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The Risks of Kecexia in Cancer Patients
Kecexia is a wasting condition, even though you're eating food, your body is wasting away. The metastatic tumor cells take in a lot of glutamine and they grab in the glutamine from the muscles. As you gradually kill off these tumor cells, the impetus for kykexia goes down. And then when the patient starts to eat, they will gain weight and become healthy again.