Introducing Jane Freeman Director Canutrition
Jane Freeman – Cancer & Gastrointestinal Specialist Dietitian
APD | Certified in Lifestyle Medicine | IOC Qualified Sports Dietitian | Director Canutrition
Food can comfort, support and strengthen you through treatment. It can also worry you, impact on health and be a burden.
Jane Freeman is a highly regarded and trusted Cancer Dietitian and Nutritionist. She has over 25 years of experience working in leading hospitals and cancer clinics around the world.
Jane will show you how to use food to optimise treatments, help managed side-effects, shape changes and most importantly she will make it easier and enjoyable.
Cut diet confusion with an expert nutrition and personalised nutrition plan.
Try Jane's Cancer Fighter Recipes
Jane has put together a wide range of healthy, delicious and easy recipes that incorporate latest cancer nutrition guidelines. There are also recipes that can help with treatment, eating and gut function difficulties. Start with some below or visit the recipe tab on the website for more.
Powered with protein, fresh flavours and a good dose of anti-inflammatory omega 3 fatty acids.
About Jane Freeman (APD)
Jane Freeman is an internationally regarded and credentialed cancer dietitian and nutritionist (APD, APN). She is also a Leith’s trained cook, an IOC (International Olympic Committee) qualified sports nutritionist and British Medical Association award-winning cancer book author.
She has worked out of leading hospitals and cancer clinics in Australia, London and Singapore, as well as consulted to the World Cancer Research Fund UK, Singapore Cancer Society and the Australian Cancer Council. She wrote the WCRF booklet on nutrition and activity after cancer treatment. She also wrote the nutrition section in the Cancer Councils booklet on radiotherapy.
Importantly Jane’s understands and assess every person as an individual. She reviews current medical and nutrition health parameters, actual dietary approaches and then will educate, clarify and advises on the dietary or supplement intake approaches more able to help.
People who consult Jane say the 1:1 nutritional advice given makes an enormous difference to how they feel and do. They feel comforted to know what they need at this time and what are the best food or supplement options for them.
Individual needs assessed dietary plans to help you with health, treatment, shape and cancer risk factor needs
Individual needs assessed dietary plans to help you with health, treatment, shape and cancer risk factor needs
Individual needs assessed dietary plans to help you with health, treatment, shape and cancer risk factor needs
Jane has put together a wide range of healthy, delicious and easy recipes that incorporate latest cancer nutrition guidelines. There are also recipes that can help with treatment, eating and gut function difficulties. Start with some below or visit the recipe tab on the website for more.
Nutrition Side-Effect Trouble Shoot Tips
Loosing your taste or experiencing strange or unpleasant flavours in your mouth such metallic, salty
Constipation is a common side effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The cause is often related
Diarrhoea is defined as an increase in the number and/ or an increase in liquidity
Taste & discover cooking workshops
In addition to the one-one nutrition consults, Jane runs regular food, nutrition and cooking workshops out of the new Kay Van Norton centre for wellbeing at the Mater Hospital in North Sydney. At the moment the sessions are being run virtually via zoom, but will start back once the COVID-19 coast is clear.
Put more plant-based power into your meals and snacks
- Date: Friday 26th July 2024
- Time: 10.00-11.30am
- The Kay Van Norton Centre for Well-being
- A virtually run food discovery and cooking workshop
- Location - Your kitchen
(You can cook some of the recipes with Jane or just enjoy the demonstrations) Ingredients lists will be sent out after registration
Eating to harness the help of you gut microbiome
- Date: Friday 31st January 2025
- Time: 10.00-11.30am
- The Kay Van Norton Centre for Well-being
- A virtually run food discovery and cooking workshop
- Location - Your kitchen
(You can cook some of the recipes with Jane or just enjoy the demonstrations) Ingredients lists will be sent out after registration
Workshop Testimonials
”I found it so helpful and a real comfort to find out what I should be eating and to spend time with Jane in her kitchen”
“I wish this had been suggested to me earlier, Jane’s no nonsense approach to eating well whilst dealing with illness and fatigue shows you how to put easy and supportive tastes together on the same plate”
