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Macmillan Cancer Support
A series of Macmillan factsheets on the topic of Eating Well can be downloaded from this section of their website. These include advice for those who need to gain weight, as well as those with temporary eating problems.

Overcoming eating difficulties. A guide for cancer patients
Royal Marsden on-line factsheet. Covers appetite loss, foods to avoid, mouth care, difficulty chewing and swallowing, nausea, diarrhoea and constipation.

Dry mouth
Macmillan on-line factsheet, containing advice for radiotherapy patients. It explains what the doctor can do to help, and how you can help yourself.

Eating - help yourself
Christie Hospital on-line booklet. Contains dietary advice for patients suffering from lack of appetite, sore mouth, swallowing difficulties, sickness etc.

You may also like to read our website sections on diarrhoea, constipation and nausea (feeling sick).





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