Blog

Nutrition: Lymphoma

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

In this blog today, I want to continue the theme of looking at individual cancers and any specific nutritional recommendations that may potentially be beneficial. This month I am going to look at lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Nutrition: Kidney Cancer

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

This month I am going to look at look at the role of nutrition and lifestyle with kidney cancer.

Nutrition for Carers

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

I wanted to talk about how as carers, you can try and support yourselves nutritionally. This is often overlooked, but is really important as your body too will be experiencing the effects of stress.

Nutrition: ​Calorie restriction and cancer treatment part 1

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

For some time now I have been wanting to write about the exciting new research that is emerging about calorie restriction before and/or after cancer treatment.

Vitamin D and cancer

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

I have already written a blog on boosting the immune system and how to help yourself if you become neutropenic but as you know I am getting research through all the time and some more has come to light that I feel would be really useful and interesting,

Nutrition: Dealing with cancer treatment side effects -Constipation and diarrhoea

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

I see many many people asking for advice about coping with the side effects of medical treatment whether it be as a result of surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, some drugs or a combination of some of these.

Nutrition: Boosting immunity (2/2)

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

This week is a continuation of last week, looking at ways that we can boost the immune system through food choice.

Nutrition: Caroline’s first blog

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Hi everyone, I am excited to say that I am now the online nutritional advisor for Maggie’s. This is my first blog for Maggie’s so I thought I would tell you a little about myself before we get going.

Nutrition: Protein, protein rich foods and cancer

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

I wanted to take a look at Protein and protein rich foods with you and how they relate to cancer.

Nutrition: The white stuff, Milk!

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

The White stuff, Milk!. Should we or shouldn’t we? A question I am frequently asked especially by ladies with breast cancer and I am not surprised, as there is so much conflicting information it is a job to know what to do.

Nutrition: Whey protein powder and pea protein powder

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

I wanted to write about protein powders this week because I regularly see visitors to Maggie’s who either need to build themselves up after surgery, or after a particularly poor patch as a result of treatment when they have very little appetite.

Nutrition:Hormone driven cancers

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

I frequently see visitors with hormone driven cancers who want to know what they can do to help themselves, so I thought I would share my the recommendations that I normally give, with you.

Nutrition: Sugar Sugar Sugar

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Sugar, sweet, tastes good, gives pleasure, but should we be eating it?.

Nutrition: Fatigue (tiredness)

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Fatigue, ongoing tiredness not remedied by a good night sleep. An absolutely awful feeling, limbs are heavy, real brain fog, no enthusiasm, the smallest thing seems to blow out of proportion and you cannot see the wood for trees.

Nutrition: Fats Part 1

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Whenever I give a talk about nutrition and healthy eating to groups, or during my cookery demonstrations I am always getting asked about fats, which are safe to use and which ones to avoid.

Nutrition: Fats part two

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

As a follow on from last week I want to continue the theme of fats and clear up more questions that I am regularly asked about them.

​Nutrition: Bone Health

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Bone health is important especially for those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Nutrition: Acid Vs Alkaline

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

I have decided to look at acid and alkaline this week as it seems to be a natural follow on from bone health that we looked at last week.

Nutrition: Super Greens and algae

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

As promised this week as a follow on from the acid alkaline blog last week I want to look at super greens and algae.

Nutrition: Eating to boost the immune system -  part 1

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

The immune system is very complex elaborate interactive system of cells, chemicals and tissues distributed throughout the body so much so that consultants become immunologist specialising only in the immune system.