Patient's question:
Detailed medical condition and consultation purpose: I would like to know what dietary precautions should be taken for fibroid patients. Before I was diagnosed with fibroids, I used to consume royal jelly, honey, and pollen. However, before a physical examination, I noticed many new acne on my face. Acne is usually associated with the teenage years, so I suspected that I might have some health issue. Indeed, I was diagnosed with fibroids, so could certain dietary choices accelerate the growth of fibroids? What should I pay attention to?Doctor's answer:
The patient needs to understand the dietary principles for multiple uterine fibroids. Meals should be taken on time and in appropriate quantities, avoiding overeating. It is essential to maintain a low-fat diet, consume more whole grains, and regularly eat nutrient-rich dried fruits. Avoid spicy, alcoholic, and frozen foods, among others.Women with uterine fibroids should pay attention to their daily diet:
1. Meals should be light and avoid foods that may exacerbate conditions, such as mutton, shrimp, crabs, eel, salted fish, and black fish.
2. Avoid spicy foods and drinks, such as chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, raw scallions, raw garlic, and baijiu (strong liquor).
3. Avoid foods with heating properties, blood-clotting effects, or hormone components, such as longan, jujubes, arali root, and royal jelly.
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.
5. Regularly eat fresh fruits, vegetables, kelp, jellyfish, mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, and hawthorn, while avoiding cold, spicy, and astringent foods.
For those with poor blood and qi, the diet should be nutritious and help reduce dampness.