High protein is required during chemotherapy

“We’re going to start chemotherapy next, and we can eat some beef to supplement protein.” Doctors, nutritionists and medical staff often advise patients to supplement protein, and encourage cancer patients to eat some beef. However, we have also heard that eating red meat is easy to cause cancer, so why do medical staff want cancer patients to eat beef?

In fact, the period of chemotherapy is a great challenge to the physical strength of the patients, protein is easy to lose, and nutrition is also easy to be insufficient. In order to avoid the rapid decline of white blood cells, severe oral and digestive tract mucosal damage, and anemia and other derived problems, it is necessary to eat more high-protein foods and high-iron foods than normal, and beef has both these two important nutrients. It is rich, so it is recommended by medical staff to cancer patients as a source of high-quality nutrition.

The doctor recommends that the total daily protein intake of cancer patients during chemotherapy is about 1.2g to 1.5g of protein per kilogram of body weight. Taking a cancer patient with a weight of 50kg as an example, the conversion is 60g to 75g of protein per day, which is equivalent to Eat 300g~400g (12~14 ounces) of steak or 9~11 eggs.

Is beef a carcinogenic food

The reason why the general public has the impression that eating red meat or beef is easy to cause cancer is mainly because the World Health Organization (WHO) lists processed meat such as bacon, sausage, ham and hot dogs as a level 1 carcinogen. In addition, it is Meats such as cattle, pigs, horses, and sheep (that is, red meat) are listed as 2A-level possible carcinogens. Class 1 carcinogens represent obvious carcinogenic effects, and Class 2A carcinogens are likely to cause cancer to humans (not yet 100% sure).
In fact, there are many factors related to cancer. It is not just eating red meat that will cause a person to get cancer. Nitrosamines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heterocyclic amines (HCAs), these four are the factors most likely to cause cancer. Heme and nitrosamines can prevent harm by controlling daily intake and maintaining smooth bowel movements. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic amines are substances produced during high-temperature cooking. You can avoid eating fried and grilled meat to reduce harm. Including the official website of the Ministry of Health and Welfare also pointed out that people do not need to specifically abstain from eating red meat, and the only way to prevent cancer is to eat more fruits and vegetables, exercise more, reduce excessively processed foods, and maintain healthy living habits.

Benefits of Beef for Chemotherapy Patients

Patients undergoing chemotherapy need to pay most attention to the “total calorie intake” in terms of diet and nutrition, including eating some natural starchy foods, such as grains and rhizomes. Fat is also an essential source of calories, which can be obtained from olive oil, brown rice, or fat contained in meat and fish. Drink some broth and eat some meat in the soup to eat protein and fat at the same time, which is very important for maintaining the total calorie intake. helpful.

Protein intake is necessary, and high-quality sources can be beef, pork, chicken, and fish. Among these types of meat, besides providing rich and complete protein and amino acid nutrition, beef also has several nutrients that are very helpful to chemotherapy patients:

1.Creatine and L-Carnitine

Creatine is a source of muscle fuel, can quickly restore muscle strength, and can help chemotherapy patients recover faster. L-Carnitine (L-Carnitine) can help produce branched-chain amino acids (BCAA), and BCAA can help chemotherapy patients resist fatigue and maintain muscle loss.

2.Minerals

In addition to iron, which is necessary for chemotherapy patients, beef is also rich in zinc and magnesium. These two minerals are necessary for maintaining the normalization of immune function. In particular, zinc can also maintain the health of the oral cavity, esophagus and gastric mucosa, and reduce the mucosal damage caused by chemotherapy. damage.

3.Vitamins

Beef is rich in vitamins B6 and B12. Vitamin B6 helps to manufacture antibodies and enhance human immunity. Vitamin B12 is one of the necessary components for the manufacture of red blood cells to avoid anemia. These two vitamins are also very helpful to chemotherapy patients.

Chemotherapy patients can rest assured to eat cattle

To sum up, cancer patients who are about to or are undergoing chemotherapy should choose a good source of beef, cook beef soup or stew beef cubes to avoid high-temperature frying, drink beef soup and eat beef, and take in various important nutrients. It is good to maintain physical strength and help recovery during the period, so you can eat it with confidence. If the physical strength is relatively weak, the digestion power is reduced, and you can’t eat too much meat, you can also add 2-3 additional drops of beef essence. The essence of beef contains the nutritional essence of beef, which is easy to absorb and digest, and helps cancer patients quickly replenish their physical strength. Rejuvenation has many benefits.

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