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The secret to appeasing no taste after chemotherapy

The secret to appeasing no taste after chemotherapy

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Yvonne McClaren
Aug 30, 2021
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No taste after chemotherapy is one of the many side effects of head and neck cancer treatment. Your saliva is likely the key here, if you have had radiotherapy too then you've been fried as well. There are 5 key flavours in cooking, we perceive these almost sub-conciously. Sweet, salty, sour, bitter & unami. During the worst of the 'wet cardboard flavou…

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