Dietary considerations for prostate cancer patients

How should patients with prostate cancer pay attention to their diet in life? When it comes to prostate cancer, many men avoid it. It is a common malignant tumor that poses a great threat to the patient's health. In addition to actively cooperating with treatment, dietary care can also help the recovery of the disease. How should patients with prostate cancer eat?

1. Calories in the diet

In the diet, consuming too much high-calorie food has a stimulating effect on the patient's disease, and the cell mitosis rate is gradually increased, leading to faster cell proliferation and the formation of cancer cells. According to a survey, clinically, the number of patients with prostate cancer who consume high-calorie food on a daily basis is significantly higher than those who eat a low-calorie diet.

2. Dietary Fats

Prostate cancer can also be divided into high-incidence and low-incidence areas. In terms of diet, areas with a low daily intake of fat, a high intake of grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, and soy foods are low-incidence areas. On the contrary, areas with a high intake of animal fat foods such as beef and mutton, and the accompanying vegetable oils, are high-incidence areas.

3. Vitamins in the diet

In daily life, many people don’t know that vitamin A can also effectively prevent the occurrence of diseases, because its concentration is about 5-7 times higher than that of cancer cells. Taking vitamin D can also reduce the danger of diseases to the body. Taking vitamins C and E can effectively inhibit the growth and differentiation of cancer cells, and are very important antioxidants.

4. Other things in the diet

According to research, men who often eat soy foods have a lower chance of developing the disease than men who eat less soy foods. This is because soy foods contain plant estrogens, such as soybeans and soy beans, which can effectively reduce the risk of cancer caused by androgens. Tea rich in flavonol catechins can effectively inhibit the deterioration of the disease and prevent the occurrence of the disease.

Dietary taboos

(1) Avoid drinking strong alcohol, eating less spicy, fatty and sweet foods, drinking less coffee, eating less acidic foods such as citrus fruits and orange juice, and eating less white sugar and refined flour.

(2) Eat more fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains and soy products, eat more honey to keep bowel movements smooth, and eat beef and eggs in moderation.

(3) Take seed foods, such as pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etc., and eat them daily in any amount.

(4) Cook any amount of mung beans into porridge, let it cool and eat as you like. This is especially suitable for those with bladder heat and painful urination.

Good food

1. In order to reduce the intake of fat in the diet, you should eat low-fat foods, low-fat dairy products, add less oil to food, and eat lean meat.

2. Eat more beans and vegetables: Westerners have never had the habit of eating soy products, but the soy products that Asians like to eat do contain the nemesis of prostate cancer. Isoflavones in soybeans can reduce the destructive effects of male hormones and inhibit and kill cancer cells. Westerners eat too few vegetables and should eat more vegetables like the Japanese and Chinese. In addition to Chinese cabbage, vegetables such as cauliflower and broccoli also have the effect of preventing and treating prostate cancer. In addition, you can also eat some flax seeds and tomatoes every day. Tomatoes contain lycopene, which has a preventive and therapeutic effect on prostate cancer.

3. Related research also shows that Asians' habit of drinking green tea also plays a role in preventing and treating prostate diseases. The effect of green tea becomes more obvious as the amount and time of tea drinking increase. Western men usually drink alcohol before and after meals, which can easily cause prostate congestion. German experts suggest that you can drink some tea with meals like Asians, and even if you drink alcohol, you can only drink some red wine with a low alcohol content.

4. Calcium. Inhaling more than 2,000 mg of calcium per day can triple the risk of prostate disease. However, for bone health and prevention of osteoporosis, an appropriate amount of calcium per day is necessary. It is recommended to inhale 1,000 to 1,200 mg of calcium per day.