this problem? The best way is to put effort into the cooking of meals, making them colorful, fragrant and tasty, so as to stimulate the patient's appetite.

4. Help patients overcome nausea and vomiting. Brain tumor patients often experience nausea and vomiting due to intracranial hypertension. In addition, nausea and vomiting are also common reactions during radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Provide stress relief for nausea and vomiting. In addition to drug treatment, medicated diet therapy should be used as a supplement.