New Hope for Children with Relapsed Cancer: Genomic Profiling Matched Salvage Therapy
Paediatric cancers have high rates of remission. However, in the event of a relapse treatment options are limited. The main aim of the trial was to genetically profile the patients’ tumour to identify molecular alterations and thereafter suggest the most appropriate treatment tailored to individual patients. The authors of the trial prospectively recruited 787 paediatric […]
Screening for Risk of Food Insecurity in Children with Cancer
When her family had to sell the only piece of land they owned to pay back loans, the money left could only get them food for 15-16 days in a month. With her father often away for labour work at different construction sites, her mother worked at roadside tiffin centres. She would wash vessels till […]
Mock meat: To bite or not to bite?
Fast forward to today – ask for vegetarian chicken, and you’ll be met with a long list of vegetarian meat and chicken alternatives. Plant based-chicken nuggets, sausages, kheema, mutton burger patties and even plant-based seafood and eggs… the choice is yours and growing. These edibles are part of a burgeoning food paradigm that provides the […]
Aspartame and Acesulfame-K Intake and Cancer Risk
The food industry extensively uses artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, acesulfame-K and sucralose to sweeten foods. They are added to flavoured yoghurts, low-sugar snacks, ready-to-go meals, and many more processed foods. It is estimated that aspartame is found in about 6000 food products worldwide. The widespread use of these low-calorie or no-calorie sweeteners and mixed […]
Food Junk to Food Jewels
Food prices are approaching an all-time high. Climate change affecting food production has aided this increase over time. However, the covid pandemic and, more recently, the war in Ukraine have precipitated an almost overnight surge in food prices and pushed global food inflation sharply. With no end seen to the war and with steep rises […]
The “Everywhere Chemical” and the Risk of Childhood Cancer
A recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute links phthalates, commonly called the “everywhere chemical”, to an increased incidence of specific childhood cancers. Phthalates are chemical additives that are used to make plastics more durable and are used in hundreds of consumer products such as shampoos, detergents, cosmetics, building materials, and […]
Decoding Food Additives
Ponceau 4R, Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, Butylated hydroxyanisole, Polydimethylsiloxane, Propyl gallate, Sunset Yellow, liquid glucose, high fructose corn syrup, microcrystalline cellulose…..and so on. If you happen to be a label reader, these names will ring a bell. While they may sound like labels on laboratory chemicals, they are in fact names found on food boxes and […]
Nutritional Status in Paediatric Cancers: A Review
This review paper aimed to identify alterations in NS that occur during the management of childhood cancer. The purpose of the study was to investigate how neoplastic diseases affect the NS of children and how the nutritional profile affects treatment response, clinical outcome and long-term growth and health of survivors. The authors conducted detailed searches […]
Festival Food Traditions: Nutritious at Heart
The moment we hear the word ‘festival’, our mouths start watering – #YummyFoodAlert! You can almost smell all those festive special lip-smacking goodies! The world over, food is at the heart of any celebration and families get started on the preparations months before the special day arrives. Here in India, every festival goes hand in […]
What’s on my plate?
It’s that time of the year – holiday mood and parties around every corner. Foodwise, caution is thrown to the wind and plates end up packed with food that is lower on the nutritional ladder. So the most important question this festive season is “What’s on my plate?”. Festival, party and ‘fun-foods’ are usually colourful, […]
