In honor of our guest Toral Shah, this episode is dedicated to her dear friend, Shazia, who sadly passed away from Secondary Breast Cancer on the day of this recording.

To conclude Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we speak to the incredible Toral Shah.  She is a Nutritional Scientist (MSc Nutr Med), Functional Medicine Practitioner, Food and  Health writer and Consultant, as well as the Founder of The Urban Kitchen.

In this episode, Toral helps us unpack the modifiable vs non-modifiable risk factors that have been researched to increase the likelihood in developing breast cancer . She highlights that improving the types of vitamins/supplements consumed, having a rainbow colored diet, consistent & vigorous physical activity, whilst taking care of our mental and spiritual  health can be great ways to reduce the modifiable risk factors.  As a 3x- breast-cancer survivor, Toral shares a little about her journey , and some research findings on how cancer patients can better navigate cancer treatments. 

Toral originally went to medical school with a view to becoming an oncologist but when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, she realized that this was not the career for her. After completing her BSc in Cell Biology, specializing  in cancer, she worked in research, winning a prestigious Royal Society internship where she worked on SRC oncogenes. Toral then went on to do an MSc in Nutritional Medicine at University of Surrey and became a functional medicine practitioner working with nutrigenomics. She is currently putting together a PhD proposal looking at the impact of stress, diet and lifestyle on oestrogen dependent breast cancer.

Toral is passionate about breast cancer and cancer charities. She often commentates and speaks for charities such as Breast Cancer Now and Breast Cancer Haven. She is an ambassador for international chancer charity, World Cancer Research Fund and recently wrote about cancer prevention in The Telegraph.

Breast Cancer Webinars/ Courses/ Events:

• Breast Cancer Course
• Penny Brohn South Asian Specific Talks 
• Health Inequalities Cancer Event
• MyNutriWeb Webinar - Breast Cancer & Diet - Reducing Risk & Addressing Inequalities

References/Useful Breast Cancer Resources:

• Article on Diet & Lifestyle to reduce risk & recurrence
• NHS On Breast Cancer
• WHO on Breast Cancer 2021

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