Did you know? A person may need twice as much protein during cancer treatment

Up to 85% of people diagnosed with cancer face with nutritional or nutritional deficiencies. It can negatively affect a patient's ability to recover and blood counts between cycles of chemotherapy. In addition, nutritional deficiencies raises toxicity of treatment, reduces the quality of life and causes death in 10-20% of cases. A situation where a cancer patient cannot provide more than 60% of their energy needs to the body within 1-2 weeks, meets relatively common and associated with significant weight loss.

Reasons for weight loss there are loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, mouth ulcers, difficulty swallowing, and other symptoms. However, some patients may lose weight despite eating normally. This condition is called cachexia. With it, the body does not absorb the nutrients that come with food, and also burns calories faster than usual.

The principles of nutrition and protein norms for cancer patients differ from standard recommendations: for a healthy person enough 0.8 g per kilogram of body weight per day, and for a patient with a malignant tumor

required up to 1-1.5 g per kilogram of body weight per day. Faced with cachexia needed nutritional support - special foods rich in nutrients. Their use aimed in order to maintain optimal body weight, increase the tolerability of anticancer therapy and prevent nutritional deficiencies.

To help prevent weight loss during cancer treatment, you can follow these tips:

• try increase the frequency of meals. Instead of eating large meals three times a day, you can eat a little every three hours.
• Try new sauces and seasonings. Sometimes the treatment affects on the perception of tastes. To customize the taste of food, you can add various sauces, marinades, seasonings and other ingredients. And instead of meat turn on other foods containing protein in the diet: legumes, cheese, cottage cheese, eggs, tofu.
• Drink high-calorie drinks high in protein, such as milkshakes. It is advisable to drink liquid between meals - if you do this during meals, you can feel feeling too full.
• Choose snacks high in calories and proteinsuch as nuts, dried fruit, muesli, peanut butter, hard boiled eggs, or cheese.
• Track appetite peaks. For example, for many people this morning. You can eat more early in the day and drink liquid meal replacements later.

INFORMATION FOR PERSONS WITH NUTRITIONAL INSUFFICIENCY. THE PRODUCT OF SPECIALIZED THERAPEUTIC FOOD IS NOT A DIETARY SUPPLEMENT AND A MEDICINE. THERE ARE CONTRAINDICATIONS, A SPECIALIST'S CONSULTATION IS REQUIRED BEFORE USE.