Everyday nutritional therapy.

The idea behind the Solace smoothie blend stems from a shared vision between two sisters (and health professionals) and the connection they individually made between the impactful role of nutrition in assisting disease prevention and healing.

Dr Despina Handolias (medical oncologist) noticed that during her 20 + years treating cancer patients that one the commonest questions asked by patients and their loved ones was about diet, making it apparent that an important way to empower patients was with their food choices. Most patients understood that good nutritional choices could positively influence their outcome, equip their body’s defense mechanisms and improve overall health and healing, but many found it difficult to implement due to lack of resources, know how or convenient solutions. As an understanding of the strength of the scientific evidence based research behind plant based nutrition, physical activity and lifestyle medicine grew so did the need to promote and advocate for the integration of these factors in the medical care of cancer patients and equally important need to disseminate reliable information to the general community about healthier lifestyle and dietary choices for chronic disease and cancer risk reduction.

Vicky Gomez (dietitian and nutritionist) spent much of her career providing nutritional solutions for the growing number of individuals with diabetes and obesity, helping many achieve better outcomes through the impact of healthier diets and other lifestyle choices. Understanding that many people found it difficult to adjust to healthier eating patterns, she aimed to provide an everyday lifestyle solution to individuals to encourage nutritionally dense food choices. Vicky decided to create her own brand of plant-based smoothie blends designed to empower individuals to create their own healthy empire through their everyday food choices. Healthy Empire now helps individuals seeking an easy solution to obtaining a key nutritional advantage for physical and mental performance and personal health empowerment.

As the two sisters attended nutrition and health conferences together, enjoyed preparing and sharing plant-based family meals, developed a passion for long distance running and other challenging physical pursuits it was destined that their professional careers would also converge. It became obvious through their shared passion and belief in nutrition and lifestyle medicine that there was a need to combine and strengthen their knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm to guide and support patients and individuals through their illness and toward a more sustainable health future. We believe that nutrition and lifestyle choices which boost immunity and reduce inflammation are foundational to promoting health and healing during health challenges and as an everyday strategy for disease prevention. Solace nutritional aid represents one of the ways in which we hope to do exactly this—by providing a reliable, versatile and tasty nutritional boost to aid in health and healing.

Solace is a story of two sisters whose professional paths converged...promoting wellness through empowering nutrition and lifestyle education. With the professional knowledge and understanding of the unique problems faced by (cancer) patients Solace is a product designed to provide comfort for those seeking everyday nutritional solutions during times of increased bodily stress.