Changing your diet has the power to change your health

Eleanor Strang has made an enormous difference to my life. I had suffered for over a year from stomach and bowel trouble, seen my doctor on various occasions and visited a specialist twice, with no solutions. Her common sense approach to my troubles, analysis of the gut microflora and subsequent treatment, have literally changed my life. I am suffering no longer and can now lead a normal life – previously arranging anything in advance was impossible, as I never knew how I’d feel. Thank you Eleanor.

Having been diagnosed with Coeliac Disease in my early twenties, I continued to experience disease symptoms even after adhering to a strict gluten free diet, for over a year. Eleanor took the time to assess the symptoms of my ill-health and explore likely causes - including both dietary as well as wider lifestyle factors. Her expertise surrounding gut health gave me a much greater understanding of my condition and she offered clear nutritional advice and recommendations which allowed me to take the necessary steps to improve my health.

I can not recommend Eleanor highly enough. After suffering with low thyroid, and continually having to increase my synthetic thyroid hormone replacement medication, Eleanor identified the condition as autoimmune thyroiditis – Hashimotos. A plan was put together to manage the underlying autoimmunity and after 6 months, re-testing my thyroid antibodies, they were back down registering in the normal range, which was confirmed by my GP. My results have been remarkable.

I consulted Eleanor primarily to help with my chronic rhinitis and loss of smell and taste, which strangely developed after a cold and a period of fairly acute stress, though I’m not sure it was linked. After several trips to the GP and trying several different therapies, including acupuncture, none of which made any difference, I was referred to an ENT specialist in April 2013. The specialist thoroughly checked my nasal cavity, which resulted in no sign of anything untoward, but despite all efforts and therapies my loss of smell and taste did not improve. Eleanor then took a very comprehensive health history and analysed my diet and came up with a protocol that was anti-inflammatory and designed to ease congestion in my nose and sinuses. It did involve some specific supplements, for a short period, but it worked and within a week or two, my sense of smell started to return. It took some weeks for it to be back to normal, but I have now regained my full sense of taste and smell again which is as good as it was prior to my situation at the end of 2012.