Root causes of IBS
So often, clients tell me they have approached their health care practitioners following the onset of IBS symptoms and been told there is nothing that can be done apart from symptom management. Often, they’ve been recommended the FODMAP diet and although this can be a...
Health Hive: Co-led with psychiatrist Dr Shirley Gracias
This innovative day course offers information about whole person approaches for mental wellbeing. It’s designed to inspire people with low mood and anxiety with new information and equip participants with easy to follow self-help strategies to help re-find strength...
Come along to our ‘MIND WISE’: Wellbeing session (Jan 20th Stroud) – How nutrition and hypnotherapy can help mental health
MIND WISE: Wellbeing session - How nutrition and hypnotherapy can help mental health Run by Hypnotherapist Michèle Lazarus and Nutritionist Helen Cooke Start 2019 by bolstering up mind and body in this session which includes: Exploding the myths of hypnosis How the...
Launching our first ‘More than Meds: For brighter mental health’ course on World Mental Health Day 2018
This blog covers a little more detail about what Shirley Gracias (psychiatrist) and I plan to cover during the ‘More than Meds’ course on Saturday February 9th 2019. We’re very excited about this course and understand it to be the first course in the UK offering whole...
Nourishing Minds: Nutritional approaches to mental health – Talk on September 1st.
This is a brief reminder about the talk I’m giving (free of charge) on September 1st at 14.00-15.00 at Clifton Practice Rooms - Nourishing Minds: Nutritional approaches to mental health. The talk will offer plenty of simple and affordable nutrition tips that you can...
‘Food for Thought’
I’m really excited to announce the launch of our first ‘Food for Thought’ course this September. During the course we will be looking at new, innovative ways of supporting mental health using whole person approaches – all based on the latest cutting-edge theories...
First blog: The importance of microbiome testing
I’ve been meaning to write some blog material for some time and now I have a lovely new website (thanks Nick!) I have no excuse! I’m going to start with explaining, as briefly as I can, why I am so excited about the microbiome (gut bacteria balance) testing I’m doing....
The foods we eat, how well we digest and our lifestyles have a profound effect on our health, mood and energy levels. Excitingly, science now backs this up.
I’m deeply interested in the reason why people have the symptoms they do and aim to act as your health detective – exploring any tiny clues I can find that can help us detect the possible root cause of your symptoms. We will work together to create a personalised plan of manageable diet and lifestyle changes to support optimal health and wellbeing.
I have a BSc Degree in Nutritional Medicine and practice a Functional Medicine approach –a whole-person, science-informed approach. This way of working treats each person individually, focusing on the unique factors that may be creating or exacerbating your symptoms or health condition. I have worked as a health care practitioner for over 30 years and teach nutrition to doctors and medical students.
I have seen amazing changes in the health of my clients over the 12 years I have been in practice and hope to do the same for you.