Vivian Klaver

As the Clinical Nutritionist at MIOG, Vivian specialises in creating Nutritional support plans for patients with cancer. Whether recently diagnosed, during treatment, or into survivorship, dietary and lifestyle modifications can make a significant impact to your health and wellbeing, quality of life, treatment outcomes and reduction of risk of recurrence. She also uses key evidence-based nutritional medicines that have been carefully researched to support the management of cancer and cancer treatment. She has a particular interest in supporting paediatric patients (childhood cancers), as well as adults with glioblastoma multiforme, pancreatic cancer, renal cancer, gynaecological cancers, and rare cancers.

When it comes to anti-cancer diets, Viv is highly knowledgeable about common popular dietary approaches as well as general dietary habits, food as medicine, and evidence-based functional foods. She assesses and modifies approaches to ensure they are beneficial for the individual, to ensure suitability, tolerability and sustainability. Questions often arise around ketogenic diets, intermittent fasting, veganism, fasting protocols and more, and Viv will be able to help you navigate the conflicting information and create a plan that will best suit your situation and your lifestyle.

Viv is also one of our lead researchers at MIOG and is heavily involved in continuously reading and maintaining our extensive database of clinical studies. She is dedicated to the comprehensive analysis of supportive interactions of Nutritional Medicines for patients with cancer.

She is a mum of two primary school aged kids who keep her active, and she loves teaching them all about wholefoods and cooking.

Vivian Klaver regularly speaks on podcasts, webinars and at conferences to educate the wider community of patients with cancer, their carers and also practitioners. Below are links to some of those speaking engagements, recorded for you to view on demand.

• Intermittent Fasting - with Nutritionist Viv Klaver, 05 May 2020

For Practitioners

• Supporting Cancer Survivors, Reducing the Risk of Recurrence (Part 1) - BioMedica's complimentary two part Lunch and Learn Series with Vivian Klaver, 8th July 2021
• Biomedica Symposium March 2021: Diet and Cancer: Best Practice Clinical Recommendations
• Coming up - Integria Symposium August 2023: Oncology: Supportive Integrative Therapies: Nutritional Support for Adult and Paediatric Patients with Cancer

Nothing but positive things to say about Tanya and Viv. I am a Breast Cancer and Leukemia survivor who has recently undergone a bone marrow transplant. I have been under the care of MIOG since my Leukaemia diagnosis last year. I strongly feel their support and personalised health plans have contributed greatly to my continued recovery. I only wish I found out about the clinic sooner.

Vanessa

My precious husband was diagnosed with stage 4 Renal Clear Cell Cancer 6 months ago. He wasn’t comfortable doing anything outside the conventional paradigm because rightly so he was concerned that supplements/ herbs , etc could interfere with his cancer treatment. We live in America and I searched high and low for someone here who does Integrated EVIDENCE BASED Oncology sessions and couldn’t find anyone . I literally had to search on the other side of the world to find MIOG!!!!

The office staff is great (I communicate with them via email) and we work virtually with Vivian who is WONDERFUL!!!! She is extremely knowledgeable, kind, patient, & very careful to only suggest supportive options that won’t interfere with my husband’s treatment.

We are beyond Grateful to have MIOG on our team! MIOG is a Treasure.

Barbara

I have engaged the services of Vivian Klaver for my son, she is incredibly knowledgeable and thorough. Vivian is so supportive and has helped me so much with creating a nutrition plan as well as working alongside his medical team, providing an integrative approach. Her involvement has been an integral part in helping my son get to where he is today. So thankful I found MIOG.

Marie