Post-thyroid surgery diet menu_Diet after thyroid removal

Caring for patients after surgery is a very heavy task. On the one hand, we need to replenish the patients' physical strength, and on the other hand, we need to help them do some post-operative exercises. Diet menu after thyroid surgery_Diet after thyroid removal is very important. Everyone must understand what thyroid patients can and cannot eat after surgery to prevent secondary damage to patients in diet. Let’s learn more about it in detail.

1. What to eat after thyroid surgery

1. The group after thyroid surgery should eat liquid food, because swallowing difficulties may occur after the operation, so liquid food should be eaten after the operation. Digestible food should be prepared for the patients after the operation, such as porridge. Of course, be careful not to put too much salt in the porridge.

2. It is better to eat light food after surgery. Thyroid patients need to eat a light diet after surgery. A light diet is not easy to irritate the patient's stomach and intestines and helps the patient digest.

3. Thyroid patients should eat more foods high in iodine, such as kelp, seaweed, hair algae, mussels, scallops, clams, jellyfish, sea cucumbers, lobster, hairtail, mackerel, fish maw, cockles, clams, and turtles.

4. It is advisable to eat more foods that have the effect of eliminating lumps and swelling, including water chestnuts, taro, rapeseed, mustard greens, and kiwi fruit.

5. Eat more foods that have certain anti-cancer effects, such as cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, asparagus, beans, mushrooms, sea cucumber, shark, etc.

6. It is advisable to eat more foods that enhance immunity, such as shiitake mushrooms, mushrooms, fungus, walnuts, coix seeds, red dates, and yam.

7. It is advisable to eat foods that have the effects of strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis, such as walnuts, black soybeans, yam, leeks, lychees, mulberries, herring, shrimps, mussels, pork and sheep kidneys, sparrow meat, quail eggs, pomegranates, plums, coix seeds, lentils, yam, and konjac.

After thyroid surgery, many people will experience symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and decreased appetite. At this time, patients can eat foods such as cinnamon, coix seed, adenophora, reed root, polygonatum, and Poria. After the operation, patients should avoid smoking, drinking, and spicy foods, such as chili peppers, ginger, and peppercorns, as well as greasy meat.

2. Diet therapy after thyroid surgery

1. Red Dates and Lamb's Chest Soup

Red Date and Lamb Dumpling Soup requires six red dates, four lamb dimples, six milliliters of cooking wine, six grams of ginger and green onion, and three grams of salt and MSG. Wash the sheep's cheeks with water, remove the core of the red dates and wash them, slice the ginger and cut the green onion into sections. Put lamb shanks, red dates, ginger, onions and cooking wine in a clay pot, add appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, then add salt and MSG. Take 2 times a day, 2 goat cheeks each time. Take 3 red dates and drink the soup.

2. Prunella Vulgaris, Kelp and Pigeon Soup

1 white pigeon, 30 grams of kelp, 15 grams of selfheal, and appropriate amount of seasoning. First, remove the pigeon's feathers, internal organs, and claws, then wash and cut it into pieces; wash and cut the selfheal into sections; soak the kelp, then wash and cut into shreds. Then put the selfheal into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, boil it over high heat, then simmer for 30 minutes on low heat, remove the residue and take the juice, add white pigeon and kelp to the juice, cook for another hour, and add salt and MSG to season. Eat meat and drink soup once every night, 1 bowl each time.

3. Kelp seaweed and soybean soup

150 grams of soybeans, 30 grams of kelp, 35 grams of seaweed, and appropriate amount of seasoning. Soak the soybeans for more than 4 hours; wash the kelp and seaweed, put them in a casserole, add 500 ml of water, boil for 15 minutes, add salt and MSG to season, and eat twice a day, morning and evening.

4. Black-bone chicken stewed with angelica and astragalus

250 grams of black-bone chicken, 15 grams of angelica, 30 grams of astragalus, and appropriate amount of seasoning. Cut the black-bone chicken into small pieces; wash the angelica and astragalus, put them into a stewing pot, add appropriate amount of water and a little Shaoxing wine, stew for 3 hours, then add salt and MSG to taste. Eat meat and drink soup once a day, 1 bowl each time.