Physical Concerns

Struggling with eating / appetite or taste

Cancer and its treatment can cause problems with eating, including sickness, appetite loss and changes to taste.

There are things you can do to help, please see below

Qualified people to follow:

  • @cornonthecorb (registered dietitian – mainly focusing on having a healthy relationship with food, enjoying all foods but being mindful, recipe ideas)
  • @caffdietitian (registered dietitian – mainly focusing on gut health & plant point etc. but fun account with recipes and sharing knowledge)
  • @drhazelwallace
  • @gqjordannutrition (nutritionist with lots of fun recipes & sharing facts – the one who does the recipe upgrades)

Fuelling your healthy lifestyle is also important, please see the link below to learn more about Life Kitchen with Ryan Riley.

Life Kitchen is a not-for-profit cookery school for people whose taste has been affected by cancer or cancer treatment.

Home - Life Kitchen

Life Kitchen offers cookery classes with an aim to help people with cancer or taste loss to rediscover their love of food. We focus on taste and flavour, but our philosophy is about teaching people to enjoy food again.  We explain the science behind taste and smell, and give tips on how to enhance cooking using umami, layering and texture. We also have a lot of fun.

Book onto a free cookery class here

Classes - Life Kitchen

In many areas of the UK you can refer yourself directly to a local Live Well Service in your area.

If you want to improve how well you eat, a team of highly qualified healthy lifestyle advisors can support you to improve your overall health and wellbeing.

Check online: Search for the Live Well service in your local area, for example Live Well Leicester, or Live Well Nottingham