Replay Episode | Toral Shah on Cancer, Inequality and the Lifestyle Gaps in Healthcare

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TheFifty1Percent with Shreya Patel-Parekh

Shreya Patel-Parekh

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Replay Episode | Toral Shah on Cancer, Inequality and the Lifestyle Gaps in Healthcare

TheFifty1Percent with Shreya Patel-Parekh

54 minutes 12 seconds

1 week ago

Replay Episode | Toral Shah on Cancer, Inequality and the Lifestyle Gaps in Healthcare

In this deeply personal and educational episode, we’re joined by Toral Shah, a Nutritional Scientist, Integrative Oncology Practitioner, and three-time breast cancer thriver. Toral opens up about her own experience with cancer and how it shaped her mission to help others through science-backed nutrition and lifestyle changes. Her passion lies in bridging the gap between medical treatment and practical, everyday advice for preventing and managing chronic illness. We explore rising cancer rates in the UK, why prevention needs more than just healthcare, and how stress, privilege, culture, and inequality all play a role in health outcomes. Toral also shares the emotional and invisible weight of being overlooked in the system, and how she’s working to make cancer care more inclusive. This episode is full of powerful insights, relatable moments, and practical advice on building healthy habits that last.

What we cover:

(02:28): Toral Shah’s background

(08:23): Why Cancer Rates Are Rising in the UK

(13:53): The Gap Between Cancer Treatment and Lifestyle Advice

(17:23): Prevention Needs More Than Just Healthcare

(20:39): Politics, Privilege and the Price of Health

(26:17): How Luck and Connections Shaped Our Cancer Journeys

(29:22): The Invisible Weight of Internalised Patriarchy

(32:53): Breast Cancer, Chickenpox and Being Overlooked

(36:42): Cancer, Culture and the Silence That Hurts

(40:56): The Silent Slide into Poor Metabolic Health

(44:46): Chronic Stress, Loneliness and a New Way Forward