Can't eat after chemo. What to do? 😃

Combine how to make food easy to digest and regain strength.

"Eating just a little is already tight..."

It is a common problem in patients after chemotherapy. Many people still feel hungry, but when they eat a few words, they are full, flatulent, burp, or tight, causing weight loss and gradually weakening.

The cause is caused by chemotherapy drugs affecting the gastrointestinal tract, slowing down the digestive stomach, decreasing digestive enzymes, and more gassing in the intestines.

So the important thing is not to eat a lot, but to adjust the food easily and gradually energize the body. 💛

🥣. Four easy words to remember.

"Little, Soft, Warm, Fine"

🍽️ 1. Less - eat less but often

Change from 3 meals per day to 5-6 meals

Each meal only eats about 60% of the satiety.

✅ helps to reduce abdominal tightness.

✅ The body also gets enough nutrients.

🍠 2. Soft - Food Gentle to the stomach

Choose soft food, easy to digest, e.g.

• Porridge, gruel, mashed rice

• Braised eggs, ground beef fish, ground chicken

• Soft tofu, unsweetened yogurt

• Ground pumpkin, ground carrots

🚫 Avoid fried, hard, sticky or rough foods.

🌡️ 3.Warm - not hot. Not too cold.

Warm food will help the stomach work more comfortably.

✅ Best fit about 36-40 ° C

Like porridge, soup or warm thickened food.

🥄 4.Fine - makes it easier to digest.

A blender can be used or finely grind the food.

Many people fear that the blender food is useless, but actually, the nutrients are full, just to lighten the stomach.

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🍚 1-Day Menu Sample for Less Edible People

⏰ Morning.

• Millet porridge + mashed sweet potatoes

• Half cup of poached eggs

⏰ Supplementary meals.

• Lotus root flour is not sweet

• Unsweetened yogurt

⏰ Daylight

• Ground fish porridge

• Ground pumpkin

⏰ afternoon.

• Crushed steamed apple

⏰ Cool.

• Crushed chicken boiled soft line

⏰. Before bed.

• 1 small glass of warm whey protein

💡 If you can't eat, don't force yourself to postpone your next meal faster.

⚠️ 2 common misunderstandings

❌ only drink broth.

Many people think that broth contains the most nutrients, but really, most of the protein is in "meat."

✅ Should eat both water and meat.

Or spun together into a thickened soup.

❌ Flatulence and stop eating.

The less you eat, the more slowly your stomach recovers.

✅ The right way is

"Reduce the amount per meal, but increase the number of meals instead."

🚫 Foods that should be temporarily avoided.

• Fries, oily food

• Full peas

• Cauliflower broccoli, big head

• Chili, garlic, dark tea, coffee, alcohol

• Coarse fiber waste foods such as bamboo shoots, gui

📌. Not forever.

As the condition improves, it can be eaten gradually.

🏥 When should I see a doctor?

If you have the following symptoms, you should not leave them alone.

⚠️ Eat very little for 2-3 days in a row.

⚠️ Nausea, heavy vomiting.

⚠️ Stiff bloating, abdominal pain, no farting.

⚠️ Weight loss faster than 1 kg / week

Because malnutrition directly affects the recovery and effectiveness of treatment.

💛 to the caretaker's family.

Don't blame yourself. If the patient eats less after chemo,

His gastrointestinal tract may not be fully recovered.

Some days eat only "one word" more.

It's a breakthrough. 🌱

Take care of each other one meal at a time, one day at a time.

And don't forget to take care of yourself, because if the caregiver falls, the patient will also be tired.

✅ A brief summary should be kept.

✔️ Eat less often, but 5-6 meals a day.

✔️ Focus on soft, fine, easy to digest food.

✔️ Eat warm food, not too hot or cold.

✔️ Avoid its fries, gaseous food.

✔️ Observe daily stomach tightness and food intake.

✔️ If you eat less continuously, see a doctor.

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