Patient's question:
A few weeks ago, I went for a follow-up visit due to gynecological symptoms such as vaginal bleeding and abnormal discharge. A thorough examination revealed uterine fibroids, with two fibroids, both under 5 centimeters. The doctor said that treatment should be temporarily postponed, so I would like to understand what dietary precautions are usually recommended for patients with uterine fibroids.Doctor's answer:
The following items should be avoided as much as possible.1. Avoid foods with thermogenic, coagulative, and hormone-containing properties, such as longan, jujubes, euryale seeds, and royal jelly.
2. Avoid spicy foods and drinks, such as chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, raw scallions, raw garlic, and baijiu.
3. Maintain a light diet and avoid foods that may exacerbate conditions, such as mutton, shrimp, crabs, eel, salted fish, and black fish.
4. Consume more lean meat, chicken, eggs, quail eggs, crucian carp, softshell turtle, white fish, cabbage, asparagus, celery, spinach, cucumber, winter melon, mushrooms, tofu, kelp, and seaweed. Women should consume more algae-based foods.
Additionally, during the treatment of uterine fibroids, patients should.