Nutrition in NETs – Helen Brown
Helen Brown on eating well with a NET diagnosis – what changes, what helps, and how to get enough of what your body needs when your digestion has other ideas.
Written by NECNZ team
This recording is general educational information. It isn’t a substitute for advice from your own doctor or care team, and the views are the presenter’s own.
In August, leading dietitian Helen Brown from Nurse Maude gave an education session on NETs and nutrition. Many of you who couldn’t make it asked for a recording, and here it is.
Helen covers:
- malabsorption
- small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
- bile acid malabsorption
- food intolerances in carcinoid syndrome
- the vitamin and mineral deficiencies to watch for.
If anything in the talk raises a question about your own diet, book a call with Avril, our specialist NET nurse, or talk to your own care team.
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