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Aoife Ryan PhD RD
@aoiferyan30
Senior Lecturer in Nutrition & Dietetics at UCC. BSc (dietetics) DIT/TCD. PhD (nutrition & oncology) TCD. Member INDI. CORU registered Dietitian. views my own
Apr 1, 2020 • 12 tweets • 9 min read
THREAD 1/12 Patients with #cancer are being advised to #cocoon due to #COVID-19. This means they cannot shop for food. If you are caring for someone on cancer treatment including #Chemotherapy please be mindful that their nutritional needs are different to healthy people. 2/12 Patients with cancer can lose large amounts of muscle mass very quickly. Severe muscle loss (sarcopenia) affects 40% or more of patients with cancer. This causes poorer tolerance to chemotherapy. To slow muscle loss it is important that patients eat enough #protein.