Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy sometimes develop flavour-aversions to foods they normally eat. Such aversions can be lessened or eliminated if the last thing the patients eat before the chemotherapy treatment is a piece of candy. An aversion now develops to the flavour of the candy.

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This phenomenon is related to classical conditioning, where the body learns to associate the taste of the candy with the negative effects of chemotherapy (such as nausea), leading to an aversion to the candy instead of other foods.

Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy Sometimes Develop Flavour-Aversions to Foods They