One of the most common oncologies in the world is stomach cancer. As a rule, gastric resection is used to treat this disease. As a result of the operation, the functions of the digestive system are violated, and a special approach to food choice and nutrition is required. The general recommendations are mandatory feeding( 5-6 times a day) and at the same time consuming no more than one glass of liquid and 1-2 dishes per meal.
Recommended menu for gastric cancer
When making a menu for stomach cancer, you should completely exclude the baking of white flour, black bread, all kinds of sweets, including chocolate and honey. Do not recommend sweet and carbonated drinks, ice cream, fresh milk. The list of prohibited products includes:
- Canned food, sausages and mushrooms in any form.
- Smoked and salted, and in relation to salt it is generally desirable to exclude it from the diet after the operation for up to two months.
- Vegetables containing a large amount of fiber, unripe fruit, sauces, gravies.
It is very useful to include freshly squeezed juices in the diet, especially when preparing the patient for basic medical measures, to limit the consumption of starchy foods( potatoes, bananas, corn).Useful sea kale, broccoli, Peking cabbage, liquid soups, puree vegetable side dishes, low-fat cottage cheese and boiled eggs. In order not to irritate the thin walls of the intestine, all food must be thoroughly crushed and in no case be hot, but only warm.
Recommended diets for cancer
The recipes for stomach cancer differ slightly in preparation for surgery and during the postoperative period. In the initial period it is very important to strengthen immunity, promoted by plant foods, regular consumption of fruits and vegetables. An exemplary menu of cancer patients includes a healthy breakfast for the stomach, which first consists of a glass of mineral water without gas in half with lemon juice.
The second breakfast includes some vegetables or fruits, 50 gr.kefir, toast with jam without sugar and herbal decoction. When compiling a diet, the age of the patient, his physical condition, and the course of the illness are taken into account. Therefore, the most effective diet will be made by a professional dietitian after consulting with an oncologist. In the daily menu after removal of the stomach, cancer, as an example, you can recommend porridges on diluted milk, boiled meat, steam beans, vegetarian soups, boiled vegetables and vermicelli as a garnish, and from drinks green tea, kefir before bedtime.
Three months after the operation, you can partially abandon the rubbed food, and after six months or a year, depending on the doctor's recommendations, you can eat a full meal. However, in any case, fractional five meals a day and limiting the intake of food rich in carbohydrates will be beneficial for health in the future.
Useful breakfasts for the stomach: recipes
The recipes for healthy breakfasts after removal of the stomach include such dishes as:
- Oatmeal on diluted skim milk in the proportion of 50:50, tea and freshly squeezed orange juice( 200 ml) with a cracker.
- Steam omelette and juice with dry biscuits and for lunch - cracker with fruit jelly.
- Juice with oatmeal cookies and muesli with skim milk.
- Juice and soft-boiled eggs, fruit soufflé.
- Cottage cheese casserole, green tea, berry mousse.
- Pasta casserole and a cup of green tea, and on a snack juice with a cracker.
- Pudding from rice, green tea, compote of dried fruits with biscuits.
This is how you can plan a weekly menu for breakfast, but it is specific that every patient after gastric removal can also plan meals on his own, based on the doctor's recommendations.