In
daily life, cancer patients and their families are often confused about dietary problems, especially about the consumption of some common food such as eggs. As a nutritious and affordable food, whether eggs are suitable for cancer patients has attracted much attention. This article will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of eating eggs in cancer patients in detail to answer this question.
Nutritional value
of
eggs
Egg is a kind of nutrient-rich food, which contains high-quality protein, vitamin B2, vitamin D, iron, calcium, phosphorus and other nutrients. Protein is the basic component of body cells, which plays an important role in the recovery and immunity improvement of cancer patients. Vitamin B2 helps maintain the health of the skin, eyes and nervous system, while vitamin D helps the absorption and utilization of calcium and is essential for bone health. Iron is an important component of hemoglobin, which helps prevent anemia, while calcium and phosphorus are essential for maintaining bone health.
Benefits
of Eggs for
Cancer Patients
1. Protein supplementation: Due to the influence of disease and treatment, the body of cancer patients is often in a state of consumption, and the demand for protein increases. The high-quality protein in eggs is easy to digest and absorb, which can meet the nutritional needs of cancer patients and promote the recovery of the body.
2. Improve immunity: The nutrients in eggs help to enhance immunity. For cancer patients, improving immunity helps to resist the side effects of disease and treatment.
3. Promote gastrointestinal peristalsis: moderate consumption of eggs can also promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, help to improve the function of the digestive system and alleviate gastrointestinal discomfort.
Precautions
for
Eating Eggs
Although eggs are beneficial to cancer patients, the following points should be paid attention to when eating:
1. Moderate consumption: Cancer patients should avoid excessive consumption of eggs, so as not to increase the burden of the gastrointestinal tract, causing abdominal distension, diarrhea and other symptoms. It is generally recommended to eat 1-2 eggs a day.
2. Cooking methods: It is recommended to choose cooking methods such as steaming, boiling and stewing, and avoid high-oil cooking methods such as frying and frying, so as to reduce fat intake and gastrointestinal burden.
3. Individual differences: Different cancer patients have different conditions and physical conditions, and their tolerance to eggs is also different. Therefore, before eating eggs, it is better to consult a doctor or nutritionist’s advice and eat them in moderation according to individual conditions.
Understanding
of Eggs in
Traditional Chinese Medicine
1. The nature and taste
of eggs
Eggs are sweet and neutral in nature. This characteristic of nature and taste determines that it has a certain universality in eating, neither too warm to cause excessive internal heat, nor too cold to hurt the spleen and stomach, most people can eat properly.
2. Channel tropism
of eggs
Egg enters heart, kidney and spleen meridians. Returning to the heart meridian means that eggs have a certain impact on the functions related to the heart system, such as nourishing the heart and blood to a certain extent, stabilizing the mind, and assisting in the recuperation of insomnia and palpitation caused by heart and blood deficiency. The kidney meridian shows that it has the function of tonifying kidney and replenishing essence, helps to enhance kidney function, and has a certain alleviating effect on soreness and weakness of waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus caused by kidney essence deficiency. Spleen meridian indicates that eggs contribute to the transportation and transformation of the spleen and stomach, enhance the digestion and absorption capacity of the spleen and stomach, and improve the weakness of the spleen and stomach and loss of appetite.
3. Efficacy
of eggs
Nourishing yin and moistening dryness: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eggs are good for nourishing yin. For Yin fluid deficiency in the body, dry mouth and tongue, dry skin, dry stool and other symptoms can play a moisturizing role. For example, in autumn, when dryness is strong, proper consumption of eggs can help alleviate the discomfort caused by dryness.
Nourishing the blood and preventing miscarriage: The effect of eggs on nourishing the blood is especially important for pregnant women. During pregnancy, women need enough blood to nourish the fetus. Eggs can supplement nutrition and promote the growth and development of the fetus. At the same time, its function of nourishing blood and preventing miscarriage can help pregnant women maintain normal pregnancy status and reduce the occurrence of fetal restlessness.
3. Medicinal value and dietotherapy application
In some traditional Chinese medicine dietotherapy prescriptions, eggs are often used as an important ingredient. For example, stewing eggs and donkey-hide gelatin together can enhance the effect of nourishing Yin and blood, which is used to treat blood deficiency syndrome. For example, eggs boiled with brown sugar water can be used for the recuperation of women during menstruation or postpartum blood deficiency. In some folk prescriptions, for chronic cough, there is also a method of steaming eggs and pears together, using the Yin nourishing effect of eggs to moisten the lung and relieve cough.
However, traditional Chinese medicine also points out that although eggs are good, they are also particular about eating. For example, people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat too much raw eggs or cold eggs, so as not to damage the spleen and stomach Yang qi; when there is damp-heat and phlegm stagnation in the body, excessive consumption of eggs may aggravate the damp-heat or phlegm in the body.
Conclusion
To sum up, cancer patients can eat eggs in moderation. The nutrients in eggs help to supplement the body’s needs, improve immunity and promote the body’s recovery. However, when eating, we should also pay attention to the principle of moderation, so as to avoid excessive intake and increase the burden of gastrointestinal tract. When choosing to eat eggs, it is better to consult a doctor or nutritionist’s advice and make a reasonable diet plan according to the individual situation. At the same time, cancer patients need to maintain a good mentality and actively cooperate with the treatment in order to recover as soon as possible.
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