AYMES Audio Waves

In this week's episode of AYMES Audio Waves, we are speaking with Lauren Griffin, a registered Dietitian over half a decade of experience   working in a range of clinical settings in the NHS alongside her own business ‘Thriveology Health’ helping clients unlock their health potential and eat well for life. We discuss the current concerns regarding Ultra Processed Foods (UPFs), including the classification criteria and whether they can be used as part of a healthy and balanced diet.

We're joined by Sarah Elder again, a registered dietitian who specialises in eating disorders and disordered eating, to talk about whether there is a rise in the incidence of veganism amongst patients with eating disorders. We discuss what the research says and more!

In this episode, we speak with Sarah Elder, a registered dietitian who specialises in eating disorders and disordered eating and has contributed to national training and guidance in this area. We discuss why peer support and talking about other dietitian's experiences is important for professional development, top tips for hosting CPD in your own speciality and more!

Emma Townsin, a UK Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor, is back for part 2 of her discussion with Priya about intuitive eating. In this episode, we discuss how to use the framework effectively, pulling on two patient case studies to give top tips on providing support to patients with an intuitive eating approach.

For this episode, we're joined by Emma Townsin, a UK Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor and owner of Food Life Freedom, to chat about everything intuitive eating.

In this episode, we're joined by Joanna Injore, a registered Dietitian with over 19 years experience in the NHS, charity and private sector. She currently works at Macmillan Cancer Support and is the owner of JI Nutrition, a private practice providing specialist support to cancer patients during and after treatment. Joanna and Priya discuss how to provide effective nutritional support for patients with cancer, including the many nutritional myths that exist.

For our next episode we're joined by Chloe Hall, a dietitian with over 10 years experience working in the NHS and also has her own business 'the calm gut dietitian', alongside this, which specialises in gut health, and specifically histamine intolerance and MCAS. Find out more about MCAS, including the diagnosis, treatment and more!

We’re bringing you a slightly different episode of AYMES Audio Waves this week! In our first ‘debate style’ episode we will be discussing the rising interest in following vegan diets during infancy and childhood.  Exploring both sides of the debate, we are joined by Dr Carrie Ruxton and Ailsa McHardy. Carrie is a freelance dietitian and health writer with more than 25 years’ experience working in nutrition communications. She has published nearly 200 scientific papers, book chapters and articles on various aspects of nutrition. Ailsa is a freelance Paediatric Dietitian and lecturer in Dietetics at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. She has a specialist interest in plant-based diets and in her clinical practice supports families with vegan and omnivorous diets, and everything in between. 

We're joined by Andrea Rymer again and this time we are discussing what the rise of veganism means for oral nutritional supplements (ONS). Join Andrea and our host, Priya Tew, as they discuss whether vegan ONS need to be reassessed, what they're lacking and much more!

For this episode, we're joined by Andrea Rymer, who has specialised in hospital food services, dysphagia, learning disabilities and weight management during her career in dietetics. Andrea adopted a vegan lifestyle in 2014 and is now using her professional and personal skills and experiences to support the work of The Vegan Society. Join us as we discuss how to manage malnutrition in a hospital setting for people who follow a vegan diet.