23Apr 2023 by Ronny Allan No Comments
Low FODMAPs – The NET Effect

Low FODMAPs – The NET Effect

Diet and Nutrition, Patient Advocacy
BackgroundMany people with NET have had issues prior to diagnosis and then continue to have similar issues after. For some it will be either one, i.e. no issues before but issues after or vice versa.  However, it's even possible that some people have will have different issues after diagnosis than they had before, e.g. the side effects of the treatment will produce new problems for those people.  In the early days, I once said to my Oncologist "I was never misdiagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but I sometimes feel like I have it now".  IBS is said to affect up to 1 in 7 of the 'western' population in varying degrees of severity with the symptoms of abdominal pain and abnormal bowel habits (constipation, diarrhea or a mixture of both)…
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27Aug 2015 by Ronny Allan 22 Comments
Neuroendocrine Cancer Nutrition Series Article 3 – Gut Health

Neuroendocrine Cancer Nutrition Series Article 3 – Gut Health

Diet and Nutrition
Nutritional issues are one of the biggest challenges affecting most Neuroendocrine Cancer patients and nutrition and gut health can become more important issues.  It is also a key factor in maintaining a decent quality of life and for most countries without adequate NET Specialist Dietitian support, it remains an unmet need. In this article, I'm discussing the use of probiotics to combat the potential issue of small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in Neuroendocrine Tumours. When I first indicated this nutrition series was under construction, a few people got quite excited anticipating me to produce advice on what to eat.  However, that was never my intention. What people should or should not eat is such a varied problem (or solution?) and that anything I said would only really be of help to those…
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