What should patients with breast tumors avoid eating?
Aug 30, 2025
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Lv Dapeng
Introduction
Under normal circumstances, breast tumor patients should avoid consuming foods such as organ meats, royal jelly, French fries, pickled cured meats, and alcoholic beverages, as well as medications including diethylstilbestrol tablets, metandienone tablets, tamoxifen tablets, ethinylestradiol cyproterone acetate tablets, and compound levonorgestrel tablets. Patients with breast tumors should maintain a light and nutritionally balanced diet in daily life, with increased intake of fresh vegetables, fruits, and high-quality protein.
Under normal circumstances, patients with breast tumors should avoid consuming foods such as animal offal, royal jelly, fried French fries, pickled preserved meats, and alcoholic beverages. They should also avoid medications including diethylstilbestrol tablets, methyltestosterone tablets, tamoxifen tablets, ethinylestradiol cyproterone acetate tablets, and compound levonorgestrel tablets. Detailed explanations are as follows:
I. Foods
1. Animal offal: It contains high levels of cholesterol, which may affect hormone synthesis in the body. Breast tumor development is closely related to hormone levels. Excessive consumption of animal offal may lead to hormonal imbalances, which are detrimental to disease control and recovery.
2. Royal jelly: It contains estrogen-like substances that can elevate estrogen levels in the body. Estrogen may promote the growth of breast tumor cells, worsening the condition and negatively affecting treatment outcomes and prognosis.
3. Fried French fries: After high-temperature frying, they not only contain large amounts of fat, but may also produce harmful substances. Excessive fat intake can disrupt hormone metabolism, while harmful substances can increase the body's burden, both of which are unfavorable for maintaining bodily functions and aiding recovery.
4. Pickled preserved meats: These contain high levels of nitrites and salt. Nitrites are carcinogenic substances that may negatively affect breast tumor conditions. High salt intake also increases metabolic burden and affects the patient's overall health status.
5. Alcoholic beverages: Alcohol can impair liver function, interfere with estrogen metabolism, cause abnormal estrogen levels in the body, damage body tissues, reduce resistance, and hinder treatment and recovery for breast tumor patients.
II. Medications
1. Diethylstilbestrol tablets: These belong to the category of estrogen drugs and directly increase estrogen levels in the body. Estrogen may stimulate the proliferation of breast tumor cells, worsening the condition.
2. Methyltestosterone tablets: This is an androgenic drug. Although it may be used to regulate hormones in certain situations, its use by breast tumor patients may disrupt the body's hormonal balance, cause various side effects, and interfere with normal treatment processes.
3. Tamoxifen tablets: This is a commonly used medication for treating breast tumors. However, if used outside of breast tumor treatment or without following medical instructions, it may cause hormonal imbalances, affect normal physiological functions, and even negatively impact the condition.
4. Ethinylestradiol Cyproterone Acetate Tablets: This is a combined short-acting oral contraceptive containing estrogen and progestin components. It alters the body's hormonal balance and may promote the growth of breast tumor cells.
5. Compound Levonorgestrel Tablets: This also belongs to the category of combined oral contraceptives and contains estrogen and progestin. It interferes with the body's normal hormonal balance, is detrimental to the control of breast tumor conditions, and may worsen the condition or affect treatment outcomes.
Breast tumor patients should maintain a light and nutritionally balanced diet in daily life, consume more fresh vegetables, fruits, and high-quality protein, and develop good lifestyle habits, avoiding staying up late and excessive fatigue.
