Up to 50 percent of people who have cancer don't actually succumb to cancer. Very frequently, wasting due to malnutrition is an even more serious problem than the cancer itself.

Finding remedies for stomach problems after chemotherapy and compensating for alterations to the sense of taste are essential for achieving remission. You can't get well if you don't eat, and you won't want to eat if you can't taste your food. Fortunately, it's still possible to make food taste good even after cancer treatment.

Why So Many Cancer Patients Lose Their Sense of Taste During Chemotherapy

The sensation of taste is the brain's balancing of sensory inputs from both the tongue and the nose. The taste buds are stimulated by the familiar flavors bitter, salty, sour, and sweet. A potential fifth taste is umami, the "fresh flavor" the tongue senses from the glutamine in vegetables, mushrooms, and meat. The sensation of taste also involves the brain's processing of pungent elements from herbs and spices, particularly peppers and mints. If you are groggy, depressed, over-medicated or just plain tired, pungent flavors won't taste as good as they usually do.

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