Information about Nutritional Services

SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE
LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL
CANCER THERAPY CENTRE

Nutritional Services

The Dietitian assesses and implements nutrition care and education for patients, family/carers providing follow-up appointments as required. While you are receiving treatment at the Centre, you may require diet intervention to manage symptoms, as well as discussing the benefits of good nutrition; gaining knowledge of the essential nutrients and their role in the dietary management.

If you are having difficulties eating or drinking, experiencing unplanned weight loss, nausea or vomiting, changes in taste, you should ask to see the dietitian, a dietitian can also assist you with hints on food fortification, dietary supplementation and / or increased energy intake.If you are planning to start a healthier lifestyle, the dietitian can provide you with easier and tastier suggestion to achieve balance and variety in your daily food intake, and if you increase your physical activity, such as walking, the change will be beneficial for your health.

In this space, I will try to bring to you some facts about food, some "yummy" recipes, a "take a look at" corner, presenting different foods, vegetables, fruits - so here we are ready to start. The focus on food is variety, that is a mix of fruits, vegetables, grains, cereals, legumes, meat, fish and dairy products and the variety should be across the range of each group, e,g fruit can be stone fruits, citrus or berries, but the nutritional effect of each one of this fruits can be different.We know that a balanced diet is linked to good health.

Nutrition related diseases such as coronary heart disease, cancer, strokes, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis etc, can be prevented by choosing your food wisely. The Dietary Guidelines for Australians formulated by National Health and Medical Research Council, 1992. Based on the guidelines, the Australian Nutrition Foundation has develop The Food Pyramid, well known to all of us.