Too Much Weight-loss during Chemotherapy? Try Nutritional Shakes

My father passed away years ago. One thing that amazed me is even though they discovered and treated his throat cancer, he lived another decade before passing away.

Even crazier, through a cancer treatment, chemotherapy, he was able to gain weight - where most patients would usually lose weight or not make it through.

How did my father gain weight through the chemotherapy process?

According to my brother who was there for the process, my father lived on a liquid diet. This meant he would just have three or four nutritional shakes for his meal instead of actually eating.

So, he was able to maintain his body caloric requirements without eating. Probably since he was drinking more nutritional shakes during the treatment, he gained weight instead of losing it.

From what I understand, the chemotherapy treatment de-sensitized the body, so there’s no “joy from eating” - destroying the feedback mechanism.

One thing though, my father replace meals with nutritional shakes long before starting chemotherapy. I believe that lifestyle change helped him during chemotherapy than he realized.

If you or someone you know is going through chemotherapy - have nutritional shakes as a meal. It helped my father and I hope this information helps you and your loved ones.