Helen Perks BSc.

01/10/2025

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Begins Today!

Today marks the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time that’s emotional, important, and personal for so many.

I’ve just completed one of the most comprehensive oncology training courses available globally, mentored by one of the world’s leading integrative oncologists.

In the last 2 weeks I’ve taken calls from incredible women, who are navigating a breast cancer diagnosis. And I’ve seen, just how much support is missing outside of treatment.

If you’ve been told by your oncologist that diet and lifestyle “don’t matter” during cancer, I’m going to say it clearly: you need a new oncologist. Because they’re not giving you the full picture.

There is robust human evidence that nutrition, addressing the tumour microenvironment, and targeted supplementation can improve treatment outcomes, reduce side effects, support recovery, and help protect long-term health.

I’m here for that. I’m here for you!

Whether you’re navigating chemo, radiotherapy, surgery, immunotherapy, or just trying to make sense of what’s next… I want to support you.

📌 I offer 3 and 6 month functional oncology support packages

📌 All include GP/oncologist letters, testing, and your personal RESPECT® Prescription

📌 Fully evidence-based. Trauma-informed. You-centred.

📌 I support both women and men with cancer, because yes, men get breast cancer too.

In the last 2 weeks I’ve received calls from people with:

Breast cancer
A**l cancer
Lung cancer
Cervical cancer

October is the month I stop being quiet about this.

I believe cancer support should go beyond the hospital doors.

📩 DM me or visit helenperks.com if you’d like to chat. No pressure, just information when you’re ready.

RESPECT® Your Future by Nourishing Today.

31/08/2025

And so the batch cooking begins!

We’re heading up to Scotland to visit our first grandchild, beautiful Penelope, and I’m cooking for 6 adults, 5 meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner included!

Here are some of the fresh ingredients I’m starting with… but one is missing. 👀

What do you think I’m cooking?

Can you guess the missing ingredient?

P.S. I’ll also be making a big batch of my homemade muesli, so keep your eyes peeled for that recipe coming soon!

18/08/2025

Health blooms when you create the right conditionsThese white Calla (trumpet) lilies in my garden symbolise purity, resilience, and new beginnings.In many ways, they mirror what health and wellbeing are all about. Just like these flowers thrive when given the right soil, light, and care, our bodies flourish when we give them the right nutrition, rest, movement, and environment.Your health isn’t about perfection, it’s about creating the right conditions for your body to bloom.That’s why I created my RESPECT® model, to help people rebuild their health from the roots up, with personalised nutrition and lifestyle medicine.If you’re ready to restore your energy, balance your hormones, or simply feel more like you again, feel free to send me a message. RESPECT® Your Future by Nourishing Today. 💚

17/08/2025

How running a business has changed me personallyWhen I first started out, I thought running a business was purely about growth, numbers, and creating impact for others. What I didn’t realise is just how much it would change me.It’s pushed me outside of my comfort zone again and again, and each time, I’ve grown stronger.It’s taught me resilience: setbacks no longer feel like failures, they feel like lessons.It’s deepened my empathy, because every client I work with reminds me that behind the symptoms is a whole story, often years of being dismissed or let down by the system.It’s given me clarity about my own health and boundaries. If I don’t take care of myself, I can’t take care of others.And most importantly, it’s reconnected me with my purpose.I help people take back control of their health, often after the NHS has left them without answers. I’ve written GP and consultant letters with a 100% success rate for over 12 years, ensuring my clients get the tests and referrals they deserve. That work began because of my dad, his misdiagnoses and missed tests shaped my drive to make sure no one else is left in that position. His legacy is now part of everything I do.Looking ahead, I’m excited to expand into oncology support (pending the results of my final assignment in September). This will enable me to help people lower their risk of developing cancer, supporting them through chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy, and crucially, walking alongside them after treatment ends when NHS support is no longer there.For me, running a business has been one of the greatest personal development journeys I could ever have taken. It’s shaped me just as much as I’ve shaped it.I’m curious, for those of you who run a business, what has been the biggest personal change for you?

16/08/2025

Expectation vs Reality 🛏️🐾

You know that feeling when you’ve just changed your bedding, walked upstairs ready to sink into fresh linen, and…

👀 This is what you find.
Keffy, sprawled out, owning the place!

My mindset: “I can’t wait to enjoy my fresh sheets.”

The reality: “Your fresh sheets? Nope, they’re mine now.”

Sometimes life (and business) is exactly like this, we set our expectations, but reality has other plans. The trick is in how we respond: laugh, adapt, and carry on.

Question for you: what’s your “fresh bedding” moment this week, where reality didn’t quite match expectation?

16/08/2025

Weight-loss drugs and diet apps: £383 million of NHS funding, but what about prevention?

Once again, money pours into drugs and tech solutions. This time it’s weight-loss meds paired with diet apps. But the bigger question is: why are we not addressing the root cause? The elephant in the room. The food industry!

We already know the truth:

❗️The UK has the highest rates of childhood obesity in Europe.

❗️Ultra-processed foods dominate our diets, cheap, addictive, nutrient-poor.

❗️The pharmaceutical and food industries profit while the NHS crumbles under the pressure.

❗️And here’s the shocking reality that rarely makes headlines: up to 50% of cancers are preventable through diet and lifestyle.

The evidence is clear:

👉 Alcohol significantly raises the risk of breast cancer.

👉 Ultra-processed foods drive inflammation, obesity, and metabolic dysfunction.

👉 Diet and lifestyle medicine can dramatically reduce disease risk.

So why aren’t we:

✅ Educating people daily about these risks?

✅ Running TV campaigns showing the connection between lifestyle and cancer, as we do for smoking?

✅ Empowering people to make informed choices instead of leaving them to apps, injections, and prescriptions?

Imagine the impact if we shifted focus:

✅ Less obesity.

✅ Lower cancer rates.

✅ Fewer GP visits and hospitalisations.

✅ More children thriving in classrooms.

✅ Adults with more energy and vitality.

This isn’t fearmongering, it’s empowerment. It’s giving people back control over their health instead of outsourcing it to systems that put profit before people.

Because if we don’t change, generations to come will suffer even more than they already are.

It’s time to take responsibility. It’s time to take back control!

RESPECT® Your Future by Nourishing Today.



NHS will pay diet apps who help to slim patients with weight-loss drugs

Tech companies will be paid according to how many patients stick with their regime and whether they lose enough weight after a year

15/08/2025

If I could go back in time…

I’d tell my younger self:

Stop over-analysing what you say.

Not everyone will like you, and that’s fine.

You’re not here to fit in, you’re here to stand out!

Look after your body now, as it’s the only place you’ll live for the rest of your life.

Confidence grows when you stop twisting yourself into shapes for other people and start investing in your own health, happiness, and purpose.

Because the earlier you take care of your mind and body, the longer they’ll take care of you!

What would you tell your younger self?

RESPECT® Your Future by Nourishing Today