Are Probiotics, Yogurt Raw Or Cooked? Good Bacteria Help Regulate Immunity Can Cancer Patients Eat It?

Cancer treatment patients have poor immunity. Probiotics and yogurt can help immunity. Can they be eaten during treatment? Experts remind that patients undergoing chemotherapy have low blood cells and decreased ability to resist germs. They should not eat raw food. Probiotics and yogurt are "raw food" and are not recommended to be taken during treatment. If you want to supplement probiotics, it is best to wait until the end of chemotherapy. Ask for advice physician.

Only a small amount of bacteria can cause infection during chemotherapy Yang Muhua, vice president of Yangming University and director of the Center for Excellence in Tumor Exacerbation, reminded that patients undergoing chemotherapy have a decreased ability to resist germs due to low blood cells. And because bacteria are everywhere, the food you eat should be fully cooked, so that bacteria will not be entrained.

Yogurt, yogurt, and probiotics are considered raw foods

, while probiotics and yogurt are considered raw foods because they contain bacteria. Yang Muhua said that people undergoing chemotherapy should not be given probiotics, yogurt, and yogurt, not only because they are considered raw food, but also because the intestinal mucosa of patients undergoing chemotherapy is usually affected by chemical drugs, and there will be damage. Supplementing yogurt or probiotics when the intestinal mucosa is injured will cause greater damage to the intestinal mucosa.

Fruit peeled before eating

In addition to probiotics and yogurt, you should also pay attention to eating raw and cold fruits! Although fruits contain a variety of antioxidants, they are also considered raw foods. If you want to eat fruit during chemotherapy, you should choose fresh fruit that can be peeled or peeled.However, if the blood cell drop is more serious, it is recommended to pay more attention.

7 to 10 days when the blood cells are the lowest is a dangerous period.

Yang Muhua said that patients in cancer treatment are not suitable for eating fruits, drinking yogurt, yogurt or supplementing probiotics all the time. Usually chemotherapy is done every 3 to 4 weeks as a course of treatment for about 5 days. Generally, in the first 7 to 10 days after the chemical treatment, because the blood cells are destroyed by the chemical drugs, the blood cells will be particularly low, which is a "dangerous period", but it will slowly recover after 14 days. Probiotics and yogurt should not be eaten during the dangerous period, but they can be eaten after that, but you should consult the attending physician before eating them.

Hematological tumors have a long recovery period and can only be eaten after the treatment is completed

However, this is only limited to patients with solid tumors such as breast cancer and colorectal cancer. Yang Muhua suggested that patients with hematological tumors should wait until the cancer treatment is over and the blood cell index has returned to normal before supplementing with probiotics, yogurt or yogurt.

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