But for many people, the worst feeling was of not being in control – of their treatment, their future, their health outcomes.

Also, of not being listened to when they wanted to find ways to help themselves, “the sense of disempowerment was palpable”.

Patricia recognised that what people needed was access to quality, up-to-date information and research about all the latest and best approaches to the treatment and management of their illness so they could take charge of their cancer decisions – and reclaim their health choices for themselves.

So, in 2000 she founded Cancer Options to provide them with access to this information and research, and help people understand their treatment decisions and support options.

Patricia has become a renowned and entertaining lecturer on this research and remains passionate about encouraging the safe integration of complementary therapies with the best orthodox ones.

Patricia Peat Dip Pall C Dip UTR
She is a visiting lecturer for the Centre for Nutrition Education & Lifestyle Management CNELM in partnership with Middlesex University London
Visiting lecturer for the Institute for Optimum Nutrition
Medical advisor to the Yes to Life
Co-author of the Frontier Guide to Medicine with Professor Karol Sikora
Published articles and interviews
Opting for the Alternative – Cancer Nursing Practice
Surviving the Oncology Clinic – Icon Magazine
Treatment Options for Cancer Patients – Positive Health Magazine
Cancer Care Goes Complementary – The Times
Surviving Against All Odds – Integrative Cancer Therapies

Edward Joy has over 25 years’ experience as a complimentary healthcare practitioner. An ethnobotanist traditionally trained in the physic garden, much of Edward’s time is now spent studying the components of plants in an aim to understand their nutritional benefit, his practice firmly adheres to Naturopathic principles. His main work areas are: Food pathology – particularly in respect of links to human pathology- Ethnobotany, Gut microbiology and Organic Chemistry.

Edward contributes regularly to articles for Only Natural and Holistic Therapist magazines. His informal lectures and herb walks are attended by health professionals in the UK and throughout Europe from Ireland to Italy.

For the past 15 years Edward has worked with the Naturopathic Supplements Company, Bionutri, where his work includes procurement and product development. Working with an ingredient is one thing, ensuring the ingredient has some benefit is Edward’s particular point of interest.

As Bionutri’s Educational Director and Founder of Aquasol, Edward coordinates and supervises the company on priority areas:

• Product Development
• Creation, production and development of formative programs on naturopathy

Since 2015 Edward has worked with an Italian Nutraceutical Manufacture Alfabiomega and Alkadae SAS. Here he has been asked to lecture groups of Pharmacists on subjects ranging from Gut Health to the Methylation Cycle.

In 2016 Edward was employed by the London College of Naturopathic Medicine to teach a nutrition module to Osteopathic Naturopaths. The course leader, Miriam Elkin was particularly keen for someone to teach nutrition as a complex, integrated system, not a series of nutrient profiles.

Most recently Edward has founded a new herbal company, AquaSol – Which relies on his knowledge of phyto-pharmacology to produce a range of Pure, Instant Herbal Teas. Like Bionutri, this new range is not about by-passing nutrition pathways, but promoting them with food materials specially prepared to make them more bioavailable and naturally biologically active.