Esther came with tiredness, feeling very cold, low moods and generally sluggish. She displayed symptoms of low thyroid and gluten intolerance. She has since changed her diet and enjoying feeling more energy, although she still struggles with drinking more water!
Read Esthers blog about her new found energy and motivation following giving up gluten among other foods at http://awomanconsumedbywanderlust.co.uk/2015/10/08/how-a-nutritionist-changed-my-life/
This client, a 34 year old keen runner, came to us with a condition called ‘Reactive Arthritis’. He was prescribed anti inflammatory medication and strong painkillers to reduce pain and inflammation. However, two years on, he was still struggling with walking and was unable to compete in running competitions as he had done previously.
However, three months later after making changes to his diet and eating foods which suited him he was able to come off all medications without experiencing as much pain and the inflammation reduced dramatically. He has remained off the medications for three years and in 2010 ran the London Marathon.
I went to see Caroline on Tuesday 11th March 2014 with constant stomach cramps and I would like to report that I haven’t had a stomach cramp since Thursday 13th March! Life is great. I am keeping to the diet and everything is going very well. I didn’t start properly until I got home to Sussex on 12 th March and I have been amazed how things settled down so quickly. It has been just over a week now without gluten and my stomach isues have all but cleared up, itis great!
Thank you for all your help and advice and making my life”normal” again. Keep up the good work!
I found Caroline by Google one night when I was really fed up with feeling ill. I have had problems with my skin since I was a teenager so was put on antibiotics and then the pill. I had constant viral infections and tonsillitis and in my 20’s I began having ear infections too, along with going through phases where I felt completely exhausted, light-headed and terrible bloating of the abdomen. The Doctors did blood tests but told me they couldn’t find anything wrong so I began to read up and look at food allergies. I did a dairy free and reduced wheat diet which really abated the symptoms for a while but then my skin problems and the bloating would come back and I couldn’t work out why. On top of this I had been having trouble sleeping for years and I felt really low.
At my first appointment with Caroline she confirmed that I had a Candida level of 25 and had probably had it since I was 11 when I’d had a bad case of food poisoning. I could not believe that I had seen this lady once and she had found out what was wrong with me after so many years of feeling awful with no explanation. Caroline also told me that loads of other problems I’d been experiencing that I’d thought were all independent issues were caused by the Candida. For the first time in years, not only did everything all make sense, but I had hope of treating the cause of it all and getting better. I was also shocked that despite trying to eat healthily and avoiding certain foods, I was eating things that were causing me real problems that I would never have known about. The great thing about Caroline’s service is that everything is specifically tailored to you as an individual, and Caroline is so easy to talk to and so empathetic I actually used to really look forward to my upcoming appointments. Every month I was able to eat more and more food and I felt a real sense of achievement as my Candida levels dropped.
Caroline tested me comprehensively to get an accurate picture of my body as a whole and treated me in accordance to make sure everything was in balance again, which is a truly great feeling! I am now Candida free and feeling the best I have felt in a long time and I have Caroline to thank for that.
I cannot thank you enough for how you have helped me with my eczema and in turn my alopecia. When I was first referred to you my skin was in a very bad way. As you will remember my face, arms, legs, ankles, front and back were covered in red itchy flaky skin which was disgusting. Also, my hair had bald patches of alopecia caused by stress. I can remember that within the first 4 weeks of sticking to the diet you advised me and stopping all the medication from the doctors, there was a dramatic improvement. I think the biggest shock of all was how my hair had started to come back, even though you were curing my eczema. Well, you will be happy to know that I am completely eczema free and I have a full head of hair for the first time since I was 15.
I went to Caroline at Bromsgrove Allergy Centre three years ago. As someone who had suffered with migraines and migraine type headaches for over 30 years, I was interested how Caroline could help me. After the testing, I was advised of all the foods which I was to avoid and those that I could have on a moderate basis. Over the past three years I have not had one migraine or headache, which has made a tremendous difference to my life. I could not believe that after so many years of experiencing so much discomfort from headaches that it all came down to food intolerance!
Thank you for all your advice and giving me back a life free from migraines…
I confess to the thought of writing to thank you not long after you started treating me for my longstanding serious problem of ulcerative colitis. The improvement in my general health and well being was quickly apparent under your care. But in spite of this I did not put anything in writing…My reluctance was due in part never having done anything of the sort before as mentioned, but more so to my being in some measure sceptical of continued progressive improvement, due to many disappointments over ten years of suffering. I thank you and am deeply grateful to you for your months of care and successful treatment. I start this year feeling better than I have done in years, feeling stronger, more energetic and with completely settled, comfortable bowel function.
Caroline, not sure where to begin to say thank you. You’ve done so much to help me when no one else wanted to with my IBS… Then Siena came along – after what felt like endless months of battling with my GP and Health Visitor about Siena’s constipation, which was so severe she screamed when she went to the toilet, and her severe eczema, again, I turned to you for help. I was at my whit’s end and tearing my hair out hoping somebody would listen and you did. You helped Siena’s constipation and after a long battle with milks we sorted out her eczema. We are so very grateful for your time and compassion to help us and we are so glad we sorted her body out. A lot of time and patience but it was worth it! Thank you for all your help.
Victoria W
Words cannot express how grateful we are for all of your help and advice over the last few months in relation to our health, diet and general well being.
As you know IVF did not work for us but now we have conceived naturally and are expecting a baby boy in March. We both just wanted to say thank you so much and share this wonderful news with you as miracles really do happen!
Tina D
I saw an article about Caroline’s work in a local paper and as I had a few problems with my diet I thought I would go and see her. I was suffering from various annoying and vague symptoms and was sensitive to wheat and cheese. She discovered I had a condition called Candida Albicans and treated this very efficiently. Glad to say I now feel much better and really can’t thank her enough. To anyone who is in doubt about going for some advice I’d say try it – you might have a lovely surprise.