Nutrition Care Outside Cancer Centre

A Registered Dietitian (RD) is a health care worker that can help with questions about food and nutrition. RDs are regulated health care workers that must follow practice standards to provide safe and ethical nutrition advice. RD work is governed by the College of Dietitians of Ontario.

While there are RDs available at Grand River Regional Cancer Centre, their services may not be for everyone. This resource shares different access points for reliable information approved by RDs. This information can help with things like:

• General healthy eating
• Eating for weight loss or weight gain
• Diet for heart health
• Diet for blood sugar control (diabetes)
• Special diet needs (kosher, halal, vegan, vegetarian)
• Eating disorders
• General cancer nutrition questions or concerns like:
  • How to reduce risk of cancer with diet
  • What to eat during cancer treatment
  • What to eat when dealing with mild side effects of treatment like:
    • Diarrhea (loose, watery poo) or constipation (hard poo or having a poo less often than what is normal for you)
    • Mouth sores
    • Low appetite but no weight loss
    • Taste changes
    • Heartburn
    • Dry mouth
    • Nausea (upset stomach)

Nutrition information access points can include:

• Free one-on-one RD services
• Free group nutrition classes
• RD approved websites
• Private practice (paid services)