Nutrition helps keep cancer patients alive

This is a shocking statistic: nearly one in five cancer deaths have malnutrition and weight loss as a  contributing factor. Yet, as I’ve watched fellow cancer patients slog through their treatment, darn few get any serious counseling on diet and nutrition as it specifically applies to cancer, as I did during my treatment at the University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. During my time there I met with a nutritionist at least twice.

Unfortunately, cancer can really take a toll on appetite.

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