How should liver cancer patients eat? What are the causes of liver cancer?

In addition to hepatitis B and C, many bad eating habits can also lead to a high incidence of liver cancer. Guangzhou people like to eat sashimi, and they also drink strong alcohol when eating sashimi. The original intention is to kill bacteria, but it is more likely to cause cirrhosis and eventually develop into liver tumors. Because sashimi is mostly river and pond fish, it is uncooked and carries many liver disease parasites. Coupled with strong alcohol, this eating habit will put a greater burden on the liver. Especially for hepatitis patients, this way of eating is simply "adding fuel to the fire."

At present, the five-year survival rate of liver cancer patients who are found early can reach more than 70%, but the cure rate is still very low for patients in the middle and late stages. Early detection and early treatment are still the main clinical methods. Therefore, it is best for patients with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and those who like to eat raw fish to have a high-risk liver cancer B-ultrasound and blood test every six months.

Liver cancer patients need to pay attention to dietary taboos just like patients with other diseases, because patients need to take in the nutrients needed by the body to ensure the patient's immunity. How should liver cancer patients eat well? The diet for this disease should focus on strengthening nutrition and prohibit eating some moldy foods to prevent moldy foods from harming patients.

What are the causes of liver cancer?

Hepatologists point out that a common cause of liver cancer is viral infection. Clinically, there are many causes mainly due to hepatitis B, while in many countries, liver cancer is mainly caused by hepatitis C.

Another cause of liver cancer is the influence of chemical substances, which lead to the occurrence of liver cancer. The main substance is aflatoxin, and the B1 in this toxin is very toxic and can usually induce liver cancer. In addition, other substances such as vinyl chloride, thorium dioxide, diethylnitrosamine, etc., also have certain carcinogenicity.

One of the factors that may induce liver cancer is alcohol poisoning. Alcohol poisoning may lead to alcoholic fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, alcoholic cirrhosis, etc. When patients develop alcoholic cirrhosis, if it is not treated in time, it will increase the possibility of liver cell cancer.

The current situation of pollution exists in every corner of people's lives, such as drinking water pollution. If the water quality of people's drinking water is polluted, it will increase the incidence of liver cancer in the human body, especially polluted ditch water, river water and well water.

Dietary considerations for liver cancer

1. Rich in nutrients

For liver cancer patients, the first point is to have a rich diet. The nutrients should be balanced, not picky eaters, eat more vegetables and fruits, eat more whole grains, eat less refined rice and refined flour, and eat less animal fat and low-fiber foods.

Whole grains, fruits and vegetables are rich in minerals and vitamins, which help prevent liver cancer. The B vitamins in rice bran can protect the liver, and rice bran fiber can absorb harmful substances very well.

2. Avoid spoiled food

Healthy people will be greatly harmed by eating spoiled food, and liver cancer patients will be more harmed if they eat spoiled food. Corn, peanuts, and sweet potato chips stored at home are easily contaminated by aflatoxin, and the carcinogenicity of aflatoxin is 75 times higher than that of nitrosamine and 4,000 times higher than that of benzopyrene. Therefore, if you find these foods are moldy, do not eat them.