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Fiber-rich prevention plate, eating through surgery and chemotherapy, and survivorship nutrition for the long run.
Diet cannot treat colon cancer - but it meaningfully shapes prevention, and it carries real weight in getting patients through treatment and recovery. Three separate jobs, honestly separated.
Most foods remain possible; introduce new items one at a time; chew thoroughly; watch blockages from fibrous skins and seeds early on; hydrate well. The stoma nurse's guidance is the authority here.
The prevention plate becomes the recurrence-reduction plate: fiber-rich, produce-heavy, red-meat-light, alcohol-light, weight-conscious eating - plus the follow-up colonoscopy schedule, which no diet replaces.
Prevention: fiber and plants up, processed meat and alcohol down. Treatment: protein-rich small meals and the surgical team's staged plan. Survivorship: the prevention plate again, for life.
Written By
Dr. Daksh
BDS
Reviewed By
Dr. Varun Gupta
MD Pharmacology, MBBS
Last updated on
27 Sep 2022 • 06:23 PM (IST)
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