Diet And Nutrition For Women With Breats Cancer

It is important for women with breast cancer to exercise regularly, take adequate rest and eat nutritious food to boost immunity.

- Avni Kaul

Good Nutrition helps one’s body to heal better. It is always better to take a professional nutritionist’s advice so that the patient has a better chance of recovery and hurdles towards having a fit body can be avoided. Breast Cancer Patients are usually advised to take a high protein diet so that the tissue renewal is faster. Calorie dense foods are also given unless a patient starts gaining weight during treatment in which case, the diet is modified. Some medications especially the pain killers cause constipation in the patients. So, more fiber is added to the diet as well as fluid intake.

DIET AND BREAST CANCER

It is estimated that about 9% of breast cancer patients could have prevented the disease by maintaining a healthy body and by following a healthy diet.

DIETARY FATS

Foods that have saturated fats increase the risk of breast cancer. These foods include oils, butter, ghee, margarine, meats, fish, nuts, ice creams and also, chocolates, biscuits and other bakery products. Women after menopause are more prone to breast cancer if they have lots of fat in their diet. However, Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids found in some fish oils are healthy and reduce the risk of breast cancer.

SUGARS AND CARBOHYDRATES