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Cancer related obesity

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fattytum · 08/10/2023 09:17

yes I know, all the medical professionals I have spoken to about this tell me now is not the time to worry about weight, but I have never been obese before, and it is really getting me down.

Has anybody else managed to control weight gain or even lose weight while on massive doses of drugs that make you pile the weight on?

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Rocknrollstar · 08/10/2023 09:22

My best friend had this issue . the irony was that while she was being treated for breast cancer she looked completely healthy. I would say that now is not the time to be worried about your weight. Follow the guidance from your medical team and eat healthily.

Unabletomitigate · 08/10/2023 09:37

Hey there, best of luck in your recovery.
Maybe not the time to worry about your weight specifically, but take a look at the link between diet and recovery.

"The ketogenic diet, which consists of a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet with adequate protein, appears to sensitize most cancers to standard therapy by utilizing the reprogrammed metabolism of cancer cells, making it a promising candidate for adjuvant cancer treatment."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8684375/

Disclaimer, I am not a doctor, discuss with a medical professional. I have just listened to a lot of STEM talk epidosdes about the benefits of low carb diets.

Ketogenic Diets and their Therapeutic Potential on Breast Cancer: A Systemic Review

Breast cancer remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in women, and there is still a lack of complementary approaches to significantly improve the efficacy of standard therapies. For many kinds of cancers, the usual standard care is the combin...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8684375

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fattytum · 08/10/2023 09:45

Rocknrollstar · 08/10/2023 09:22

My best friend had this issue . the irony was that while she was being treated for breast cancer she looked completely healthy. I would say that now is not the time to be worried about your weight. Follow the guidance from your medical team and eat healthily.

I sympathise with her! I am honestly ready to head but the next person who comments on how well I look when I am feeling the worst I have ever felt in my life. It is an insanely insensitive thing to say, but just falls out of people's mouths so blithely!

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