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Hi Kate, update. After weeks of trying to eat right… but also eating wrong(!!!), three weeks ago I started only eating right. No added sugar (well, one treat a week), no alcohol (again, one glass a week) and aspiring to eat only whole foods (as in feeling like shop bought houmous is a heinous treat!). Omg, the difference is unbelievable. I can taste more, no need for sauces/dressings, my blood pressure has plummeted, my eyesight is better and I just feel great. This is it now for me. I always knew how I should eat, but maybe didn’t really believe it would work. Well it is, and I’m only 3 weeks in… can’t wait to see what things are like after 3, 6, 12 months!

I’ve always thought I knew a fair bit about healthy foods, nutrients, vitamins etc, but clearly did not have a very good understanding of what worked best for me. Your comment about “not all calories being equal” really resonated with me as did the not counting calories or religiously weighing myself; I’d previously been a slave to the scales and to logging calories but not anymore!!!You’ve busted myths, allayed my fears and simplified all the “stuff” I’d previously read in diet/nutrition books. And your common-sense approach has been invaluable.Kate you are a marvel, the wealth of knowledge, experience and support you’ve imparted has given me the strength to continue with this wonderful new healthy lifestyle and for the first time in decades I feel in control of my own wellbeing.Finally no longer will I accept my health/weight issues are purely due to ageing, that is no longer a barrier for improving my health and wellbeing.

I was recommended to visit Kate by my Aunty who has suffered varies health conditions.I had been diagnosed with Salicylate Intolerance by a Consultant after 4 years of Intermittent antibiotics and steroids treatment that had been prescribed by my local GP but had not eased my symptoms of extreme breathlessness and coughing. I was receiving high doses of steroid injections in a private hospital to calm my symptoms when my Aunty told me that Kate who had helped her. I was only able to eat plain rice, peas, chicken, tuna and a few other plain food with barely any fruit of veg. I was at my wits end, very poorly, unable to sleep laying down, too breathless to walk upstairs and had lost all hope of ever feeling well or being able to eat a normal and varied diet as I previously had done for years. After a tearful Skype consultation with Kate, I was reassured that she could help. Kate prescribed several tests and I was found to have lactose intolerance, high level of unpleasant bad gut bacteria and no sufficient good bacteria to fight back with. Within a matter of months and having taken the vitamins etc that Kate had prescribed, I was finally able to introduce a tomato, oranges, broccoli, spices, herbs and all the other foods that I had not eaten for over a year. Meeting Kate literally changed my life. Despite so many visits to experts/consultants and GP’s who would in turn supply me with yet more steroids, (I put on 3 stone, which I’ve mostly now lost) Kate was the first person to actually listen to me, examine all my test results in detail, treat me accordingly and eventually get me back to my normality. Highly recommended

Hi Kate, I just wanted to tell you I have just returned from my consultant and he is thrilled with my progress. It seems slightly miraculously that my inflammation markers are back to normal, and I don’t need to go on steroids. Obviously he will keep an eye on me, but fingers crossed with what you suggested, I can stay away from these as you know how much they frighten me. I am so grateful to you for you explaining to me how RA works, and what is really behind the symptoms. It’s made so much sense to me rather than the we dont know school of thought but here’s a scary drug. You are a bit of a star and I will be recommending you to all my ill friends and family”.

Hi Kate, I hope you are well. I just wanted to thank you for your help over the past few months. Your weight loss programme is just amazing, not only really good value (!) but wow has it changed everything about me. You are very clever in the way you approach everything. Somehow you get politics into weight loss (not sure how you managed that but you did!) and really good solid scientific evidence in a really unbiased way. What astonished me is we never mentioned calories that much, and you weighed me as an after thought (sort of!) at the end of each session. I know why you were doing that now! Today I got on the scales I’ve lost 2 stone 10lbs. However there is something more profound going on, my obsession with losing weight has gone and the fact that I feel so amazing in myself was the first step. You were right. Something you did clicked with me so huge thanks for that.

Hi Kate,1 yr on I hope you’re well. I think it’s been about a year since I had a consultation with you to try and get to the bottom of my recurrent UTIs. I remember you saying that you see quite a few women with recurrent UTIs and I thought it might be helpful to let you know how I’m doing in case it helps anyone else (which I’m very passionate about!). You helped me hugely by identifying that I had a B12 deficiency, which I then had injections for, and recommending probiotics. I think that speaking to you also helped me to prioritise my wellbeing and research more specialised medical treatment. I ended up getting a referral to the Whittington LUTs Clinic, which has been truly life-changing for me. At my first appointment, the doctor at the clinic told me that my urine microscopy showed high WBCs and epithelial cells, confirming a diagnosis of chronic/embedded UTI. Obviously this was not good news, but it was a huge relief after years of being told by GPs that there’s nothing wrong. As my count wasn’t extremely high, I was given a few options – I could do nothing (and wait for a flare-up of symptoms to decide on treatment), go straight on to long term antibiotics or try Hiprex. I was concerned about the impact of long term antibiotics, so I decided to try Hiprex. It’s been nearly a year and progress has been super positive – I haven’t had a flare-up for months, I no longer have bladder awareness and I can go about my life without constantly worrying about being in pain. I’ve had regular microscopies which show that my WBCs and epithelial cell counts are decreasing too (down to zero WBCs on my most recent test!). Thank you so much for helping me to start my journey towards where I am today – I think it was incredibly important for me to set my body up to support the healing process, physically and mentally. Best wishes

I’m really grateful for the clear advice and plan of action that Kate has given me to tackle the UTIs that I recently been suffering from, and I feel that I am in very experienced and knowledgeable hands.

“After three years of skin rashes and headaches I was at my wit’s end. I was so convinced that everything I was eating was making me ill, that I was only eating about six or seven foods. After a few simple blood tests with Kate, and avoidance of two foods, I’m now completely free of symptoms, and can eat a well balanced healthy diet again.”

“Kate, I wanted to say a really big thank you to you for all of the help and guidance you have given me over the past few months, you’ve made such a difference to my health and as a result have changed my life for the better and for that I’m really grateful. Your knowledge and advice has helped to eliminate many of my numerous symptoms and although I’m still working through several bowel issues I’m finally feeling human again, now that my fatigue/thyroid issue has been sorted. I also now have much more support from my GP, compared to a few months ago when I felt he didn’t take me or my problems particularly seriously. Now things are starting to look up and I’m getting the help I need from him. I really can’t thank you enough for what you have helped me achieve over the past few months for helping me to get past the brick wall. I felt I had hit in my life and therefore making my 2013 look that bit brighter.”