Allison Bruno, MS,RD,CSO,LD is our full-time oncology dietician.
Some therapies affect your sense of taste, while others might curb your appetite. Yet, good nutrition is never more important to your health than when you’re fighting cancer.
Eating and Cancer Treatment
Treatment impairs more than just your appetite and tasting abilities. Gastrointestinal problems are a common outcome of chemotherapy, and it’s no surprise that nausea and pain make anyone turn away from food.
Central Maine’s dietitians will help you to restore your digestive health and prevent malnutrition. Once you’re able to eat again, they’ll work with you to plan meals that not only will meet your nutritional needs, they’ll also be made of foods you enjoy. Together you’ll set daily calorie and nutrition goals, and they will work with your oncology team to identify solutions at every stage of your treatment.
Some therapies affect your sense of taste, while others might curb your appetite. Yet, good nutrition is never more important to your health than when you’re fighting cancer.
When you’re nourish, you’ll heal faster, and Central Maine’s nutritionists can help make that happen even when you feel lousy.
Eating and Cancer Treatment
Treatment impairs more than just your appetite and tasting abilities. Gastrointestinal problems are a common outcome of chemotherapy, and it’s no surprise that nausea and pain make anyone turn away from food.
Central Maine’s dietitians will help you to restore your digestive health and prevent malnutrition. Once you’re able to eat again, they’ll work with you to plan meals that not only will meet your nutritional needs, they’ll also be made of foods you enjoy. Together you’ll set daily calorie and nutrition goals, and they will work with your oncology team to identify solutions at every stage of your treatment.
