Specialising in breast cancer support was a natural choice for me following my own diagnosis almost 25 years ago. Despite excellent medical care I knew, at some level, that I needed more than medicine to ensure my long term survival – but there was nothing available. As soon as I recovered I went back to college to train as a nutritional therapist with the goal of helping other women rebuild health and happiness after diagnosis.

Although survival rates have improved since then, the NHS still struggles to acknowledge the bigger picture and lacks the resources to offer personalised protocols. Working with me offers the individual attention and assessment that you need. Before we meet I will send a comprehensive questionnaire to help me understand the facts of your situation. When we meet I will listen to your story and help you make more informed and personal choices through diagnosis, treatment and recovery.

Although the science is complex my approach is simple: to create a significant ‘before and after’ shift in your diet and lifestyle to create a hostile microenvironment for cancer. My work is firmly evidence-based, using a functional medicine approach and a breast-cancer focussed methodology that I have developed over the last eighteen years. The protocol can of course be tailored to your treatment and designed to work with and around other complementary therapies.

In my view, the emerging field of nutrigenetics is a vital missing link for cancer patients. This exciting science is especially relevant for breast cancer, pinpointing unique vulnerabilities, and highlighting areas that can benefit from additional diet and lifestyle support. Nutrigenomics adds a fundamental layer of health support and a reassuring element of personalisation to your recovery plan. DNA tests are for life; the test can be done at any time, and the results form the basis of a long term recovery strategy.

You can read more about the way I work here, read about my own experience of breast cancer here. When you are ready, please book an appointment here.

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Dawn Waldron | Nutritional Therapist and Nutrigenetic Counsellor
PG Cert (Personalised Nutrition), BSc(Hons), DipION, mBANT, CNHC