Case Studies

 Edna
Midwife, aged 56
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Reasons for consultation:
Hay fever, allergies, lack of energy, chronic constipation and thin splitting nails.

Problems revealed during the consultation:
Fatigue in the afternoons and evenings
Indigestion and belching after meals.
Flatulence.
Binge eating of sweet foods
Feeling faint if meals are delayed.
Forgetfulness and absent mindedness.
Panic attacks and anxiety.
Feeling short tempered and irritable.
Craving for sweet foods and alcohol.
Occasional low back pain on waking.
Water retention (oedema).
Feeling stressed in her job.

Past and present diet:
Her past diet was mainly lean meat, fish and other animal products. She preferred fried or baked dishes. Dairy products, especially cheese and yoghurt, also formed a major part of her diet. She had eaten lots of chocolate and other sweet foods since childhood, and lots of canned fruit but hardly any fresh fruit or vegetables. All foods were well salted during cooking and more salt was added at the table. Her consumption of well-sugared coffee was high. She drank alcohol daily, but in modest quantities. She hated water.
Her diet had improved slightly in the last year. She had cut her consumption of cheese and canned fruit and now used artificial sweeteners instead of sugar in her coffee.

Interpretation and conclusions from first consultation:
Edna showed signs of low gastric secretion and digestive enzyme deficiency, consistent with her age and her poor diet over many years. Her diet was clearly suppressive and deficient in important minerals and vitamins, including anti-oxidants, which had had the overall effect of compromising many of the bodies systems and overall cell function. This partly explained her symptoms of flatulence, belching, indigestion, constipation, allergies and thin splitting nails. Food allergies and hay fever are aggravated by over-consumption of dairy products and by poorly digested proteins.
Many of the symptoms she had point to an underlying problem of fluctuating blood sugar levels (hypoglycaemia).

Caution! Please note that hypoglycaemia, if not treated, can progress into type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Progress:
During the follow-up consultation four weeks later, Edna reported very good progress. Most of her symptoms had improved and others had disappeared completely:
She had not craved for alcohol or coffee and had started drinking chlorine free water.
She also had more energy and feels less anxious.
She did not binge on sweet things anymore because the programme encourages her to eat every four hours, so she never became hungry.

Comment:
Edna was happy to continue through all the advancing stages of treatment. She needed to continue the treatment longer to fully heal the organs and systems and to reverse some of the cellular damage already done. She reported further improvement at her second follow-up consultation after eight weeks.

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 Phil
Engineer, aged 49
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Reasons for Consultation:
He needed treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). After extensive gastro-enterological examinations by specialists neither his GP nor the specialists offered him any treatment because they could not find a diagnosis for his problem – severe diarrhoea for about 6 months. He had initially been given Imodium to stop the diarrhoea but this had not been effective.


Rob
Electrician, aged 29
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Reasons for Consultation:
Unexplained weight gain (obesity).
Chronic fatigue.
Severe eczema for many years.
Constipation.

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