Diet Suggestions to Breast Cancer Patients

Diet Suggestions to Breast Cancer Patients

A healthy diet during cancer treatment is essential to help patient remain strong to fight the cancer, rebuild tissues and cells damaged by the cancer and the treatment, and maintain a healthy immune system. You may also find that diet can minimize some of the side effects that are so common during treatment for breast cancer. It is important to take care of patient body during treatment so that it can fight the cancer.

Balanced Diet

Cancer patients should eat a varied diet. The diet should be rich in fruits and vegetables to provide the body with essential vitamins. Patients should also eat foods that are high in fiber to aid the digestive system which is often irritated by certain cancer treatment. A varied diet should also include proteins found in meat, beans and dairy products. Dairy products are also important because they provide the body with calcium and other vitamins and minerals. It is also important to drink plenty of water during treatments.

Below are the foods good for breast cancer patients

Vegetables

Acorn squash

Arugula

Bell peppers

Bok choy

Broccoli

Brussels sprouts

Butternut squash

Cabbage

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celery

Chives

Collard greens

Cucumbers

Garlic

Hot peppers

Kale

Leeks

Lettuce

Mushrooms

Mustard greens

Olives

Onions

Pumpkins

Scallions

Seaweed

Spinach

Tomatoes

Turnips and turnip greens

Watercress

Zucchini

Fruits

Apples

Blackberries

Blueberries

Boysenberries

Cherries

Cranberries

Grapes

Lingonberries

Loganberries

Marionberrries

Pomegranates

Raspberries

Watermelon

Beans

Black beans

Dry beans

Kidney beans

Navy beans

Pink beans

Pinto beans

Red beans

Soybeans

Tofu

White beans

Meats & dairy

Chicken, organic

Eggs, organic

Fermented milk

Kefir

Low-fat cheese

Low-fat yogurt

Turkey

Nuts & seeds

Brazil nuts

Flaxseed

Sesame seeds*

Walnuts

Beverages

Green tea

Pomegranate juice

Reishi tea*

Oils & fats

Canola oil

Flaxseed oil

Olive oil

Sesame oil*

Walnut oil

Fish

Herring

Mackerel

Salmon

Sardines

Spices & herbs

Basil

Black pepper

Cilantro

Parsley

Saffron

Turmeric

Grains

Brown rice

Buckwheat

Tartary buckwheat

Foods to Avoid

Avoid foods that are fried or high in fat as they may increase the nausea common in patients being treated for cancer.

Meats & dairy

Bacon

Barbecued meat

Beef

Butter

Cheese

Cream

Lamb

Mutton

Pork

Veal

Well-done meat

Fish

Dried herring

Dried mackerel

King mackerel

Pickled herring

Shellfish

Smoked mackerel

Beverages

Alcohol

Beer

Coffee

Essiac tea

Reishi tea

Sage tea

Wine

Yerba maté

Spices & herbs

Lavender

Meadow saffron

Sage

Salt

Wild ginger

Condiments & sauces

Gravy

Guacamole

Kimchi

Pesto sauce

Pickled papaya

Salted shrimp paste

Soybean paste

Vegetables

Avocados

Fermented vegetables

Fried potatoes

Green papaya

Beans

Soy protein isolate

Oils & fats

Corn oil

Lard

Mustard oil

Partially-hydrogenated oil

Safflower oil

Sesame oil*

Soybean oil

Sunflower oil

Nuts & seeds

Bitter almonds

Papaya seeds

Sesame seeds

Sweets & desserts

Brown rice syrup

Persipan

Red bean paste

Sugar

 

Other suggestions on diets

The patient with breast cancer of late stage should try to take some food easy for digestion, try to take the food and water in warm way, avoid spicy and irritated diets.

Notice: these suggestion are applicable to general breast cancer patients, if you need more suggestions for individual, please send us the medical papers or CT scans and inform us the patient current condition, we will offer you more professional suggestions after study of case.