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Help please! how to maintain weight while having chemotherapy?
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Dietitian: We usually advise nutritional supplements to our patients but in my opinion, patients on chemo should visit a trained dietitian/nutritionist if at least once to get proper dietary recommendations. Unfortunately, not everybody agrees and some insurances will not cover this. Still is money well spent.
Answered 3/17/2017
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