Glioma Diet Do's and Don'ts

The patient's daily diet is also a very important lesson, which plays an important role in the patient's recovery. Because no matter what kind of treatment method is used, the patient needs to have better immunity and physical tolerance to bear the damage of treatment. Therefore, the editor will introduce the dietary taboos of glioma to everyone.

Food taboos for patients with brain glioma

(1) Avoid stimulant drinks such as coffee and cocoa.

(2) Avoid spicy foods, such as onions, garlic, leeks, peppers, chili peppers, cinnamon, etc.

(3) Avoid moldy or burnt foods, such as moldy peanuts, moldy soybeans, and burnt fish.

(4) Avoid greasy food, cured fish and meat, fried food, and smoked food.

(5) Avoid eating too salty foods.

(6) Avoid smoking and drinking.

What are the best foods for patients with brain glioma?

(1) It is advisable to eat foods that can prevent brain tumors, such as wheat, barley, water chestnuts, jellyfish, asparagus, fried geckos, fried scorpions, fried centipedes, fried silkworm pupae, horseshoe crabs, and kelp.

(2) 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) Foods that can prevent and treat intracranial hypertension include: corn silk, red beans, walnut kernels, seaweed, carp, duck meat, Ulva, kelp, crab, and clams.

(4) Foods that can protect eyesight include: chrysanthemum, amaranth, shepherd’s purse, lamb liver, pork liver, and eel.

(5) Foods that can protect against chemotherapy and treat side effects: shiitake mushrooms, white fungus, black fungus, day lily, walnuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, kiwi fruit, sheep blood, pig blood, goose blood, chicken blood, lotus seeds, mung beans, coix seeds, crucian carp, green beans, sturgeon, shark, plum, almonds, and bergamot.

Warm reminder: Glioma patients must pay attention to their diet in daily life to avoid worsening of the condition due to food. Sometimes they can further improve their condition through diet therapy!