Smoking, vaping or chewing tobacco can make it worse. Eat prepared meals from stores, restaurants, family or friends.Get protein from eating chicken, eggs, fish, nut butters, etc., instead of beef, which can cause a metallic taste.Some people prefer strong flavors (spice, herbs, citrus), while others prefer bland foods. Don’t eat for a few hours before and after your drug therapy.Stay away from foods that have odors that bother you.If something smells good to you right now, eat it right now.Most people report that they are more sensitive to bitter tastes than sweet tastes. These changes may last for hours, days or even months after therapy has ended. Taste changes also can occur if you are receiving immunotherapy drugs. For example, cisplatin can cause a metallic taste in your mouth while it is being infused. Some drugs are known for their effect on taste. Another theory is that a mental association between treatment and the taste of food or feeling nauseous may lead to changes in the way you experience taste. One theory proposes that taste changes occur because the cells in your mouth are damaged by drug therapy or radiation. The exact cause is not known, but we do know that taste buds on your tongue and the roof of your mouth can detect the tastes of salty, sour, sweet, bitter, savory and possibly fat. This can lead to weight loss, electrolyte imbalance, dehydration, slow healing and poor nutrition. If food and drink don’t taste good to you - or worse, if they taste bad - you are less likely to eat and drink as much as you need. That’s because while most of us say “taste” to mean the flavor of a food, taste is actually a combination of flavor, smell, texture, spiciness and even temperature. Losing your sense of smell - a condition called anosmia (a-ˈnäz-mē-ə) - also can alter your sense of taste. Perhaps you’ve noticed that just the smell of a favorite food can start your mouth watering for its taste. The medical term for altered sense of taste is dysgeusia (dis-ˈg(y)ü-zē-ə). You may even lose your sense of taste entirely. You may develop a specific taste problem, such as “metal mouth,” or everything might taste the same. Dry mouth, mouth infections or sores, nausea and vomiting, tooth or gum disease and damage to the nerves used in tasting can change the way food tastes to you.Radiation or surgery to the head or neck can cause changes to your senses of smell and taste.Other medications can affect taste as well, such as opioids (narcotics) and some antibiotics.Drug therapy affects taste in about half of all patients who receive it.This can make it difficult to get the calories and nutrients you need to heal and stay healthy.
While going through cancer treatment, you may experience changes in the way things taste.
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