Tina Chagoury

Dietician, health behavior educator & cancer survivor

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Namita Thakkar

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Hilmarie Hutchison

About Tina Chagoury

Dietician, health behavior educator & cancer survivor

Licensed Clinical dietician, health behaviour educator and media spokesperson Tina has been practising dietetics in Dubai for more than 17 years.

Tina is also an adjunct instructor of Human Nutrition and Food Science at the Abu Dhabi University and currently consults at the Jumeirah al Qasr’s DNA clinic as well as NMC’s Cooper health Clinic and works closely with renowned paediatricians and functional doctors.

When she is not in a white gown, Tina is a regular TV expert guest on MBC1 Sabah El Kheir Ya Arab and previously on MBC 3 Gentle Steps raising awareness and addressing women’s health and nutrition in the Arab world for more than 10 years now.

In 2019, during her summer holiday, Tina was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and underwent medical treatment that included chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy and made it through the other side, in one piece but with some major lessons learnt.

About this Episode

In this episode, we talk to Tina about her background and her journey as a mother, a licensed clinical dietitian, a media spokesperson, and a breast cancer survivor.

She shares some excellent insights and tips on being and staying healthy, how to support those who are fighting cancer and how to help children make healthy food choices.

You do not want to miss this episode filled with many valuable and practical tips.

“I fell in love with the major. I was so passionate about what I was doing, the people I met, the professors I met, we’re still in touch until now, so yes, it was definitely the right choice for me and this is my story, how I started with nutrition and I don’t regret it one bit.”
Tina Chagoury

“What they (cancer survivors) need is to feel whole again and to feel normal again and that means, give them some space. If they want to be alone, let them be alone. If they want to do things on their own, even if you don’t think they are able to do it or it will make them tired, let them be.”

– Tina Chagoury

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Nutrition is the core of cancer, be it in the prevention, be it in the treatment or be it in the healing afterwards. - Tina Chagoury Click To Tweet

“Don’t ignore your deficiencies. Make sure you’re always on top of your health, your iron, your Vitamin D, your B vitamin, do your regular checks. So many challenges affect how people eat! Keep supplementing yourself whenever needed. Eat healthy, get away as much as possible from processed foods, from junk; for you, for the kids, for everyone.”

Tina Chagoury

“You can’t imagine the benefits that seeds and nuts add to your diet every day. Flax seeds especially have so many beneficial and healing effects on the body.”
Tina Chagoury

“My advice to anyone going through this (cancer), don’t go online, don’t research your symptoms, don’t research your disease. You will never read what you want and it’s not always accurate, it will really spiral you into a dark hole and you will get nothing out of it in the end.”
Tina Chagoury