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Nutrition: Low immunity

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

I have decided to stay on the subject of the immune system as it is something I am asked about time and time again.

Nutrition: Managing changes in taste/smell or a dry sore mouth

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Dietary help for those who experience changes in taste and smell/dry sore mouth.

Nutrition: challenges with treatment, difficulty swallowing, nausea (sickness) and vomiting

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

As promised this week I want to continue with the theme of helping with dietary ideas that may help alleviate some of the side effects that can be experienced as a result of treatment, in particular difficulty swallowing, nausea and vomiting.

Nutrition - Antioxidants

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Antioxidants is a word that gets banded around and we are told that they are good for us and to include them in our diets.

​ Nutrition - Phytochemicals: part two

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

As promised this week I want to look at a few more phyto chemicals that have ‘been shown’ to be very beneficial for those with cancer.

Nutrition - Phytochemicals (part 1)

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

This blog is going to be about phytochemicals. I have a feeling I may have got a bit technical here, but bear with me.

Nutrition - Phytochemicals update

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

There has been such a lot of information around the subject of phytochemicals and health and cancer that I thought that it was time for a fresh look at the subject.

Nutrition - Diets

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Whenever I talk to a visitor about diet and cancer I am very conscious that I do not want to give advice that will create conflict or stress.

Nutrition- snack ideas

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

I thought it would be a good idea to look at some snack ideas that could easily be incorporated into a healthy eating plan.

Nutrition: Glycemic load

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

As a follow on this week I want to look at the glycemic load of food and its relevance to healthy eating. I use the term quite regularly when describing the health benefits of foods as it is a very good indication.

Nutrition: Organic Vs Non Organic

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Wow this is a really heavily debated issue. Some people are absolutely passionate about buying organic, some think it is a waste of money and others are ambivalent to it. I am constantly being asked my views on this by visitors.

Nutrition - Quinoa ‘Keenwa’

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

This week I thought that I would write about one of the foods that I use a great deal in my cooking demonstrations as an illustration of a versatile really healthy food, Quinoa.

Nutrition - The Budwig diet

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

This week I thought I would look at the Budwig diet and the Budwig blend simply because in the last couple of weeks several visitors have mentioned this to me so it is certainly worth a visit.

Nutrition: dealing with weight gain

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Despite the belief that people with cancer generally lose weight as a result of the disease process I get many visitors asking me for advice on how to deal with weight gain, particularly women who are receiving treatment for hormone related cancers.

Nutrition - Breakfast ideas

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

This week I want to look at more practical ways of eating well. About 4 week ago I looked at some snack ideas and this week I thought I would look at the most important meal of the day breakfast and some easy healthy ideas that you could try.

Nutrition - Pumpkins and cancer

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

This week I was going to continue my theme of meal ideas but thought I would postpone this for a week and do a blog about pumpkins and a recipe.

Nutrition: Meat, is it wrong in a healthy diet?

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

s a nutritional Therapist I receive many newsletters from other nutrition experts and as a result am privy to reading many research papers attached to these new letters.

Nutrition - Intermittent Fasting

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Some weeks ago there was a Horizon programme on the television focussing on Fasting.

Nutrition - Coconuts

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

I thought we would have a change of pace this week and have a look at coconut oil and coconut milk and its benefits in a similar way that we looked at Pumpkins a few weeks ago.

​Nutrition - interesting ingredients  Maca, lucuma and cacao powders

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Hi everyone. I thought that we would go a bit foody this week as it is that time of the year.