Diet at lung cancer chemotherapy

Diet at lung cancer chemotherapy

The chemotherapy of lung cancer is carried out by aggressive medicines which it is destructive affect also cancer cells, and healthy. The special diet is intended to help to reduce side effects of drugs by an organism.

The patients taking a chemotherapy course in most cases suffer from nausea, vomiting and lack of appetite. It is caused by specifics of the injected drugs. For this reason it is important to pay attention during this period to the drinking mode and a special diet.

It is possible drink during passing of chemotherapy and after it: green tea, mineral water, tomato, apple, grape juice. Juice not only a source of vitamins and minerals, but also help to pacify somewhat nausea attacks. It is possible to eat croutons, crackers with the same purpose. 

It is also important that at a diet there were protein products, vegetables and fruit, complex carbohydrates. From vegetables preference it is necessary to give preference to a cauliflower, broccoli, etc. Nuts, blue seaweed are useful.

If it is impossible to eat nonfat a bird, fish, then it is necessary to eat more a dairy products, for example, kefir, cottage cheese, yogurts, cheese. Also perfectly will approach as a source of protein of egg and powdered milk. Doctors recommend to create the diary where the patient will specify time of meal, dishes which I ate what products are acquired well and what - make sick or vomiting.

It is better to steam, or extinguish. Is it is necessary in the small portions, but it is frequent, it is good to chew food. Firm I write better not to accept right after the chemotherapy session.

Exclude from a diet fried dishes, sausages, fat, confectionery, dumplings, coffee, alcohol and sharply smelling products. Spicy and too hot food. 

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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