Can tumor patients eat sea foods and pungent foods?
It is said that tumor patients must not eat sea foods and pungent foods; otherwise the tumor will grow faster. This opinion has no scientific basis. The development of tumor has its own natural process. It is related to body’s immunity. If avoiding many foods, without enough nutrition, patient will become weaker and weaker and have poor immunity. The tumor will then develop faster. Sea foods include fish, shrimp, crab, hairtail, yellow-fin tuna, kelp, alga, oyster, and many others. They are not only delicious foods with large amounts of proteins and minerals but also have some anticancer effects in traditional Chinese medicine. Many sea foods have the effects on softening hard masses and resolving lumps. Kelp and alga may treat hypothyroid tumor. Oyster shell has effects on nourishing yin to suppress yang, softening hard masses and resolving lumps, astringency. Hence, many sea foods are necessary to tumor patients. What about alcohol, tobacco, and pungent foods? People should stop smok
