{"id":4024,"date":"2022-05-14T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T19:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oncoalicia.com\/nutrition-during-lung-cancer-treatment\/alteration-of-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T08:51:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:51:43","slug":"decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/","title":{"rendered":"Dietary Recommendations for Loss of Taste in Lung Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

They are called hypogeusia and ageusia, respectively, and refer to the decrease and disappearance of the ability to detect food flavours.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n
\n

WHAT DO WE RECOMMEND?<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n

Maintain good oral hygiene.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n

Increase the seasoning of food with spices and\/or aromatic herbs. <\/i>
\n <\/a><\/h3>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

Use mint, basil, oregano, thyme, bay leaf, fennel, garlic, citrus or acidic juices, salt (provided it is not contraindicated) or flavour enhancers (stock cubes).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n Some suggested recipes:<\/b>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
Marinated and fried fish cubes\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/a>\n <\/div>\n

\n <\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
Ceviche\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/a>\n <\/div>\n

\n <\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
Tabbouleh\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
Curry chicken with rice and apple\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/a>\n <\/div>\n

\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n

Choose strong flavours and mix them with soups or vegetables to enhance their flavour.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n

Chew slowly. <\/i>
\n <\/a><\/h3>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

Helps to release flavours and increase saliva production.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

Choosing liquid or juicy foods favours the dissolution of flavours and their access to the taste buds.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n

Enhance dishes using different basic tastes. <\/i>
\n <\/a><\/h3>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

The perception of some tastes may become stronger or weaker than others during treatment. Check the degree of alteration in tastes (sour, bitter, sweet, salty, umami) and enhance dishes using the tastes that are better perceived. The following recipe<\/a> can be used as an example.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

Try to detect if there are any foods or food groups with a higher impact on taste disappearance or decrease.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They are called hypogeusia and ageusia, respectively, and refer to the decrease and disappearance of the ability to detect food flavours. WHAT DO WE RECOMMEND? Maintain good oral hygiene. Increase the seasoning of food with spices and\/or aromatic herbs. Use mint, basil, oregano, thyme, bay leaf, fennel, garlic, citrus or acidic juices, salt (provided it… Continue reading Dietary Recommendations for Loss of Taste in Lung Cancer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4020,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pulmon-disminucion-o-desaparicion-del-sabor.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4024","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"yoast_head":"\nNutrition for lung cancer patients experiencing decreased taste - Oncoalicia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find dietary recommendations for people with lung cancer who are experiencing reduced or lost sense of taste due to treatment.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nutrition for lung cancer patients experiencing decreased taste - Oncoalicia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find dietary recommendations for people with lung cancer who are experiencing reduced or lost sense of taste due to treatment.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Oncoalicia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-04T08:51:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dados-de-pescado-adobado-y-frito.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/\",\"name\":\"Nutrition for lung cancer patients experiencing decreased taste - Oncoalicia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dados-de-pescado-adobado-y-frito.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-14T19:48:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-04T08:51:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"Find dietary recommendations for people with lung cancer who are experiencing reduced or lost sense of taste due to treatment.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dados-de-pescado-adobado-y-frito.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dados-de-pescado-adobado-y-frito.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Types of Cancer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Food and Nutrition During Lung Cancer Treatment\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Dietary Recommendations for Alteration of Taste in Lung Cancer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Dietary Recommendations for Loss of Taste in Lung Cancer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Oncoal\u00edcia\",\"description\":\"Comer durante el Tratamiento del C\u00e1ncer\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Oncoal\u00edcia | Comer durante el Tratamiento del C\u00e1ncer\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Oncoal\u00edcia\",\"alternateName\":\"Oncoal\u00edcia | Comer durante el Tratamiento del C\u00e1ncer\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/logo_rrss.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/logo_rrss.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Oncoal\u00edcia\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nutrition for lung cancer patients experiencing decreased taste - Oncoalicia","description":"Find dietary recommendations for people with lung cancer who are experiencing reduced or lost sense of taste due to treatment.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nutrition for lung cancer patients experiencing decreased taste - Oncoalicia","og_description":"Find dietary recommendations for people with lung cancer who are experiencing reduced or lost sense of taste due to treatment.","og_url":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/","og_site_name":"Oncoalicia","article_modified_time":"2025-07-04T08:51:43+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dados-de-pescado-adobado-y-frito.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/","url":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/","name":"Nutrition for lung cancer patients experiencing decreased taste - Oncoalicia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dados-de-pescado-adobado-y-frito.jpg","datePublished":"2022-05-14T19:48:07+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-04T08:51:43+00:00","description":"Find dietary recommendations for people with lung cancer who are experiencing reduced or lost sense of taste due to treatment.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dados-de-pescado-adobado-y-frito.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Dados-de-pescado-adobado-y-frito.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/decrease-or-disappearance-of-taste\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Types of Cancer","item":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Food and Nutrition During Lung Cancer Treatment","item":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Dietary Recommendations for Alteration of Taste in Lung Cancer","item":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/lung\/change-in-taste\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Dietary Recommendations for Loss of Taste in Lung Cancer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/","name":"Oncoal\u00edcia","description":"Comer durante el Tratamiento del C\u00e1ncer","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Oncoal\u00edcia | Comer durante el Tratamiento del C\u00e1ncer","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Oncoal\u00edcia","alternateName":"Oncoal\u00edcia | Comer durante el Tratamiento del C\u00e1ncer","url":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/logo_rrss.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/logo_rrss.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Oncoal\u00edcia"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4024\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}