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[kmellen]

Layne, I am a Dietitian. I had cancer on my 20s. This video hit home so incredibly hard. I got way too much BS judgement, even from other dietitians, about only being able to choke down banana pancakes, cheez it's, and Gatorade after each infusion.
Power to you. I hope your mother and your friend are doing better. Cancer fucking sucks.

[DrSamsHealth]

Being a doctor, I must note that children are likely not having food from cafeteria - it's for staff and visitors. Patients usually get food from different stream and typically hospitals have dietitians / nutritional services.
PS. He is a psychiatrist, which means that he is a physician. (edited) But it doesn't make him right in this situation. Merely stating the fact as Layne said that he isn't.

[gerainthorton]

I lost my mother to cancer and like Layne recommended our main goal was for her to get eat something as she was wasting away. I got passed off with one nutrition channel saying fasting and autophagy cures cancer.

[KittyTheFourth]

My own child was in this very hospital twice and I will just say that in the rare occasion that I made it down to the cafeteria for a 5 minute meal alone to catch my breath I ate whatever I could and literally my diet was not on my mind at all. I was thinking about my kid playing on the toy cat scan machine in the children play room designed to make kids feel safe with getting a cat scan. I was wondering if he was going to get discharged ever or the fact that we were returning. I was thinking about all the IV’s and meds that were painful and made him sick and trying to figure out how I could take his pain so he didn’t have to. I was begging for his my god that would listen and help me. What a sick f$ck.

[SzaboB]

My first thought of this was "Aren't some people who are having chemotherapy super hard to feed enough calories?"

[alphacause]

Dr. Norton brings up a good point, and it is actually a point that goes beyond the insensitivity and opportunism demonstrated by Dr. Saladino. A lot of fitness and dietary influencers do this sanctimonious routine, where they judge people based on whatever dietary purity standards they uphold, without considering the circumstances that the individual or institution is in.

[mindyourbuisness]

I've spent a significant amount of time in the hospital with loved ones while being into fitness. 1. The cafeteria food isn't the same as the patients menu. 2. Even as someone who is pretty into fitness in those times it was nice just to have some decent junk food and not worry about exactly what I was eating

[dcdc]

1) Hospital visitor cafeterias are generally outsourced. 2) Visitors just want something to eat, they want something convenient that keeps them reasonably satisfied and, if there are kids, content. 3) visitor cafeterias are not the same as patient meals. If anything, worry about the employee cafeteria, since they probably eat from it every day.

[Cwhite.tx]

My daughter has Spina Bifida and we would be incredibly lost and she might not even be alive if not for the awesome Drs and staff at TX Children’s. I have eaten in their cafeterias personally and there are lots of healthy options. I’m all for healthy eating, but after 6 hrs of bladder testing, and fits and tears, sometimes you need some chicken nuggets or something! Thanks Layne. Love the content.

[hs]

I had 3 big abdominal surgeries since last March. Temp colostomy, Ileostomy, both taken down. I had plenty of horrible nights in the hospital throwing up any tiny qty of any thing I thought I might be able to eat. In the end i figured out the ONLY thing I could keep down was watered down apple juice and saltines or graham crackers. It didn't matter what was on the menu bc i couldn't eat it anyway.

[blainebowling]

I visit my Stepdad every Sunday who happens to have pancreatic cancer. By some miracle he’s still here after two years of being diagnosed. Even though I workout 5 days a week and labor on a farm. …eat mostly food I make. My wife and I take him candy and cake and ANYTHING I think he will eat.
I have beloved dogs that have slowly died from cancer that once they stop eating, the joy that you get when they “anything” is overwhelming

[michaelp]

People offering unsolicited medical advice for any condition is one of my biggest triggers. This video was great.

[digitalgoonie]

Yeah I never thought about it this way. I’ve seen that video and thought hmm, I guess that’s right. These doctors should probably eat a little better food and maybe the kids would benefit by better food. But your analysis of this definitely opened my eyes. Good points man. We have no idea what other people are going through. Hat off to you!

[indy]

way to go Layne! I look forward to these. Happy New Year.

[taylorforester]

If he asked just one clinical employee of that hospital, he would’ve found out that…
1. The cafeteria makes different meals for patients than is available for purchase, and is generally determined by teams of RDs.
2. No clinical personnel has ANY say in what is served in line there.

Good Lord…

[cherryl]

angry layne is compassionte layne, because we know he's playing an important role in debunking dangerous misinformation.

this is why i fear stating anything health/medical-related as fact. i dont want to be responsible for someone's health, when result could be reduced quality of life, even death, should my "fact" be wrong.

[Ruudwardt]

On point! A family member of mine went through chemo. At the time I was obsessed with low carb, IF etc.
Had to force myself not to be condescending and tell - here here, shoulda not have stuffed them cupcakes in your face the whole time.
Fortunately I managed to shut my face and instead dug in literature with a fresh look.
Aftermath being - dialled down my ego, understanding how freaking little I know of cancer and physiology as a whole, also got rid of low carb and IF zealotry.

Hospital food does not matter at all anyways - how long are you going to stay? A day to a few weeks. Hard to induce severe problems nutr wise in this short a time.

[KlemKanthesis]

I’ve been through this just a year ago. As you brightly said, the main focus here is to keep any type of food in. The chimio was so strong that even the high calorie milkshake wasn’t easy to keep.
Thank you very much!

[Bitbrain]

Well said Layne. Went through chemo at 24 for Burkitt Lymphoma. On heavy doses of methotrexate the difficulty in holding down any bit of food makes you quickly forget every last hair on your head falling out.

[ThomasDeLauerOfficial]

Cancer = keep weight on - I’m glad you addressed this