I suddenly developed pins and needles to my arms, followed by bloating, gas, diarrhoea and constipation. I tried the obvious things myself before seeing my GP. After many failed attempts to resolve the problem, he referred me to see a gastroenterologist.

Numerous blood tests were requested, followed by a front and back end camera test (endoscopy and sigmoidoscopy.) Nothing was found!

Time passed by and somehow, I learned to live with my symptoms. It wasn’t easy, especially when I started getting seemingly unrelated symptoms like aches and pains, weight gain, brain fog, irritability and low mood.

Frustratingly I never knew when these additional symptoms would strike, and as a result I gradually became antisocial.

Many years later, when starting GP training, I quickly observed a cohort of patients with similar gut issues to mine. A proportion of these patients would later develop many chronic conditions that I struggled to completely make sense of.

The tools I had at my disposal weren’t sufficient. I’d tried them myself, and the frustration of not making my patients better grew.

I embarked on a relentless pursuit of optimal health and researched everything I could find, including attending every health-related conference with world-renowned experts.

My knowledge flourished but some of the information seemed contradictory, and I found myself cutting out more and more foods from my diet than I would have liked - deep down I knew it wasn’t the answer.

Diets? I tried every one of them: The low-fat diet, high-fat diet, high protein diet, keto diet, detox diet, shakes, smoothies, juicing, and even the cabbage soup diet! Needless to say none of them worked in the long term.

After trying countless supplements, I quickly realised not all supplements are created equal. Some worked, and some simply didn’t do the job apart from emptying my bank account.

This led me to start calling numerous companies, asking questions like the origin of the raw materials used, manufacturing techniques, as well as certificates of analysis for each supplement.

I was almost there, but there was a piece of the puzzle missing.

I came across functional medicine - a refreshing science-based method of finding the root cause of disease, not just treating symptoms.

This was perfect timing as I had started becoming increasingly disillusioned and frustrated with the NHS conveyor-belt style of medicine - something I still wrestle with to this day.

I undertook further training with the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM) and assimilated its principles with ease, given the amount of knowledge I had acquired from years of self-learning.

A combination of this knowledge and experience together with my formal medical training led me to finally heal my gut.

I have since applied the same science-based principles drawn from both worlds to help hundreds of patients over many years.

It would be my pleasure to help you heal your gut too so that you can reclaim your peace of mind, time, energy, freedom & drive.