#76 Can You Eat for COVID with Professor Robert Thomas
4th Nov 2020
I’m delighted to welcome back Professor Robert Thomas to the show. You may remember we spoke with Prof Robert previously on one of our earlier episodes and I’m thrilled that he could join me again.
Professor Robert Thomas is a Consultant Oncologist at Bedford and Addenbrooke’s
Hospitals, a clinical teacher at Cambridge University and visiting Professor of Sports and
nutritional science at the University of Bedfordshire.
In addition - he is lead of a Lifestyle and Cancer Research Unit and is also medical advisor to the website Cancernet.co.uk. Through his amazing work - Prof Robert Thomas has previously been awarded The British Oncology Association’s “Oncologist of the Year” and The Royal College of Radiologist medal.
On the show today we talk about:
- Professor Roberts current experience of COVID on the ward as a consultant
- His latest trial using food supplements and probiotics as an addition to conventional treatment
- The formulation of the product with industry and the issues it may pose
- His experience of conducting the research and comparing that to the POMI-T trials
- Why lifestyle modification and prevention of comorbidities has to be the foundation rather than supplements alone
Episode guests
Professor Robert Thomas is a NHS Consultant Oncologist at Addenbrooke's and Bedford and Hospitals. He is also a Clinical Teacher at Cambridge University, the health journalist for National World News, a colomist for the DailyMail, a Professor of Sports and Nutritional science at the University of Bedfordshire and author of the bestselling book "How to Live"
He was recently appointed Head of Integrative Oncology at The Royal London Hospital for Integrative Medicine, where he advices self care, lifestyle, complementary and nutritional strategies which aim to help well being and improve outcomes.
At Cambridge and Bedford, he manages patients with chemotherapy, hormonal, radiotherapy and biological treatments. He also leads a Lifestyle and Cancer Research Unit which designs university approved scientific national studies that evaluate the impact of exercise, diet, gut health and natural therapies on cancer, long covid, other chronic diseases and exercise performance. He is currently chief investigator of the national covid vaccine nutritional intervention study and the UK YourPhyto study which was the World's first clinical evaluation to show that an intervention to improve gut health (Yourgutplus) combined with a phytochemical rich supplement (Yourphyto) slowed prostate cancer progression, improved urinary symptoms, reduced markers of inflammation and improved overall strength. His over 100 peer viewed scientific papers and presentations published from this research, can be accessed on cancernet.co.uk/rthomas.htm.
For this work, he has been awarded the Royal College of Radiologist and Oncologist research medal, an honorary Fellowship at the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, and "Oncologist of the Year" by The British Oncology Association.
