4 foods that reveal your risk of cancer

Cancer is survivable if caught early, but paying attention to warning signs is essential to facilitate this.

According to early research, aversion to certain foods may be a signal from the body that something is wrong.

It was found that many types of cancer cause a strong aversion to four foods.

Furthermore, changes in taste have been reported in up to one in four patients.

Foods that are bitter, sweet, or salty may taste different than before during cancer treatment, according to Cancer Net.

Changes in taste can lead to loss of appetite and weight loss.

It can cause an intense dislike of certain foods, also called food aversion.

Dr. Thorstan Bruen's research, which focused closely on alcohol intolerance and altered taste in cancer patients, found that aversion may be a manifestation of several forms of cancer.

The researcher reached this conclusion after conducting extensive research, which included detailed questioning of thousands of patients, and in a report published in the journal Clinical Radiology, the researcher highlighted the frequent aversion to food that was observed in one in four patients studied.

"For two men with lung cancer, sausages were loathed (one said for two years before diagnosis, the other three years)," he noted.

He continued: "Two women with cervical cancer had a specific aversion to eggs (one for six years before diagnosis, one for four months before that)."

"The loss of natural flavor made cheese completely unpalatable for five years before the diagnosis of stage II cervical cancer and for three years before the diagnosis of inoperable lung cancer," Bruin noted.

The normal graft was restored after radiotherapy was completed.

He added that a 44-year-old man, who said eating cheese became like eating chewing gum, also felt relief from his symptoms after undergoing treatment.

Finally, there were frequent reports that the tea tasted "worse" during the study period.

The American Cancer Society explains that changes in taste are generally caused by tumors growing in the head and neck area.

Receiving prompt treatment is of paramount importance because changes in taste perception can eventually lead to malnutrition.

In a report published in Frontiers in Physiology in 2017, researchers highlighted the need to recognize changes in taste as a manifestation of cancer.

They wrote: "Changes in taste perception are of particular importance in diseases such as cancer, which is a major cause of disease and death worldwide. Clinicians often overlook altered taste perception in cancer subjects because this aspect is not a life-threatening event."

The scientists stressed that a change in taste could be a "worrying early sign" of cancer cell invasion in patients.

They continued, "The most distressing symptom in patients with advanced cancer is gastrointestinal abnormalities, while change in taste is the fourth most common symptom after dry mouth, weight loss and early satiety."

Although Dr. Bruin reported aversion to taste in a quarter of his patients, large-scale studies estimate that about 15 out of every 100 patients have some degree of aversion to taste.

The researchers suggest that disturbances in the gut microbiota may be responsible for changes in taste in cancer patients.

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