To live with cancer, a patient requires a healthy eating habit during and after cancer treatment.
The National Cancer Institute on cancer.gov explains that the effects of cancer and cancer treatments make it hard for cancer patients to eat well.
This leads to malnutrition and this can further cause the patient to be weak, tired, and unable to fight infection or finish cancer treatment.
Eating the right amount of protein and calories is important for healing, fighting infection, and having enough energy.
Meanwhile, cancer and cancer treatments may cause side effects that affect nutrition. Common nutrition defects in cancer patients are called Anorexia and cachexia.