What supplements to take during chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is very harmful to the patient's body, so some food supplements are needed during chemotherapy to replenish the patient's body nutrition and enable the cells in the body to have better immunity. However, many family members of chemotherapy patients do not know what foods can help chemotherapy patients supplement nutrition and enhance their immunity, so we need to learn about it.

During chemotherapy, the patient's body is relatively weak because the body will be affected by chemotherapy. Some cells in the body will also be damaged during chemotherapy, which directly affects the patient's immune system. Therefore, the body of chemotherapy patients is generally relatively weak.

There are five flavors: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, and each flavor has its special function. Sour can be astringent, promote salivation and stimulate appetite; sweet can nourish the spleen and stomach; bitter can be laxative, dry out dampness, and a small amount can stimulate appetite; spicy can also stimulate appetite; salty can clear the bowels and soften hard masses. Basically, the food contains the above five flavors, or several of them mixed together. Patients in the recovery period of tumor should choose foods with certain anti-cancer ingredients and the effect of softening and dispersing nodules.

There are many kinds of nutritious foods. In addition to rice, wheat, millet, soybeans, etc., chicken, mutton, and beef are qi-replenishing foods and can be eaten by cancer patients with weak bodies. Ducks, turtles, tortoises, crucian carp, and anchovies are foods that can nourish and strengthen the spleen. Sea cucumbers, jellyfish, abalone, kelp, water chestnuts, and water caltrops can soften and disperse lumps and eliminate "lumps". Many edible mushrooms, such as black fungus, hericium erinaceus, shiitake mushrooms, and Flammulina velutipes, have certain anti-cancer effects. In particular, the nutritional value of shiitake mushrooms exceeds that of all mushrooms. It contains 7 kinds of amino acids necessary for the human body, trace elements such as calcium, copper, iron, manganese, and a variety of sugars and enzymes, which can improve and enhance human immunity.

Vegetables, fruits, beans, etc. are rich in various vitamins and trace elements, and have certain anti-cancer and anti-cancer effects. For example, soybeans, cabbage, and Chinese cabbage are rich in the trace element molybdenum. Tomatoes, carrots, water spinach, and jujube are rich in vitamins A, C, and B. Among them, water spinach has the best nutrition. It contains multiple vitamins, several times more than tomatoes. In addition to being rich in vitamins, garlic shoots, leeks, cauliflower, and cabbage also contain indigo, which can increase the activity of aromatic hydrocarbon hydroxylase, and can resist the carcinogenic effects of chemical carcinogens.

This article introduces the knowledge about what supplements to take during chemotherapy. I hope it will be helpful to friends in need. Everyone should understand the importance of diet to the body. Diet allows the body to directly absorb nutrients from food and help replenish cells, which can help patients buffer physical weakness.