Nutritionist success stories

Candida & Fatigue

Gina came to me suffering badly with candida overgrowth, terrible bloating, flatulence, headaches, sore joints in fingers. She was experiencing above normal fatigue, was constipated and sleeping badly.

As I am a homeopath and hypnotherapist as well as a nutritionist I tend to use all these approaches when appropriate. Gina is aged 44 and a particularly aware and sensible client. I think she realised where her problems lay and only needed somebody else to confirm her thinking. For the immediate future I advised her to cut out any regular junk sugar products, yeast based foods, dairy products especially cheese and the two glasses of wine that she was partial to on returning from work. I recommended her to have at least 6 glasses of water between meals each day and prescribed homeopathic Lycopodium. I also suggested supplements of Lamberts Acidophilus Plus, Nutrigold Supermag Plus (magnesium plus, B complex and appropriate trace minerals) and CO-TON colon cleanser herbs. On the hypnotic front I introduced her to some relaxation procedures and confidence boosting.

Three weeks later, at Gina's second visit the improvement was dramatic. She had followed my suggestions quite seriously - at first her headaches worsened and she felt extreme fatigue, but after a few days she felt dramatically better. Her bloating and flatulence disappeared and she was far more energetic. By the time she came to see me her constipation had eased and candida overgrowth was not obvious. She is still under treatment, but the dietary changes obviously had a significant effect and on this occasion I believe the homeopathic remedy was exactly what was needed. With a multi-therapeutic approach it is always hard to know exactly what is responsible for a particular result, but in this instance she has clearly benefited from a holistic approach.

Barrie Anson Nutritional therapist - Client Gina.

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Lethargy and Tiredness - Candida & Fatigue
Lethargy and Tiredness After a few years of feeling lethargic, and frequent bad headaches, I decided to take some action. A trip to my Doctor left me feeling as if I had wasted his time and my problems were just down to life. He suggested a couple of options, one a trip to the dietician, who didn't really ask any questions but despatched me off with a diet called The Weetabix Diet, the other suggestion was tablets. I was never offered simple nutritional advice, only that it was down to stress and my lifestyle. I read an article in a women's magazine which suggested a website called BANT where I found a local nutritionist, Pat Reeves. After my first visit to Pat, the information Pat had to offer was almost too much to take in, mainly because I believed I lead a relatively healthy diet, only to realise I didn't. Also Pat made feel like she had seen it all before. Pat had seen it all before, I learnt that quite quickly. As I went through my problems she was able to give me a number of explanations about why I was feeling the way I was. Pat made me feel relaxed, happy to help and I certainly didn't feel like I was wasting her time. From the start I found listening to Pat a extremely interesting experience. I was given an eating plan that in the beginning seemed quiet limiting, but, sticking to the plan and giving up some of my usual daily foods, after a week didn't really seem so bad, especially as after a couple of days I started to see the results. We live in a world were we believe from Doctors, Dieticians and Food Marketing that certain basic foods everybody eats on an everyday basis are good for us. These are included in our daily diet, when really these foodstuffs such as bread, vegetables and meat, don't seem to have the same nutritional value they perhaps had 20 years ago. These days huge amounts of additives are added to these products so as to make them look more appealing and sell them more cheaply. 'E' numbers, Additives and Mould Modifiers are being introduced at a rate seemingly without any regulation governing the effects of these chemicals on human beings. The Food Industry assures the public that these additive laden foods are not harmful, without what seems like any real testing. When extensive test results come out, years after the public have consumed vast amounts of these foods, still nobody wants to explain what nutritional steps we are to take to rectify the damage caused by these foods. I only needed a few appointments with Pat, but, her wealth of knowledge in this area, has made me realise what the effects of proper nutritional advice has had not only on me, but, can have on everybody. I truly feel that this kind of help should be widely available to everyone through the NHS, after which I am sure you would see a big reduction of patients in Doctors' waiting rooms. Making some simple changes to people's everyday diet and substituting chemical laden, processed foods for organic and freshly grown products really doesn't add much to the weekly budget. Unfortunately the general public's perception of this is going to take a lot of convincing and the Supermarkets/Politicians don't seem to want the help. Pat Reeves Nutritionist - Client Susan Botfield, Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. Back to Top
Candida & Fatigue Gina came to me suffering badly with candida overgrowth, terrible bloating, flatulence, headaches, sore joints in fingers. She was experiencing above normal fatigue, was constipated and sleeping badly. As I am a homeopath and hypnotherapist as well as a nutritionist I tend to use all these approaches when appropriate. Gina is aged 44 and a particularly aware and sensible client. I think she realised where her problems lay and only needed somebody else to confirm her thinking. For the immediate future I advised her to cut out any regular junk sugar products, yeast based foods, dairy products especially cheese and the two glasses of wine that she was partial to on returning from work. I recommended her to have at least 6 glasses of water between meals each day and prescribed homeopathic Lycopodium. I also suggested supplements of Lamberts Acidophilus Plus, Nutrigold Supermag Plus (magnesium plus, B complex and appropriate trace minerals) and CO-TON colon cleanser herbs. On the hypnotic front I introduced her to some relaxation procedures and confidence boosting. Three weeks later, at Gina's second visit the improvement was dramatic. She had followed my suggestions quite seriously - at first her headaches worsened and she felt extreme fatigue, but after a few days she felt dramatically better. Her bloating and flatulence disappeared and she was far more energetic. By the time she came to see me her constipation had eased and candida overgrowth was not obvious. She is still under treatment, but the dietary changes obviously had a significant effect and on this occasion I believe the homeopathic remedy was exactly what was needed. With a multi-therapeutic approach it is always hard to know exactly what is responsible for a particular result, but in this instance she has clearly benefited from a holistic approach. Barrie Anson Nutritional therapist - Client Gina. Back to Top