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Dr Rupy Aujla
Appears in
By Catherine Farinha and Chandos Elletson
Published 2024
MBBS, BSc, MRCGP Founder ’The Doctor’s Kitchen’ app and recipe book
As a GP in the NHS, I have always been naturally focused on the importance of a balanced diet and the fact that “food is medicine”. When I was asked to be part of the Hospital Food Review, I was keen to share the view from the practitioner, to ensure that food and ward services were behaving collaboratively, maximising the potential of good food aiding recovery.
By improving people’s diets we can drastically reduce the likelihood of common debilitating conditions to a far greater degree than any number of pills or surgical inventions. Good nutrition, along with other lifestyle factors, is where we need to concentrate our efforts and resources