Melatonin – Gastrointestinal cancer, and weight loss – Melatonin and DHA, taken together, were reported as stabilising weight loss in 63 per cent of patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer not amenable to standard treatment
Please discuss dietary change with your doctor. I cannot make any recommendation in respect of melatonin. I post this for general information as it
may have wider implications for weight loss in illness.
RB
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...eee51efbb4e5ae Impact of fish oil and melatonin on cachexia in patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer: a randomized pilot study. Author: Persson,-C; Glimelius,-B; Ronnelid,-J; Nygren,-P
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