Professor shares 8 foods to lower inflammation and help you age slower | Professor Robert Thomas

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.