Chemotherapy for lung cancer is carried out with aggressive drugs that have a destructive effect on both cancer cells and healthy ones. A special diet is designed to help reduce the side effects of drugs on the body.
Patients undergoing chemotherapy in most cases suffer from nausea, vomiting and lack of appetite. This is due to the specifics of the drugs administered. That is why it is important to pay attention to the drinking regime and special diet during this period.
You can drink during and after chemotherapy: green tea, mineral water, tomato, apple, grape juices. Juices are not only a source of vitamins and minerals, but also help to pacify attacks of nausea to some extent. For the same purpose, you can eat crackers, crackers.
It is also important that the diet contains protein products, vegetables and fruits, complex carbohydrates. From vegetables, preference should be given to cauliflower, broccoli, etc. Nuts, blue algae are useful.
If you can't eat lean poultry, fish, then you need to eat more dairy products, for example, kefir, cottage cheese, yoghurts, cheese. Eggs and powdered milk are also excellent sources of protein. Doctors recommend keeping a diary, where the patient will indicate the time of meals, the meals they ate, which foods are digested well, and which ones cause nausea or vomiting.
Better to steam or simmer. You need to eat in small portions, but often, the food is good to chew. It is better not to take solid writing immediately after a chemotherapy session.
Eliminate fried foods, sausages, bacon, confectionery, dumplings, coffee, alcohol and pungent-smelling foods from your diet. Spicy and too hot food.
