When cancer steals appetite, our body starts stealing from itself. At my worst I was losing over a pound a day and eventually I became too weak to walk from room to room. Nobody can eat when they’re nauseated by food smells, and nothing was working for me. At my worst I was living on nothing but peppermint tea. This wasn’t just “weight loss,” it was my body eating its own muscle. Cancer, the stresses and trauma that come with it, triggers inflammation that shuts down all hunger signals while ram

Cancer patients believe weight loss is the danger, but the real crisis is hidden. Our body starts breaking down muscle, organ tissue, even our immune system, just to survive. Stuck in trauma, I watched myself disappear one pound, one weak step, one lost day at a time. My muscles wasted away, my body ached and even my heart felt tired. If we’re not eating enough protein, especially during chemo, surgery, or trauma - the body flips into a “catabolic state,” literally digesting its own muscle and t

Cancer doesn’t just wear you out — it steals everything. Your muscle,...