Diet for colon cancer

Colon cancer is one of the most prevalent malignancies in Western countries and in our country specifically. It is the second most common cause of cancer among all types of malignancies. Its incidence in Spain is estimated at about 25,000 cases diagnosed each year, with a mortality of about 50%.

Therefore, we show you an example of diet to patients who have beaten colon cancer, depending on the type of operation.

DIET	ILEOSTOMY AND CECOSTOMY	UPWARD AND TRANSVERSE CECOSTOMY	DOWNWARD AND SIGMOID CECOSTOMY
Diet 1	Boiled white rice, boiled rice noodles, rice gruel or corn. Drink of rice and rice puddings. Pancakes white rice, white toast dextrinated without gluten, gluten-free cookies. Carrot and boiled potatoes. Liquefied carrots, apple and pear (as tolerated). Quince, apple and pear baked, grated, boiled or stewed fruit, very ripe banana (wireless or heart). Egg whites. A tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, spread throughout the day. No sugar, sweeteners or polyols such as sorbitol.
Diet 2	-	Vegetable creams (carrots, squash, zucchini, green beans) with potatoes. Soy beverage, soy desserts, lactic bacteria. Apple and carrot smoothies. Pollen.
Diet 3	-	Raw vegetables in salads and other soft cooked vegetables. Dairy products (curd, low-fat and lactose-free yogurt, cheese, low-fat lactose, mozzarella, nonfat cottage cheese). Raw fruit (apple and pear) and other vegetables and fruit smoothies. Boiled egg. Textured soy protein. Two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, spread throughout the day.
Diet 4	-	Dextrinated bread, toast, biscuits or peasant, pasta (very cooked) and other grains with gluten. Raw tomato.
Diet 5	-	Very cooked legumes (chickpeas, lentils and peas). Nuts. Citrus fruits (mandarins). Lactose-free milk. Three tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, spread throughout the day.

• We always begin with Diet 1.
• If it is tolerated well, we’ll pass to the next.