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I have noticed that recently several new convenience food products have come onto the market that have a very healthy profile so I thought that this month I would introduce you to these. (Maybe some of you are already familiar with them).

This month I want to look at eating once chemotherapy has started.

It seems common knowledge that it is advisable to cut down or eliminate sugar and sugary food from the diet for many reasons but there is a lot of confusion over carbohydrates in general.

A New Year. Time when most of us reflect on what has happened as well as look forward to what the future might bring.

This month I want to concentrate on prostate cancer (PC) and nutrition.

This month I want to write about a Horizon television programme that was on BBC2 on the 19th of January, 2017. It was called ‘Clean eating- The Dirty truth’.

I first wrote a blog on acrylamide in April 2014. So, to many of you who read my blogs, the recent news about acrylamide will in fact be old news.

Experts are now promoting that we should be eating 8-10 portions of fruits and vegetables a day. As you know I have been blogging about this for a long time, in fact years, that this is what we should be trying to do.

Hello everyone, This month I want to continue the theme of trying to eat 8-10 portions of vegetables and fruits in a day in line with the new government guidelines.

It is my intention going forward to look at nutrition and individual types of cancer. In order to do this, I rely on good quality research so that the information is as accurate as possible.

I wanted to write about the ‘ideal diet’ or eating pattern that is recommended for those with cancer and beyond.

This month I want to focus on breast cancer and nutrition. As you can imagine there is a huge amount of research available, some is based on observational studies, other research is centred on a lab, and some is in clinical trials.

This month we are going to look at how to support the body during and after treatment for bowel cancer (colorectal cancer).

I want to write about supporting the digestive system after treatment for bowel cancer (colorectal cancer) has finished.

This blog continues my series looking at specific cancers and nutrition. This month I want to look at skin cancer and melanoma.

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.

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

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.

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.

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,