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Nutrition – Sources & resources used:

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We have used a vast number of sources in writing this website. We hope one of the most comprehensive, dedicated searches and studies. Sourced over a 9 month period [2025-2026], used either with direct permission, or are open source, or provisioned – ratified – qualified by AI.

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• Opinion | 3 ways to feed the world sustainably – Incotec

• How To Feed The World And Save The Planet – PopularResistance.Org

• Peace Through Food: Ending the Hunger-Instability Nexus – ISD

• Deliver Humanitarian Aid – the United Nations

• How to Organise Humanitarian Logistics in Conflict Zones – GEODIS

• How Much Would It Cost to End World Hunger? 🍽️ – WFP USA

• Ending world hunger by 2030 would cost $330bn, study finds – IISD

• World ‘Far Off Track’ to End Hunger by 2030 – UN Meetings Coverage

• World Hunger Facts, Statistics and Causes – Action Against Hunger

• A global food crisis | World Food Programme

• Eating a balanced diet – NHS

1) Heart Disease / Cardiovascular Disease: Symptoms, Risks, Prevention and Treatment Options

Article: Supportive Food article
Sources

• NHS – Cardiovascular disease
• NHS – Coronary heart disease
• NICE NG238 – Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification

2) Chronic Kidney Disease

Article: Supportive Food article
Sources

• NHS – Chronic kidney disease
• NHS – CKD diagnosis
• NICE NG203 – Chronic kidney disease: assessment and management

3) Stroke Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, Recovery

Article: Supportive Food article
Sources

• NHS – Stroke
• NHS – Symptoms of a stroke
• NICE NG128 – Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s
• NICE NG236 – Stroke rehabilitation in adults

4) High Blood Pressure / Hypertension

Article: Supportive Food article
Sources

• NHS – High blood pressure
• NHS – Blood pressure test
• NICE NG136 – Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management

5) Parkinson’s disease: Problems, Solutions, Developments, Food & daily living

Article: Supportive Food article
Sources

• NHS – Parkinson’s disease
• NHS – Parkinson’s disease treatment
• NICE NG71 – Parkinson’s disease in adults

6) Dementia: causes, symptoms, solutions, foods and recipes

Article: Supportive Food article
Sources

• NHS – Dementia
• NHS – What is dementia?
• NICE NG97 – Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers

7) Depression: Causes, Symptoms, Solutions & supportive Foods

Article: Supportive Food article
Sources

• NHS – Depression in adults
• NHS – Treatment for depression in adults
• NICE NG222 – Depression in adults: treatment and management

8) Diabetes: causes, symptoms, solutions, foods and recipes

Article: Supportive Food article
Sources

• NHS – Diabetes
• NHS – Type 2 diabetes
• NICE NG28 – Type 2 diabetes in adults: management

9) Menopause: Symptoms, Managing, HRT, Treatment Options

Article: Supportive Food article
Sources

• NHS – Menopause
• NHS – Treatment for menopause and perimenopause
• NICE NG23 – Menopause: identification and management

10) Obesity: Causes, Risks, Consequences, Solutions

Article: Supportive Food article
Sources

• NHS – Obesity
• NHS – Obesity treatment
• NICE NG246 – Overweight and obesity management

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Cancer pages sources.

• Adrenal Cancer: problems and solutions
  Article: supportivefood.com/adrenal-cancer
  Add these sources: Cancer Research UK – Adrenal gland tumours, Cancer Research UK – Adrenal cortical cancer (ACC), ACC Support UK.
• Anal Cancer
  Article: supportivefood.com/anal-cancer
  Add these sources: Macmillan – Anal cancer, Cancer Research UK – Anal cancer, Macmillan – Causes and risk factors of anal cancer.
• Bile Duct Cancer
  Article: supportivefood.com/bile-duct-cancer
  Add these sources: Macmillan – Bile duct cancer, Cancer Research UK – Bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma), Macmillan – Causes and risk factors of bile duct cancer.
• Bladder Cancer
  Article: supportivefood.com/bladder-cancer
  Add these sources: Macmillan – Bladder cancer, Macmillan – Treatment for bladder cancer, Cancer Research UK – Bladder cancer.
• Bone Cancer
  Article: supportivefood.com/bone-cancer
  Add these sources: Macmillan – Bone cancer, Cancer Research UK – Bone sarcoma / primary bone cancer, NHS – Help and support for bone cancer.
• Brain & CNS Cancer
  Article: supportivefood.com/brain-cns-cancer
  Add these sources: Macmillan – Understanding primary brain tumours, NHS – Malignant brain tumour (brain cancer), NHS – Brain tumours.
  Naming note: a more standard title would be “Brain tumour / malignant brain tumour” or “Brain and CNS tumours” rather than “Brain & CNS Cancer.” That is an editorial judgment based on the wording used by NHS and Macmillan.
• Breast Cancer
  Article: supportivefood.com/breast-cancer
  Add these sources: NHS – Breast cancer in women, Macmillan – Breast cancer, NHS – Breast screening (mammogram).
• Cervical Cancer
  Article: supportivefood.com/cervical-cancer
  Add these sources: NHS – Cervical cancer, Macmillan – Cervical cancer, NHS – Cervical screening.
• Duodenal Cancer
  Article: supportivefood.com/duodenal-cancer
  Add these sources: Macmillan – Small bowel cancer, Cancer Research UK – What is small bowel cancer?, Macmillan – Staging of small bowel cancer.
• Endometrial Cancer
  Article: supportivefood.com/endometrial-cancer
  Add these sources: NHS – Womb (uterus) cancer, Macmillan – Womb cancer, NHS – Treatment for womb cancer.
• Esophageal Cancer
  Article: supportivefood.com/esophageal-cancer
  Add these sources: Macmillan – Oesophageal cancer, Cancer Research UK – Oesophageal cancer.
• Eye Cancer (Ocular Melanoma)
  Article: supportivefood.com/eye-cance
  Add these sources: Macmillan – Eye cancer (ocular melanoma), NHS – Eye cancer.
• Gallbladder Cancer consider — Article: supportivefood.com/gallbladder-cancer. Add Macmillan – Gallbladder cancer, NHS – Help and support for gallbladder cancer, and Salisbury NHS – Treatment options for gallbladder cancer.

• Gastric (Stomach) Cancer — Article: supportivefood.com/gastric-cancer. Add NHS – Stomach cancer, Macmillan – Stomach cancer, and NHS – Treatment and support for stomach cancer.
• Leukaemia problems and solutions (Cancer) — Article: supportivefood.com/leukemia-cancer. Add Cancer Research UK – Leukaemia, Cancer Research UK – Symptoms of leukaemia, and Blood Cancer UK – blood cancer support.
• Liver Cancer consideration — Article: supportivefood.com/liver-cancer. Add NHS – Liver cancer, Macmillan – Liver cancer (HCC), and Macmillan – Managing symptoms of liver cancer.
• Lung Cancer Consideration — Article: supportivefood.com/lung-cancer. Add NHS – Lung cancer, Macmillan – Lung cancer, and NHS – Treatment for lung cancer.
• Melanoma (Cancer) — Article: supportivefood.com/melanoma-cancer. Add NHS – Melanoma skin cancer, Macmillan – Melanoma, and Macmillan – surgery to remove a melanoma.
• Multiple Myeloma (Cancer) — Article: supportivefood.com/multiple-myeloma-cancer. Add NHS – Myeloma, Macmillan – What is myeloma?, and NHS – Treatment for myeloma.
• Nasopharyngeal Cancer — Article: supportivefood.com/nasopharyngeal-cancer. Add NHS – Nasopharyngeal cancer, Macmillan – Nasopharyngeal cancer, and Cancer Research UK – Treatment options for nasopharyngeal cancer.
• Oesophagus, Head, Throat & Neck Cancer Cancer Research UK – Head and neck cancer, UCLH – Head & Neck Cancer Services, and UCLH – Types of head and neck cancer.
• Ovarian Cancer — Article: supportivefood.com/ovarian-cancer. Add NHS – Ovarian cancer, Macmillan – Ovarian cancer, and NHS – Help and support for ovarian cancer.
• Pancreatic Cancer — Article: supportivefood.com/pancreatic-cancer. Add NHS – Pancreatic cancer, Macmillan – Pancreatic cancer, and NHS – Help and support for pancreatic cancer.
• Parathyroid glands Cancer — Article: supportivefood.com/prostate-cancer-copy. Add Macmillan – Parathyroid cancer, Macmillan – Surgery for parathyroid cancer, and NHS – Hyperparathyroidism.
• Penile Cancer Help for men — Article: supportivefood.com/penile-cancer-help-for-men. Add NHS – Penile cancer, Macmillan – Penile cancer, and NHS – Treatment for penile cancer.
• Prostate Cancer assistance — Article: supportivefood.com/prostate-cancer. Add NHS – Prostate cancer, Macmillan – Prostate cancer, and UCLH – Diagnosing and staging prostate cancer.

• Rectal Cancer— Article: supportivefood.com/rectal-cancer-for-consideration. Add Macmillan – Rectal cancer, Cancer Research UK – Treatment options for rectal cancer, and NHS – Bowel cancer.
• Salivary Gland Cancer — Article: supportivefood.com/salivary-gland-cancer. Add Macmillan – Salivary gland cancer, UCLH – Salivary gland cancer, and Salivary Gland Cancer UK.
• Sarcoma Cancer — Article: supportivefood.com/sarcoma-cancer-consideration. Add Macmillan – Sarcoma, NHS – Soft tissue sarcoma, and Cancer Research UK – Soft tissue sarcoma.
• Skin Cancer (Non-Melanoma) — Article: supportivefood.com/skin-cancer-non-melanoma. Add NHS – Non-melanoma skin cancer, NHS – Treatment for non-melanoma skin cancer, and Macmillan – Skin cancer / non-melanoma skin cancers.
• Small Intestine Cancer — Article: supportivefood.com/small-intestine-cancer. Add Macmillan – Small bowel cancer, Cancer Research UK – Small bowel cancer, and Macmillan – Symptoms of small bowel cancer.
• Testicular Cancer — Article: supportivefood.com/testicular-cancer. Add NHS – Testicular cancer, Macmillan – Testicular cancer, and Macmillan – How to check for testicular cancer.

• Cancer & Disease References Cancer.gov  source

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