Which food is best suitable for a Cancer Patient?

• pinky88

  24 Jul 07, 23:49

  Someone in my family just had an operation... So, i would like to know which food is best suitable for them? Serious Answer is greatly appreciated
  
  Thanks...
• Viper`

  24 Jul 07, 23:50

  Organic food?
• qlqq9

  25 Jul 07, 00:07

  Originally posted by pinky88:

  Someone in my family just had an operation... So, i would like to know which food is best suitable for them? Serious Answer is greatly appreciated
  
  Thanks...

  brocholli, and other food with lots of anti-oxidant. Try asking people about Lingzhi, my neighbour bought quite a lot of the lingzhi tablets for her husband who have cancer and told me it is beneficial. Just pop by the shop and read the contents of lingzhi, then you can know more.
• BrUtUs

  25 Jul 07, 00:15

  Originally posted by pinky88:

  Someone in my family just had an operation... So, i would like to know which food is best suitable for them? Serious Answer is greatly appreciated
  
  Thanks...

  vege, organic food as stated above... wat happened?
• mystee

  25 Jul 07, 00:48

  ya.. as one forumite mentioned, food with anti oxidant.
  
  but best is to let the patient think postively, as negatively thinking will somehow affect the body. give him/her moral support.
  
  
• Viper`

  25 Jul 07, 01:04

  Originally posted by mystee:

  ya.. as one forumite mentioned, food with anti oxidant.
  
  but best is to let the patient think postively, as negatively thinking will somehow affect the body. give him/her moral support.
  
  

  That's right. Food for the soul! There are patients who miraculously overcame cancer because they kept a positive outlook. I don't believe that's the sole reason, but it's a vital reason, because our body's immune system weakens when we're stressed arghhhhhhh!
• ispyyy

  25 Jul 07, 01:09

  errr... u guys and gals wrong liao...
  A cancer patient that just operate need regeneration food.. rather than cancer prevention food...
  
  Just go to chinatown market... buy sheng yu (snakehead) and use tat to boil soup... tat type of soup can help patients to recover faster from operation...
  
  
• FireIce

  25 Jul 07, 01:14

  which organ cancer?
  
  in general, fish will be good for healing
  usually sheng yu
• qlqq9

  25 Jul 07, 01:15

  Originally posted by ispyyy:

  errr... u guys and gals wrong liao...
  A cancer patient that just operate need regeneration food.. rather than cancer prevention food...
  
  Just go to chinatown market... buy sheng yu (snakehead) and use tat to boil soup... tat type of soup can help patients to recover faster from operation...
  
  

  yes, that is first thing first.
• Fatum

  25 Jul 07, 01:55

  Originally posted by ispyyy:

  errr... u guys and gals wrong liao...
  A cancer patient that just operate need regeneration food.. rather than cancer prevention food...
  
  Just go to chinatown market... buy sheng yu (snakehead) and use tat to boil soup... tat type of soup can help patients to recover faster from operation...
  
  

  what's the recipe for the soup har ? ....
  
  thanks !
• ispyyy

  25 Jul 07, 02:12

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  what's the recipe for the soup har ? ....
  
  thanks !

  recipe ah.. errrr.... errr.... errr...
  hahaha... dont have it leh...
  But, I remember when I was young, my mother has cancer operation. my father bought the fish alive and beat it to death ... How my father cook I dont remember... next time, ask my father ><
  
  But usually, the fishmonger will teach u how to cook it 1...
  
  
• mystee

  25 Jul 07, 02:17

  hmm.. i think sheng yu is not only for cancer operation. is more for healing purposes...
• me_a_clone

  25 Jul 07, 02:19

  TS.. depending on which part of cancer is ur relative suffering from. sheng yu is good for healing wounds.. And pls check with the doc if patiect is suitable for solid food or liquid before working out a diet for patiect. if only liquid food i suggest u let him/her take ENSURE milk as it have all the nutrients needed and i dont recommend lingzhi, chicken essence these sort of TCM as it might create heavoc.. REASON: ( no offence to TS ) operation not 100% cure cancer and cancer cell travel in blood, by boosting blood movement it might back fire if cancerous cell is still active and it will spread to other parts in no time.
  
  maybe let patient have lots of plain water and vitamin to boost up immunity before going into those lingzhi and essence etc..
  
  as some have mention.. positive mood is the main factor to road of recovery
  
  
• ispyyy

  25 Jul 07, 02:20

  Originally posted by mystee:

  hmm.. i think yu sheng is not only for cancer operation. is more for healing purposes...

  lol... b4 I continue, u doctor, nurse or any medical expertise??? I dont want to make a fool of myself... hahaha
  
  
• mystee

  25 Jul 07, 02:23

  Originally posted by ispyyy:

  yu sheng is good during chinese new year when every1 shout "lor ah lor ah" as they toss it in the air...
  
  lol... b4 I continue, u doctor, nurse or any medical expertise??? I dont want to make a fool of myself... hahaha
  
  

  i have aldy edited my typo... b4 u quote mine... i m not a doctor, nurse or any medical expertise.
  
  but my mum suffered from cancer too, & she jz finished her chemo & radia treatment.
  
  
• me_a_clone

  25 Jul 07, 02:24

  Originally posted by mystee:

  i have aldy edited my typo... b4 u quote mine... i m not a doctor, nurse or any medical expertise.
  
  but my mum suffered from cancer too, & she jz finished her chemo & radia treatment.
  
  

  wish ur mum a speedy recovery
  
• mystee

  25 Jul 07, 02:27

  Originally posted by me_a_clone:

  wish ur mum a speedy recovery
  

  thanks! becos of her, our family read a lot on cancer stuffs.. like what to eat & what to reduce... but later i realised that having a positive mind is an impt factor from a module i learnt in uni..
• ispyyy

  25 Jul 07, 02:28

  Originally posted by mystee:

  i have aldy edited my typo... b4 u quote mine... i m not a doctor, nurse or any medical expertise.
  
  but my mum suffered from cancer too, & she jz finished her chemo & radia treatment.
  
  

  Since it is chemo & radiation (not a form of surgery) , I think food with anti oxidant works well...
  
  But, if cancer tat is involved in surgery, of coz with doctor approval, sheng yu is good in recovery wound.
• me_a_clone

  25 Jul 07, 02:29

  Originally posted by mystee:

  thanks! becos of her, our family read a lot on cancer stuffs.. like what to eat & what to reduce... but later i realised that having a positive mind is an impt factor from a module i learnt in uni..

  true.. take her mind off her illness is the best cure .. too bad i learnt tat too late..
• mystee

  25 Jul 07, 02:31

  Originally posted by ispyyy:

  Since it is chemo & radiation (not a form of surgery) , I think food with anti oxidant works well...
  
  But, if cancer tat is involved in surgery, of coz with doctor approval, sheng yu is good in recovery wound.

  ya... sheng yu or as Fireice stated, fish in general is good for healing purposes..
  
  she being thru' two operations, chemo, radia... in & out of isolation wards a few times...
  
• me_a_clone

  25 Jul 07, 02:31

  Originally posted by ispyyy:

  Since it is chemo & radiation (not a form of surgery) , I think food with anti oxidant works well...
  
  i cant say i disagree but depend on individual as taste bud change individually after chemo session
  
  But, if cancer tat is involved in surgery, of coz with doctor approval, sheng yu is good in recovery wound.

  agreed as sheng yu is good for healing wounds
• mystee

  25 Jul 07, 02:33

  Originally posted by me_a_clone:

  true.. take her mind off her illness is the best cure .. too bad i learnt tat too late..

  but is not easy.. haiz.. i seen her cry in bed.. this illness is in her mind always..
• me_a_clone

  25 Jul 07, 02:37

  Originally posted by mystee:

  but is not easy.. haiz.. i seen her cry in bed.. this illness is in her mind always..

  taking her mind off doesnt mean she have to so it. is those pple ard her. u all have to carry a positive way of communication and have to 'act' like nothing happen.. keep askin her wan she wan to eat and whr to go for a holiday once she recover. keep telling her u wan to go to a certain place with her and dont use those term like, wait till u recover then say, now cannt, see how.. use postive term.. i cant teach u how as u will have to asset wad term to use on the spot..
  
  
• ispyyy

  25 Jul 07, 02:39

  Originally posted by mystee:

  but is not easy.. haiz.. i seen her cry in bed.. this illness is in her mind always..

  then, do u noe y one has to think positive in order to fight cancer???
  
• ispyyy

  25 Jul 07, 02:43

  Two years ago, I found a very very very good article on cancer...
  Let me surf it out again ....
  It tells how to prevent aging... which is the main cause for cancer