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Whether it's joint pain, fatigue, brain fog, poor sleep, hot flushes or anxiety, it can feel frustrating when symptoms linger long after treatment ends. For many people, supplements seem like a logical place to look for menopause support, but with endless products, conflicting advice and cupboards full of half-used bottles, how do you know what's actually worth taking?
In this episode, I am once again joined by leading oncologist, researcher and integrative medicine specialist Professor Robert Thomas to explore the role supplements may play in supporting health and wellbeing after cancer.
Make sure to have pen and paper ready, as I think you’ll need it!
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why so many cancer survivors turn to supplements
- How to identify what symptoms you're actually trying to support
- Which supplements have anti-cancer properties?
- Which supplements help with joint pain?
- Supplements that may help with sleep
- The role of vitamin D, probiotics and omega-3
- What should I NOT have too much of?
- The debate around multivitamins after cancer
- Common supplement mistakes that waste money
- Creatine: what we know and what we still don't know for cancer survivors
One of the most powerful messages from this conversation is that there is rarely one magic supplement. Instead, the best results often come from understanding your symptoms, focusing on overall health and making informed decisions based on evidence rather than marketing.
Episode Highlights:
00:00 Introduction
05:06 Discussing supplements with oncologists
08:34 Discussing supplement safety and benefits
11:13 Improving gut health in menopause
16:03 Concerns about multivitamins and antioxidants
17:52 Discussing supplements and deficiencies
20:57 Understanding Mineral Intake from Food
25:44 Discussing creatine vs collagen benefits
Resources
- Keep Healthy: keep-healthy.com and https://keep-healthy.com/polyphenols/
- Rob’s bestselling book "How to Live"
About Dr Robert Thomas
Dr Robert Thomas is a Consultant Oncologist, Professor of Nutritional and Sports Science, researcher, author and Head of Integrative Oncology at UCLH. His work focuses on helping people combine conventional cancer treatments with evidence-based lifestyle strategies to improve outcomes and quality of life.
He also leads a research unit that has designed landmark scientific studies which provide the evidence that guide nutritionists, support groups, doctors and patients across the World.
As well as mainstream oncology studies, the team focuses on randomised trials that evaluate the impact of exercise, diet, gut health and natural therapies on cancer, long covid and exercise performance, menopause and cancer.
This included 5 RCT's addressing hormone related symptons after breast cancer including patient choice as a primary end point.
His latest two double blind RCTs, discovered that boosting dietary phytochemicals (with Yourphyto) and gut health (with Yourgutplus) slowed prostate cancer progression, improved erectile function and urinary symptoms and improved three key biomarkers of longevity.
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