Vandana is an award winning registered dietitian nutritionist, certified diabetes educator and owner of a successful private practice in the Los Angeles area. She has over two decades experience and specializes in intuitive eating, food allergies, vegetarian nutrition, diabetes and family nutrition.
Author of a recently published cookbook – My Indian Table, Quick & Tasty Vegetarian Recipes, dynamic speaker and an in-demand health and nutrition expert for local, national and international media outlets.
When she is not wearing one of her professional hats, she loves traveling, spending time with family and friends gathered around a table of delicious food, wine, dancing, and going on long walks with their dog Shadow.
Learning Points:
What is a food allergy?
What is the difference between a food allergy and a food intolerance?
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Dr. Keith Kantor is an influential and highly successful business entrepreneur, a medical professional, a certified wellness specialist, and a leading voice in the Health and Wellness industries with over thirty-five years of professional experience. He is widely considered to be among the preeminent experts in all-natural foods, the premier doctor in correlating nutritional food science with preventing and mitigating disease, and a seasoned executive offering expertise in entrepreneurship, marketing strategies, and start-up development. He has led a congressionally appointed Blue Ribbon panel on the decreasing healthcare costs and chaired the 2013 annual Corporate Wellness Association conference that was attended by over 30,000 executives and medical professionals. This is in addition to publishing two best-selling books and receiving a multitude of awards and accolades throughout the duration of his career. He is also a decorated officer in the United States Marine Corp, and served in the reserves until April 2016.
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It is not a failure nor is it a sign of weakness to take anti-nausea medications, called antiemetics, during cancer treatment. In fact, when warranted, you should take anti-nausea medications so that you can maintain caloric intake and stave off nutrient deficiencies.
Common drugs that may be used to prevent or control nausea and vomiting include:
Ondansetron
Dexamethasone
Lorazepam
When nausea strikes and food intake declines, it is important that you try and get easily digestible, nutrient dense foods and liquids in to your system to maintain weight and nutrient intake.
There are many natural strategies that you can use either individually or in combination to help you through this time.
Tips for Supporting Cancer Patients Who Don’t Feel Like Eating
Here are some tips that you can use when nausea strikes and you just don’t feel like eating:
Increase intake with fluids and electrolytes. Adding a pinch of himalayan salt to water is a quick strategy to increase electrolytes
Cook vegetables and eat at a warm temperature
Decrease intake of raw foods as these can be harder to digest
Include nutrient dense smoothies in to your diet
Include bone broth in to your diet to increase intake of important minerals and gut healing nutrients
Consume ginger i.e. in tea form, in crystallized form, added to stir a fry and in homemade juices
Use peppermint i.e. in tea form, essential oils
Drink Chamomile tea to soothe an upset stomach
Avoid greasy or fried foods
Avoid foods with strong odours
Avoid spicy foods
Eat smaller more frequent meals
Acupuncture
Hypnosis
Muscle relaxation with guided imagery
Along with the above mentioned tips, I also recommend that you keep a food journal. This can help you to identify and keep track of food that has both worked well in your diet and foods that have not.
Kelly Dorfman is one of the world’s foremost experts on using nutrition therapeutically to improve brain function, energy and mood. She works collaboratively with other medical professionals to help people develop creative strategies to address complex ailments and symptoms. After identifying core issues she employs tried-and-true strategies grounded in research to attain the best results over time. One of Kelly’s special interests is children. Her award winning book, Cure Your Child With Food: The Hidden Connection Between Nutrition and Childhood Ailments, was reissued by Workman Press in June 2013. Kelly holds a master’s degree in nutrition/biology and is a licensed nutrition dietitian. She resides with her husband in Virginia. They are the parents of three grown children.
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Iva Lloyd is a Naturopathic Doctor and Registered Polarity Practitioner. In 2002 she founded Naturopathic Foundations, an integrated clinic with 4 naturopathic doctors and other alternative health care providers that blend the naturopathic and energetic aspects of health care. Dr. Lloyd is currently president of the World Naturopathic Federation (WNF) and is past-Chair of the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND). Dr. Lloyd teaches part-time at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM). She is the author of three books: Building a Successful Naturopathic Practice, Messages from the Body, a guide to the Energetics of health, and The Energetics of Health, a naturopathic assessment. Dr. Lloyd writes for various journals and gives seminars internationally on naturopathic medicine, the role of the mind in healing and the energetics of health.
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