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Cancer Treatment Side Effect: Involuntary Weight Loss

By Cynthia DeMarco

Involuntary weight loss is a serious side effect of cancer and its treatment for many patients.

Read on www.mdanderson.org

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Dietary Changes to Stop Sudden Weight Loss - Ms. Sushma Jaiswal

If you have suddenly lost weight, here are a few nutrition-centered options to gain weight back in a healthy way.

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2016
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . .

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Roxane Gay
2018
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What Causes Sudden Weight Loss in a Young Individual? - Dr. Sanjay Panicker

Here is a list of reasons why a young person might experience a sudden weight loss, ranging from stress, to an undiagnosed issue with the digestive tract, or sometimes possibly something more serious.

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2017
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Reasons For Your Weight Gain (8 Surprising and Often Missed Causes!)

Dr. Majd reviews 8 surprising and often missed causes of weight gain. Make certain to rule these medical causes out before you blame excessive intake and/or lack of exercise as the culprits.

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2020
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Cancer Healthy—Managing Loss of Appetite & Nausea During Treatment | El Camino Health

Losing your appetite or feeling nausea are treatment side effects that you may experience. Try these helpful techniques to manage side effects.

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2018
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The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery

Featuring science-based, nutrient-rich recipes that are easy to prepare and designed to give patients a much-needed boost by stimulating appetite and addressing treatment side effects including fatigue, nausea, dehydration, mouth and throat soreness, tastebud changes, and weight loss.

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Rebecca Katz, Mat Edelson
2017
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Cancer-Free with Food: A Step-by-Step Plan with 100+ Recipes to Fight Disease, Nourish Your Body & Restore Your Health

The best-selling author of The Earth Diet offers a simple yet comprehensive guide to nutrition for those who have been diagnosed with cancer. With a foreword by Mark Hyman, M.D. If you want to fight cancer, what should you eat? Food is medicine.

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Liana Werner Gray, Mark Hyman
2025
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How to Gain Weight After Cancer Treatment - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber nutritionist Stacy Kennedy describes steps you can take to prevent excess weight loss and promote healthy weight gain during and after cancer treatment.

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2014
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Anticancer: A New Way of Life

David Servan-Schreiber was a rising neuroscientist with his own brain imaging laboratory when, in the middle of an equipment test, he discovered a tumor the size of a walnut in his own brain.

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David Servan-Schreiber
2017
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What to Eat During Cancer Treatment

Featuring 102 new dishes, this second edition provides practical suggestions to help patients and their caregivers anticipate—and overcome—the major challenges of eating well during treatment.

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Jeanne Besser, Barbara L. Grant, American Cancer Society
2018
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