Food, Cancer and Well-Being: BBC R4 Food programme, 19th May

Sheila Dillon asks if food and nutrition should have a bigger role in treating cancer. Is the medical profession too reluctant to see food as an essential component in improving the well-being of cancer patients.

Previewing the programme on Friday 17th May 2013 [listen at  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sdw1p, 22 minutes 35s in, or a short clip at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0195c67], Sheila Dillon, the show's presenter, herself diagnosed with bone marrow cancer, spoke on BBC R4's Women's Hour about the lack of nutritional knowledge among doctors. Doctors trained at Edinburgh University Medical School declared that nutrition formed no part of the syllabus, and that there is a lack of human based empirical evidence for the effect of diet or supplements in the treatment of cancer. In a busy clinic it's just not the doctors' priority to talk about diet when they would much rather talk about the anti-cancer treatments where there is a huge amount of evidence of it working in almost all patients.  Read More...

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What toddlers eat really matters Thursday, 23rd June 2011 – 6pm

(Apologies for late posting of this event. Webmaster)
Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire. DE45 1PP
Guest speaker Dr Alex Richardson, Founder/Trustee of FAB Research and Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford.  (Alex is one of the world’s leading experts on the role of omega-3 fatty acids on behaviour, learning and mood, having carried out the first controlled treatment trials of omega-3 for developmental conditions such as ADHD, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia, and has over 80 research papers).
The toddler years are a special time, when their rapid growth and development creates the need for specific nutritional requirements compared to older children and adults. We know this can present parents with definite challenges when it comes to giving a toddler the nutrients they need and we want to help.

Because of your role as a parent advisor and health promoter, you are invited to this event, focussing on the area of toddler nutrition.

Programme
6pm to 6.30pm:  Registration and refreshments
6.30pm to 6.45pm:  Introduction – “The Toddler Diet – Food for Thought” by Anna Ioannou, Partnership Manager, Cow and Gate Toddler Nutrition
6.45pm to 7.45pm:  “Early Nutrition and Children’s Behaviour, Learning and Mood” by Dr Alex Richardson
7.45pm:  Dinner and close
 
Because of the late notice and limited places available, please RSVP by email with your name, position, place of work, contact address and telephone number to:
 
Anna Ioannou (Partnership Manager):    This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.