Supplements versus food

What you’ll learn

By joining this webinar, you will be able to:

• Clarify the role of supplements in cancer prevention, including risks.
• Understand the evidence base behind the recommendation to avoid supplements for cancer prevention
• Communicate food-first messages confidently and sensitively in practice.
• Be aware of resources that can help you and your patients navigate diet and supplements for cancer prevention.

What we will explore

• What are supplements? Definitions, categories, patterns of use in the UK and current regulations and marketing.
• The WCRF Recommendation: ‘Do not use supplements for cancer prevention’. The strength of the evidence, the evidence gaps, and examples that highlight variation in findings across different supplements and cancer sites.
• Supplements during cancer management.
• Misconceptions: vitamin D, antioxidants, multivitamins, older adults, deficiencies, and specific racial and ethnic groups.
• Practice guidance: when supplements are appropriate, how to support dietary adequacy through food and cultural considerations.
• Q+A session, including Kristina Vavura, RD, MDiet and oncology specialist.

Who should attend

This webinar is ideal for anyone working in primary care, public health, dietetics, nutrition or community health. Whether your role involves brief interventions or lifestyle conversations, this session will equip you with actionable insights to support cancer prevention through diet.