Boosting Pancreatic Cancer Patients' Health with Proper Nutrition

Learn more about our foundation: https://seenamagowitzfoundation.org  Welcome to the Voice of Pancreatic Cancer podcast. I'm your host, Miranda Weinberg with the Seena Magowitz Foundation, and if you don't know about the foundation, we are a nonprofit that's committed to the awareness, prevention and cure of pancreatic cancer. With me today is Dr. Susan Tsai and Michele Derdzinski, RD, CD, Dietitian, from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Today we're going to be speaking on the topic of nutrition.  Boosting Pancreatic Cancer Patients' Health with Proper Nutrition https://www.mcw.edu/find-a-doctor/derdzinski-michele Jump To Topics: 0:00 Introduction 0:46  Michele Derdzinski, RD, CD, Dietitian 1:20  Why is nutrition so important for pancreatic cancer patients? 2:59 Patients Nutritional Status 4:00  Emotional relationship with food 4:32 Functions of the pancreas 6:31 Digestive enzymes 7:12  Nutrition during treatment 8:57 Should patients check their weight? 10:08 Tips for nausea 14:00 Caffeine and Pancreatic Cancer Patients 14:30 Change in Taste 16:38 Closing Thoughts