Regain your strength with Lifegain
We hear how a balanced diet can assist you through your cancer treatment by helping you regain your strength.
A cancer diagnosis is a life-changing event. As you navigate this challenging time, it may be reassuring to know that your reactions are natural but also to recognise that there are different ways to manage the emotional and physical impacts of your condition.
Treatment options for cancer may take a lot out of your body and the side effects of treatments can make this harder. These treatment options may cause you to lose your appetite and energy, which could put you at increased risk for malnutrition.
Muscle weakness can also be an adverse effect that can impact your ability to perform daily activities. The good news is many side effects can now be well-managed if you discuss them with your treatment team and there are also some tools that you can put in place to support your body.
Balanced diet
One such important tool that can assist you is a balanced diet. Eating the right kinds of foods before, during, and after cancer treatment and drinking plenty of water can help your body cope with physical and emotional stress.
When you have cancer, your body’s requirements for nutrients increase. This highlights the importance of including a variety of foods from all food groups daily to get all the essential nutrients that your body needs. Careful food choices can also help to support your immune system and assist in building body tissues.
L-Glutamine, an amino acid, is particularly useful in helping your body in recovery and repair of tissues after periods of physical stress.
Protein plays a key role in maintaining all body functions, as it makes up critical cell structures in muscle, organs, blood cells, connective tissue, and skin. You need protein to heal body tissues.
A cancer patient’s protein requirement is in most cases higher than the normal daily recommended amount. Good sources of protein include fish, poultry, lean red meat, egg, low-fat dairy products, nuts and nut butters, dried beans, peas and lentils as well as soy foods.
Lifegain is an ALL-IN-ONE Advanced Nutritional Supplement that can assist those with illness by providing high-levels of nutrients that the body needs.
Lifegain is high in:
- Energy
- Protein
- Omega-3 fatty acidsas well as and gluten free which may during treatment and management thereof.
- Lactose and gluten free which may address intolerances which can arise during treatment and management thereof.
Lifegain has also introduced Lifegain L-Glutamine powder which helps to support the body with recovery and repair during periods of physical stress and trauma.