What fruits can patients with nasopharyngeal cancer eat and what are the dietary precautions?

Some patients with nasopharyngeal cancer like to eat fruits very much, but people with this disease should pay attention to the fact that some fruits can be eaten and some cannot be eaten. So what fruits can be eaten? What should you pay attention to in your diet? Let me introduce it to you below.

Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer should pay attention to their diet, so what fruits can they eat?

Watermelon is cold in nature. Nasopharyngeal cancer patients have weak constitutions and weak yang energy. Eating it, especially eating too much, will make the cold worse. Therefore, it is recommended not to eat it. The following fruits are edible: apples, kiwis, oranges, hawthorns, cherries, grapes, and monk fruit.

Strawberries are also one of the fruits that nasopharyngeal cancer patients can eat: Strawberries contain ellagic acid, which can protect the body from carcinogens and have a certain anti-cancer effect. Strawberries have the function of promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, relieving throat and moistening lungs, and are beneficial for relieving radiotherapy reactions and symptoms in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer, lung cancer, and laryngeal cancer. Figs are also good. Fig flesh contains anti-tumor ingredients that can inhibit the synthesis of cancer cell proteins.

Pay attention to diet: Since nasopharyngeal cancer patients are affected by the disease, have heavy psychological burdens, poor appetite, and low resistance, family members should be guided to encourage patients to eat, and give them high-protein, high-vitamin, low-fat, easily digestible foods, such as beans, milk, fungus, carrots, etc. At the same time, family members should be guided to create a clean and comfortable eating environment for patients, pay attention to color, aroma, and taste, and provide patients with delicious food and rich nutrition.

Eat a balanced diet, with more vegetables and fruits. During radiotherapy and chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, the diet should be easy to digest, fresh and delicious, and rich in nutrients such as protein, vitamins, and amino acids, such as kelp, laver, asparagus, jellyfish, etc. Frequently holding in your mouth plums, olives, green plums, figs, etc. can stimulate saliva secretion and relieve dryness symptoms.

Patients should not eat:

Eat less salty, smoked, grilled and pickled foods.

Quit smoking and drinking, and avoid spicy foods.

It is not advisable to eat too dry or rough food.