This blog post was written by Hammersmith Health Books founder, Georgina Bentliff.
In honour of this day that internationally celebrates women’s achievements, we would like to make a special mention of these brilliant authors. All write, based on great expertise in their chosen field, to improve the health of others and are dedicated to achieving a healthier future for women and for all.
Dr Sarah Myhill, MB BS
Dr Myhill qualified in medicine (with Honours) from Middlesex Hospital Medical School in 1981 and has since focused tirelessly on identifying and treating the underlying causes of health problems, especially diseases of civilisation’ with which we are beset in the west. She has worked in the NHS and independent practice and for 17 years was the Honorary Secretary of the British Society for Ecological Medicine, which focuses on the causes of disease and treating through diet, supplements and avoiding toxic stress. She has recently deregistered from the UK’s General Medical Council and is not registered as a Naturopathic Physician with the Association of Naturopathic Practitioners. She has particular expertise in treating CFS/ME. Visit her website at www.drmyhill.co.uk
Beverley Jarvis
Beverley has been teaching and writing about cooking since she qualified as a home economist and cookery teacher in the late 1960s. Her guiding principles have developed through many years of working as a home economist, including a stint as head of home economics for the Nestle company, and through writing about food and teaching cookery. She has presented a series on microwave cookery for the BBC and appeared on Food and Drink plus morning TV shows. She has previously published 23 cookbooks under the name Beverley Piper, starting out with Microwave Cooking for Health, published by Penguin.
Dr Shireen Kassam, MB BS, FRCPath, PhD, DipIBLM
Dr Kassam is a Consultant Haematologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College Hospital, London, with a specialist interest in the treatment of patients with lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system). She is also passionate about promoting plant-based nutrition for the prevention and reversal of chronic diseases and for maintaining optimal health after treatment for cancer. In 2018 she founded Plant-Based Health Professionals UK, a community interest company whose mission is to provide evidence-based education and advocacy on plant-based nutrition. In 2019 she became certified as a Lifestyle Medicine Physician by the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine.
Dr Zahra Kassam MB BS, FRCPC, MSc, DipABLM
Dr Kassam is a Radiation Oncologist at the Stronach Regional Cancer Centre in Ontario, Canada and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto. Her areas of clinical practice are gastrointestinal and breast cancers and she has published peer-reviewed papers on these malignancies as well as in education and mentorship. She is a certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician with the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine and has completed the eCornell certification in plant-based nutrition and the Plant-Based Nutrition course at the University of Winchester. In 2019 she co-founded Plant-Based Canada, a not-for-profit organisation with the goal of education the public and health professionals on the evidence-based benefits of plant-based whole food nutrition for individual and planetary health.
Carolyn Garritt, MSc
Carolyn Garritt is a cancer rehabilitation personal trainer and Exercise Lead for the West London Maggie’s Cancer Support Centre. She has been working in this relatively new field for more than eight years and is a qualified personal trainer and instructor in running, boxing, sports conditioning, chair-based exercise and Nordic walking. She has trained hundreds of people recovering from or living with cancer. She also has personal experience of cancer – she helped both her parents become more active after their cancer diagnoses and in 2020, while she was writing this book, was diagnosed with breast cancer herself. Visit her website here.
Dr Heather Herington, BsC (Biol), NMD, DHANP
Dr Heather Herington is board certified in Classical Homeopathy and trained as a primary care physician. She has specialised in women’s health and mental health (including PTS) for over thirty years. She is passionate about encouraging people to realise the extraordinary potential everyone has to heal naturally with the right knowledge and motivation. Her two-pronged approach focuses on restoring biochemical balance with diet, lifestyle measures, homeopathy and botanicals and enabling survivors to tell and/or reshape their story. Visit her website here.
Lydia Rolley
Lydia Rolley is a recently retired NHS Occupational Therapist and Family Therapist/Systemic Psychotherapist, with more than 15 years of experience in fatigue management. Her latest release is a practical, attractively illustrated guide to managing chronic fatigue in order to enable recovery at a pace that works for the individual. Each chapter includes a range of tips from which to choose plus food for thought, pause and mind, body and soul. Essential text is highlighted so that the severely fatigued can focus purely on that in the early stages of recovery.
