What should lung cancer patients pay attention to in their diet? Some dietary taboos that lung cancer patients must know

Lung cancer patients need to pay attention to adequate calorie intake

What should lung cancer patients pay attention to in their diet? The appearance of lung cancer has troubled many people. Experts say that the treatment of lung cancer is not only about treatment, but also requires patients to take good care of their daily diet and daily life, so that patients can recover soon. So what should lung cancer patients pay attention to in their diet?

What should lung cancer patients pay attention to in their diet? Experts explain that since the treatment of lung cancer patients consumes the patient's physical energy to a large extent, it creates an objective indicator of whether the required amount of calories is sufficient. The weight standard can be determined according to age, gender, and height.

Secondly, for lung cancer patients, the energy consumption is generally high, so the protein and calorie requirements will be 20% more than normal people. If malnutrition has occurred, more protein can be supplemented. The best protein intake is plant protein and some animal protein.

What should lung cancer patients pay attention to in their diet? In addition to considering the above nutritional factors, lung cancer patients should also pay attention to making full use of the anti-cancer factors in food. Some foods can induce cancer, while others can prevent cancer. Lung cancer patients should try to avoid eating cancer-inducing foods and eat more anti-cancer foods.

Because lung cancer patients receive different treatments, they should be given appropriate diets according to the specific treatment methods. For example, patients receiving radiotherapy and chemotherapy often experience abnormal taste and anorexia, and patients often find that everything they eat tastes bitter or tastes wrong.

You can resume normal diet on the first day after lung cancer surgery

Expert introduction: Zhi Xiuyi, Director of the Science and Publicity Department of the China Anti-Cancer Association

Unlike gastrointestinal surgery, lung cancer surgery allows patients to resume a normal diet on the first day after surgery. Depending on the size of each patient's surgery and their physical recovery after surgery, patients can drink water 8 hours after waking up from anesthesia and can eat liquid food 12 hours after surgery. Patients can start eating semi-liquid food for breakfast on the first day after surgery. Of course, it is better to eat light porridge or vegetable porridge, such as noodle soup, vegetable porridge or egg custard. Family members should be particularly reminded that the recipe must be determined according to the patient's long-term eating habits, especially the patient's breakfast habits over the years. Do not take nourishing thick broth or thick chicken soup on the first day after surgery! The diet for 8-24 hours after surgery is mainly to restore the function of the digestive tract. It is best not to take milk and fruit juice. The former can easily cause abdominal distension, and the latter can easily cause diarrhea if it is not fresh or stored improperly.

Modern minimally invasive lung cancer surgery, especially thoracoscopic lobectomy, has minimal surgical trauma. Generally, the surgery can be completed in 1-2 hours, and the patient can be discharged from the hospital 4-6 days after surgery. Therefore, there are no special requirements for postoperative diet. It is very important to resume a normal diet as soon as possible. There is no need to emphasize nourishment, just a normal diet.

The need for chemotherapy or molecular targeted therapy is determined based on the postoperative pathology report and clinical staging. For patients who need chemotherapy, we emphasize the combination of Chinese and Western medicine. These patients should pay attention to dietary adjustments under the guidance of a nutritionist.

If the results of postoperative genetic testing indicate that adjuvant chemotherapy is not needed and only targeted therapy is needed, there are no special requirements for diet.

In short, lung cancer surgery is not like gastrointestinal tumor surgery. The more normal and ordinary your diet is after the surgery, the better! Don't always treat yourself as a patient at home or at work, and be very careful about your diet and life.