What immediately comes to mind when I say “Dietitian”? . Deprivation diets? Weight loss? Healthy food pyramid? . Sometimes I don’t want to tell people I’m a Dietitian. Not because they quickly excuse what they are eating or hide the contents...
When do you decide enough is enough? When that one glass of wine continually turns into two? Or is it when that weekend chocolate treat becomes a daily affair and you realise that it’s time to reign it in? . The twist is that when you’ve had cancer, you...
After life returns to some kind of normalcy, you will no doubt find yourself back in the kitchen. Even if your pre-cancer diet was ‘healthy’, or so you thought, you are now keener than ever to eat well. . You’ve researched a lot since your...
It wasn’t that long ago that we didn’t think twice about eating sugar. After all it was just a benign calorie that could cause tooth decay. Haven’t we come a long way since then! . For those who have had a cancer diagnosis and have begun the climb back up to regain...
Regardless of how many chemicals have been introduced in the last 50 years, we are exposed to a LOT more than great Grandma was! We are bombarded on a daily, if not hourly, basis. . We find them in our food, in the water we drink, our personal hygiene products,...
Genetically Modified Organisms, or genetically engineered foods, are foods that have been artificially altered to change a plants characteristics. . This is different from selective breeding, which is done through sexual reproduction. Fruit and vegetables are often...
