Over the next few weeks i will be using a case study which i hope you will find interesting .

Age 27

Female.
Presenting problems.
Overweight, pmt, poor skin, ibs, nausea after eating, binge eating, very depressed.

The family of this girl play a very big part in her life, almost to the point of being controlling and overbaring. they decided to bring their daughter to london to make her loose weight and become the daughter they want.

Consequently over a period of several months this poor girl was taken to many different therapists and doctors. she underwent numerous tests, had colonic irrigation was put on every type of regime you can think of. the only time she lost weight was by taking diet pills, but the side effects of these both physicaly and mentaly were disasterous.

I was not on their list, but as a last resort they brought her to me. as you can imagine our girl was not in the frame of mind to cooperate with me or anyone for that matter.

This was going to be an uphill struggle, i knew i could turn her around but first she had to give me her trust and at least be prepared to meet me half way.

she is a very pretty girl who has battled with her weight all her life.

When i saw her she was very constipated and totally obsessde by calories so i had to try to make her understand how her blood sugar levels were involved in her lows and binge eating. i wanted her to forget about calories etc and concentrate on getting her sugar levels steady so that she would not keep going through the panic attacks and binge eating. the fact was that her body was totall exhausted and her digestion was behaving as if it was in a state of war and just trying to survive.

She agreed to give me a chance and said that she would do exactly as i asked but only for a month. the start.

We needed tools to heal the lining of the gut and i used a wonderful product called intestinew which she took with aa little argan oil and a capsule of green energy(algae, spirulina, alfalfa) . the green energy has the advantage of not triggering the adrenaline which would have made her too speedy.

We used a homeopathic anti candida supository at night. she took a homeopathic drop called cocculus to calm her and take away the fear and panic.

From one point of view this girl was fortunate that she had her own cook and i was able to work with her and explain how to prepare the simple diet and how to make it more interesting. ther is no way of pretending that this was an exciting way to eat but we had a pact and i knew she would keep it.

Lots of fish and chicken cooked simply with dill and other herbs with a little olive oil, fresh chicken soup, courgettes, mange tout , asparagus. stewed apples, pears and bilberries. at each meal she had a little papaya which makes her food more digestable and last but not least she likes it !

I explained that we were giving her stomache a weel earned rest. every three days i gave her reflexology as ou r time was limited and i find refleology a great helper in these cases. i felt we were on the right path, i really hoped so as inspite of being a very spoilt girl underneath there was a girl trying desperately to take charge of her life and if i could help her then my job would be done.

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Acne From Hell 2	Acne From Hell 1
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Irritated Bowel Syndrome	Diarrhoea
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