Your gut isn't just where food gets digested. It's an immune organ, a hormonal organ, and a signaling hub that talks directly to your brain, your muscles, and your inflammatory system. And in cancer cachexia, it's one of the first things to break down. The gut lining in cancer patients is destroyed by the combined…

You're eating. The calories are going in. But your body is failing to use them. The muscle isn't rebuilding. The energy isn't there. And the organ behind this silent breakdown is one most people never suspect the pancreas. The muscle isn't rebuilding. The energy isn't there. And part of the reason is an organ most people…

We talk about cachexia destroying skeletal muscle in our arms, legs, and core. But there is another muscle nobody talks about: the heart. And cachexia attacks it too. Cardiac cachexia is the wasting of heart muscle, which develops as the same inflammatory cytokines driving skeletal muscle loss reach the heart. The heart muscle atrophies. Contractility…