Nutrition & dietetics
Eating well through illness
Nutrition affects recovery, energy, treatment tolerance and mood. This section covers what to eat for your condition, how to eat when treatment gets in the way, and how to keep the people around you fed too.
Build a personalised plan
Height, weight, conditions, appetite and goal → energy and protein estimates, a seven-day plan, a shopping list, and the flags worth raising with your team.
Nutrition assistant
Ask about food, symptoms, budgets and meal ideas. Works offline from this app's own guidance.
Food, fluid & weight tracker
Food diary, hydration, protein and veg counts, and a weight trend.
Nutrition during treatment
Chemotherapy, dialysis, surgery, radiotherapy, tube feeding, swallowing difficulty, appetite loss and nausea.
Nutrition for caregivers
Feeding someone safely, preventing dehydration, monitoring weight — and not forgetting yourself.
Child & family nutrition
Feeding children with chronic illness, adolescents, school meals and family meals when someone is unwell.
Nutrition by condition
Therapeutic diet plans
Evidence-based plans with sample days
Diabetic diet
Steady blood glucose across the day while protecting the heart and kidneys.
Renal diet
Control potassium, phosphate, sodium, protein and fluid according to your stage of kidney disease.
Low-sodium diet
Lower blood pressure and reduce fluid retention.
Cardiac diet
Lower cholesterol and blood pressure to protect the heart and blood vessels.
High-protein, high-energy diet
Rebuild muscle and stop weight loss during illness, treatment or recovery.
Weight management plan
Gradual, sustainable weight loss that preserves muscle.
Recipes
Prep time, cost, nutrition and who each one suits
Education library
Healthy eating basics
Before any therapeutic diet, the ordinary foundations — which most special diets are simply a variation on.
Reading food labels
Three numbers tell you almost everything: salt, sugar and saturated fat per 100 g.
Portion guidance without weighing
Your hand travels with you and scales to your body.
Meal preparation when energy is short
Cooking with fatigue, nausea or a full caring schedule needs a different strategy from a food magazine.
Eating well on a budget
Illness costs money and cuts income. These are the highest-nutrition, lowest-cost foods.
Nutrition during treatment
Treatment changes appetite, taste, digestion and immunity. Working around the specific symptom beats general advice.
Afya Companion offers education and self-help support. It does not diagnose, treat or replace care from your doctor, nurse, psychologist or dietitian. If something in your health changes, speak to your care team.