There are many factors that must be taken into account when a person suffers from cancer or when cancer is to be prevented. As stated by specialists in Nutrition and Dietetics, some of these factors are: smoking, diet, sedentary lifestyle, excess weight and body fat, sudden weight loss and alcohol consumption, among others. These are determining factors that increase the incidence of cancer and complicate its recovery.
Nutrition plays an important role during the period of illness. There are symptoms of chemotherapy that vary according to the medications needed for each type of cancer. Ginger can help reduce nausea by decreasing gastric contractions while stimulating this activity.
On the other hand, it is advisable to avoid excessive consumption of meat, sausages, pastries, simple sugars (candies), soft drinks, sweets, refined cereals, milk and fried foods, among others.
Benefits of good nutrition
Adequate nutrition helps to cope with the disease process with a better quality of life. It also helps to fight it by eating the right food to nourish our healthy cells and avoiding nourishing the “bad” ones, as well as to better cope with chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatments, where side effects such as anemia, intestinal problems, energy drops, poor digestion, sores and dry mouth, taste and smell alterations and loss of muscles, among others, are very frequent.
You can read more in the recently published book “Plan Anticáncer” published by Cúpula. Planeta Libros.
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