Many of you will know that, in addition to being a well-rounded scientist, biochemist and naturopath, I do not limit my thinking to the purely physical and chemical material world.   I first came across the work and thinking of the philosopher,

Your body has the tools to protect you from cancer and uses them every day. In some cases, this mechanism fails. When this happens, the aim should be to correct and support the natural and healthy mechanisms to restore health. It

I have had a lot of positive feedback in relation to the phytonutrient packed ‘ThunderBird’ drink that I wrote about in my last Note. Some of the feedback has come indirectly via emails and some from those who attend our

I was reading a paper this evening on the anti-cancer properties of Graviola (Annona muricata). The bit that caught my eye was, “…more than twenty-five thousand identified phytochemicals have been shown to possess  potent anticancer activities." Think about that. Twenty-five thousand

At lunch yesterday with friends, I was offered their ‘latest cocktail concoction.' This delightful drink was made from apple cider vinegar, Angostura bitters, and water.  It was surprisingly tasty. On my way home, I decided to stop at my favourite

Sugar beet is a typical root vegetable.  Similar to carrots, it has significant sugar content. When various wars closed the ports of Europe to incoming produce, sugar from sugar cane from the American areas could not be delivered. Efforts were made

I confess to enjoying a cappuccino, but as ever, I have a keen eye for ways of improving the health benefits of it and minimising any possible downsides. I set about exploring ways to improve the health benefits of the

So, you may think you can ‘read’ food labels – and that you know what the terms mean? This Note is not intended to be a definitive discussion – just a warning to help limit the number of wrong assumptions it

If we did, would it help save the resources of the planet? I will show that the answer to both questions is probably no. It is time to think before initiating a knee-jerk reaction or response. It is also appropriate to think

We routinely warn clients against the use of silver or mercury fillings in their teeth and root canals in their gums. Over the decades during which I have been in practice, it has been a struggle to have mercury recognised as

I was very lucky with the many training opportunities I had during the years after I graduated with my Naturopathic Diploma, at the start of the first half of my career in Australia.  At the time,  natural therapies, and the

Thirty years ago during my time in Sydney, I chose to highlight the dangers of aluminium on one of my weekly radio programs. In those days many frying pans, saucepans, teapots, graters and other culinary-related items were commonly made of aluminium.

Last Friday, I provided a ‘whiz’ as my contribution to the dinner for the group of guests that joined me for our regular Open House Evening. I needed to make another dish this week that would show my guests that

As usual, last Friday evening we had our weekly Open House. This regular event is open to our clients and to people with cancer who are interested in following our Metabolic approach to cancer support. These evenings are educational and informative on

While I was in general practice in Australia, I enjoyed working with people with arthritis.  One morning, I was particularly inspired following a radio interview to which I listened as a trapped audience on my way to work. The interviewer

Looking at my diary, I saw that Pauline Summers had booked in for a consultation. The name seemed familiar, but I could not place her. When I looked at her file I knew why. It had been nearly four years

Many years ago, before I specialised in cancer support, a friend contacted me to say she had discovered a lump in her breast. She lived many miles outside Sydney, but she wanted to come and see me to discuss her

National Health Service or National Disease Service? I have been a naturopath for forty years. In this time, but especially at the start, I was curious as to the difference between the medical approach to health and the naturopathic approach. I’ve

Last week I wrote about the combination of Yoghurt (or some equivalent amount of vegetable protein powder) with flaxseed oil. This is enormously helpful. Dr Budwig stated that this combination improves the structure and function of cell membranes, increasing the

A few decades ago, the standard breakfast in many homes was cereal with milk and sugar followed by toast and marmalade, and possibly, for the big eaters, a middle course of eggs, bacon and fried bread.   Muesli then came into

Veronica came to see me. She looked very stressed and worried which made me wonder what type of cancer she had and how bad it was. However, her story was different. She had been encouraged by her friend Betina to

In a recent Naturopathic Note, I spoke of a process using a Values Elicitation Technique. I have since been asked to give another example of its use. So here it is. Like the previous one, it comes from my time in

If you want to avoid cancer – find a naturopath. You may have heard that cancer is due to faulty genes or inheritance, or that it is the result of chance or bad luck.  This is not born of the evidence. Cancer

If you or a loved one are facing cancer or trying to prevent it, it is helpful to know what may have caused it, to make some sense of this very frightening disease. There are currently two major theories as to

Mrs B had lived most of her life in the centre of the city and loved it. But now, her children were grown and married, her husband had died, and her arthritis was hampering her movements. She had often complained

Jane’s mother brought her in to see me. Jane was fourteen and overweight, approaching twelve stone which is just over seventy kilograms. Jane was unhappy with her weight and made miserable by the girls at school that teased her for

When Richard was 7, his behaviour was very bad, especially in front of other people. He was another one of my Sydney clients, brought to me by his parents in 1989. Most of his mother’s friends thought he had ADHD,

LR had been told that he had prostate cancer, that his PSA was high and that he should start on a program of chemotherapy. He refused because he was not at all sure of the benefits of chemotherapy and he

As my London practice grew, I came across a variety of problems associated with the medical approach to cancer and the use of chemotherapy and radiations.  One of these was hair loss following chemotherapy. This is a  major concern for many

I faced a forthcoming dinner party that I was giving with some trepidation. I had planned to make a piquant salad with shredded fennel, apple and red onion to start with, followed by vegetable burgers with a tahini-tamari sauce and

I wrote about “My Neighbour Joe” in a previous note. He was a taciturn man and it took a while for us to get to know much about each other. In time, he asked me what I did and what

Your digestive tract is a teaming population with hundreds of different types of micro-organisms. These make up your ‘biome.’ If you are in good health, chances are that these microbes are contributing to your health. They make a variety of

Deidre, her husband and their three children lived at one end of town. Her parents lived about fifteen miles away in a village on the other side of town. Deidre was multi-level marketing a range of very effective nutritional products.

How diets have changed both, over time and in different parts of the world. I first entered this profession in the 1970s. At that time health food shops were just getting started (UK), so was Naturopathy (Australia).  The diet of the

On behalf of the BSIO and Yes To Life, Dr Xandria Williams would like to invite you to the Yes to Life Annual Conference on Saturday, December 1st. Dr Xandria Williams has been on the committee of the British Society of

Without a clear understanding of the cause of a health problem, and the mechanisms by which it has developed, it is extremely difficult to completely resolve the situation, restore optimum health and minimise the chance of a recurrence. If you

I moved into a house with a large rambling garden in need of a lot of clearing. My neighbour was a grey-haired, retired bachelor named Joe. We shared a boundary fence with a gap in the middle through which we

I only knew my paternal grandmother for three years. I met her during my time as a student at Imperial College.  Even in that short time, I soon realised that she was a woman of strong will, overlain by a

I looked at my diary to see who the next client was and smiled. Betty and David. They were a young couple who had first come to see me nearly twenty years ago. As usual, once they were seated I

At a recent Friday evening 'client support party’ we had some interesting input. Two men were in the group who were there to support their wives, both of whom were dealing with advanced cancer. As usual, everyone in the room shared

Elizabeth walked into my office looking despondent. She had come in a fortnight earlier saying she was desperate to lose weight. She had always been 63 Kg but in the past year of travelling around Europe, she had returned to

We all know, or realise, that cancer is stressful. Having cancer is stressful. Knowing, supporting or being associated with someone with cancer is stressful. Less well known or emphasised is the enormous effect that stress can have both physically-chemically and

Imagine for a moment that someone has bought a wonderful house, but one in which the garden is an untended wilderness filled with weeds, long grass, brambles, climbers and various shrubs and sapling. They want to restore it to a

Margery Hughes was well-dressed, elegant, and obviously used to living a sophisticated lifestyle.  She sat down in my office and started by asking me questions, taking control, something I assumed was her usual habit. She had been unwell for some time,

Dr John Beard, a distinguished embryologist, was born in 1858. He was educated at the University of London and completed his doctoral degree at the University of Frieberg in Germany. In the latter part of 1906, he received a nomination

I frequently hear clients saying that it costs too much to eat organic foods and health foods. Tessa and her family proved this to be untrue, as have many other people both before and since, but not always so succinctly

Eating Raw – with maximum nutrients,  multiple variations and innovative options. This is just what you need to lay a foundation for good health and, if you have a health problem, to contribute to recovery. Most of the food that is commercially

During my time as an undergraduate at Imperial College, I worked in a laboratory that was attached to a cyclotron where they produced radioactive compounds, which we would then analyse or use in the lab. This was back in 1960

One of the benefits of my office in Sydney was that it was at the front of the house and through the window by my desk, I could look out over our herb garden to the street and see clients

Cancer is one of the most feared diseases of our time. Yet, ironically, it can also be said to be one of the simplest, but only if we fully understand the cancer basics. Cancer is not a disease of an organ,

The office assistants had left early, so when the phone rang at 5:50 pm, it was up to me to pick it up. The person on the other end of the line offered no introduction, just the blunt question, “Do

A woman came to see me concerned that she was not losing weight. She had several kilos to lose and insisted that she did not eat sugar or junk food. She explained that she had tried to lose weight for

When Denis walked into my office one winter afternoon and sat down across from me, I could hardly make out what he was saying. He sounded muffled as if he had been holding his nose. After brief introductions, all became clear.

My first career was as a geochemist in mineral and oil explorations. This necessarily involved a lot of chemistry and a lot of field work, camping in various and varied parts all over the Southern Hemisphere, with the exception of

Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean, so betwixt the pair of them, they ate the platter clean. That’s all I could remember from my childhood, but the lines crept unwanted into my brain as I sat

Margaret came into my office with a spring in her step and a parcel balanced somewhat precariously on her free hand.  This was her third consultation.  She had presented with breast cancer and a strong desire to do all she

During my two decades in general practice in Sydney, I served as head of the biochemistry and nutrition departments at the two colleges where, sequentially, I taught. As such, I had to include the role of the pancreas in my

I was sitting at my desk first thing in the morning when I heard a door slam, followed by heavy stomping along the corridor. Just then Mary-Anne burst into my office very upset. “Why are people so inconsiderate?” she asked. “The

Steve was sent to see me by his wife. This is rarely a good start as it typically means that the person themselves did not want to come. However, Steve was keen. I could see that he was overweight, and

Don’t ever ask “how long do I have?”  Never ask, for yourself or anyone else, how long you think you or they might have, after receiving a diagnosis of cancer. Amazing communications go on between head and body. Back in the

Deidre arrived at my Sydney office in a whirlwind. She was an elegant woman in her early thirties who was elegant, well dressed and confident. I quickly learned that she was also a very capable woman who ran her very

Bob had a tumour eating into his right hip that had left him totally dependent on two crutches to go even a few yards. During our first meeting, I covered the basics.  It included a test to determine Bob’s unique

A pill for an ill – it works occasionally. In Sydney, when I was in general practice, my office was situated at the top of a steep flight of stairs. One Saturday afternoon, as I waited for my next client to

Up to the very end of my time overseas, before returning to London, the internet was an unknown.  I used to spend my Saturdays in the university libraries, keeping up with relevant research.  But much of my information came by

My final schooling was in Guildford just south of London.  I subsequently did two degrees at Imperial, (with an intermediate one in New Zealand) and so I had lived for six years in South Kensington.  My family consisted of my

Looking at the list of clients for the day, I noticed Betty’s name and wondered what she would report. Betty had a range of health problems which we had been addressing, particularly with her family history of diabetes in mind.

For about six months during the first half of 1996, I alternated 2 months at a time between Sydney and London. I was finishing up with my Sydney clients and beginning to get established in London. I had no real plan

Charles and his wife visited my clinic one sunny afternoon. His wife explained that Charles was generally wonderful, however, in recent months he had become tense, irritable and moody, making him very difficult to get on with. He also complained

I had just graduated from the NSW College in Australia, after having spent 3000 hours in lectures and countless hours in clinic over the course of 3 ½ years. I was excited to be a part of one of the

I spent the first 10 years of my formal and relevant education studying chemistry and biochemistry, then went on to four more years of learning about the medical sciences, naturopathy and nutrition, and further post-graduate time exploring psychotherapy. Yet somehow,

Bob had a tumour eating into his right hip that had left him totally dependent on two crutches to go even a few yards. During our first meeting, I covered the basics.  It included a test to determine Bob’s unique

Individualize your diet for maximum health Tickets at http://bit.ly/bsioeventjun2017 One diet does not suit all.   We should not ALL be on such and such a diet, or ALL take this mineral or that vitamin. In this easy to follow talk, Dr Williams

Our next tutoring evening is Friday, March 23rd, 6.30 to 8.00 pm These evenings are open to those who have attended of any of Dr Xandria Williams' lectures, at a variety of the colleges at which  she has taught.  They are

“Free Open House evenings for patients are the first Friday of every month from 6:30 - 8:00 pm.  However it is essential that you book in by the end of the preceding Wednesday to confirm a place.” These evenings are open to people

POST GRADUATE, 'needs-based’ CANCER-CARE, course.  Currently in progress. If you are interested in the next course scheduled to begin in 2019, please contact us at:  office@xandriawilliams.co.uk http://ukhealthradio.com/blog/episode/dr-xandria-williams-training-a-new-generation-of-practitioners-in-cancer-support/ .  

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At last Friday's "Open House Evening for Patients" we announced the Retreats we plan to have at our Alpaca property. Three tranquil days on the rural edge of Dublin surrounded by alpacas and woodland walks.  Elegant accommodation; innovative, organic, raw menus