Chucking the Kitchen Sink at Cancer - Teddys Tonic

08/02/2026

Food first

Supplements second - and know what you are looking for.

The supplements industry is saturated with multi- strain supplements to justify high pricing which makes appropriate dosing based on need almost impossible.

Calling things “brain health” and “gut support” to justify high pricing and what usually can be unpicked to be an over expensive waste of time!

Choose single product and third party lab tested supplements wherever you can.

06/02/2026

04/02/2026

1 year ago today -

My book Cancer isn’t all About Chemo launched and went into best seller category by 7am.

It ended up a best seller in 3 different categories

Has sold over 1,000 copies across at least 8 countries (that know of)

So many lives changed who are going through the darkest of times who have come back to share their incredible stories after doing things “Teddys way” .

And we got to spend the morning of the launch on breakfast tv!!

To read more reply back with the word book 👇

13/01/2026

Reduce the tantrums and tap into the golden hour for eating new foods to your picky eater.

If you need more of a step by step guide comment tracker and il send you my food tracker and 5p method that I developed to get my 5 year olds to eat 50 different plants in a week!

Straight after school is the ideal time - they are so hungry and more willing to try something new.

Avoid putting on any of their favourites but include some pretty safe foods that they have at least engaged with at some point in the past or will eat.

It won’t spoil their dinner and there’s no pressure - take it or leave it as a snack and it’s been a great way to have my boys try new things.

Ps save this before you loose it on your feed!

Any questions drop them below.

13/01/2026

We didn’t stay together out of love …..

We gave each other a bucket ton of grace!

Like new parents sleep deprived at 4am arguing about who was more tired - we didn’t take seriously the things said in anger and we split up and tackled tasks like a team.

Everyone thinks cancer should pull you together and make your stronger - news flash. It doesn’t. Not when you are in it. Which is why divorce rates are so high for people going through cancer.

My husband and I decided early on to lean into our strengths. He took on the hard discussion relating to data, clinical trials and treatment.

I did all the holistic and nutrition elements. But I was still in the day to day treatment.

Did we have blazing rows behind closed doors - or even in public when we didn’t agree. Absolutely. But as a team we took on one of the UKs cancer hospitals to get what we needed for our child.

He didn’t agree with all my choices especially with food- I even wrote about it in “cancer isn’t all about chemo” and he thought I was delusional.

But when he saw the results speak for itself he became my biggest body guard.

Happy 8th wedding anniversary. I wish the last 4 had been different but we have navigated Covid lockdown alone with newborn twins we fought and beat cancer for our child and we took the education sector to the cleaners for our developmentally delayed and traumatised child.

You drive me to the edge every day but no one else I would ever want to do life with.

12/01/2026

Tapping into deep sleep when time is against me!

Comment “snooze” for my ultimate deep sleep hack. And it’s free!

Sleep isn’t just vital for your mental health it’s literally needed for your body to create new healthy cells. Which is what you need to fight inflammation and reduce the risk of chronic illnesses.

But let’s be honest if you are managing 6.5 hours you are probably lucky - the house still needs sorting once the little people are in bed and when you get into bed your rebellious streak keeps you up watching tv or doom scrolling way too late

but I’ve found a way to get more out of my sleep when time isn’t on my side

ps that’s not encouraging you not to prioritise sleep. I’m just being realistic.

If you reply back to me with the code word snooze il send you a sleep meditation I use at night so I sleep so deeply I wake up feeling like I took a muscle relaxant and slept 12 hours!

09/01/2026

Finally someone wrote it down - and now the medical field must follow.

I had some of the most ridiculous conversations with Teds dieticians about food. Which ended up leading to them agreeing to cooking to my recipes.

The change to the food pyramid came out earlier this week and hopefully now this should lead to higher quality of food in hospitals so people can eat the right way and get home earlier - but I won’t hold my breath!

Do you think other countries will now follow suit?

More in the comments …

08/01/2026

“I would die for my child” yes but would you actually live!

I had a nasty wake up call a few days ago that literally smacked me back into the real world. A world of my own mortality.

A few days ago I must have had some sort of virus brewing. It made it uncomfortable to swallow. No pain just a struggle. It was after boys were in bed so no distractions except for the mind monkeys.

What if it’s my turn next? They say it’s one in two people now. Maybe for my family that’s me and Teddy.

Because that’s the reality when you have been through an oncology journey with a child that you never expected - you realise it could happen to anyone. At PTSD and OCD are now like an annoying little sister you have to drown out at times.

Like so many other mums I have put myself last forever. Yes I eat what they eat (when they are here) but I don’t eat as I should always as a nutritionist and I don’t prioritise myself as being important.

But I realised, if something happened to me who would do all the things I do for my children. Who would really put in the work every day to keep them healthy and reduce the risk of relapse or a secondary cancer.

I love my husband but he just wouldn’t. He doesn’t have my knowledge and he’s the relaxed parent of us both.

So I have decided that for the next 100 days I will commit to doing one thing every day that prioritises me and my health - so I can be here for my boys.

I plan to share them all , to inspire where possible but also just share knowledge.

If you would like me to, shall I pop the journey on the stories or on the grid?



So I saw this quote on social media