Hair Diagnostics
Business Location
Portugal
Short Business Description
With degrees in Sport Science and Oriental medicine, I found Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis a cost-effective, non-invasive tool that not only provided a means to assess, monitor and improve metabolic health, but actionable insights into the dynamics of mind, body and spirit. I live in a Portuguese national park with my wife Heather (also an NB practitioner) and daughter, where we rebuilt two ruins, one as a holiday home for anyone on a Nutritional Balancing programme or similar.
Long Business Description
By the time I was 39 my health had collapsed. I had a history of birth trauma, poor diet, childhood antibiotic abuse and dedicated collage athletics followed by military service. My training in the Royal Marines and 5 years service as a Troop Commander, Physical Training Officer and Recruit Training Officer, left me with physical injuries to my spine, neck and head. The accumulation of all of the nutritional and physical stresses, resulted in a severe health breakdown. I began to experience extreme Vibrational Allodynia. This is hyper pain response to normal touch. Being touched felt like acid burns on my skin. Within this prison, I was unable to hold my wife and daughter for the fear of the pain I would experience and even light rain would trigger burning on my skin. I couldn’t wear anything with a collar, I couldn’t sit in a chair. I could only very carefully sit on the floor where my spine was less triggered. Any type of physical exercise was out of the question, and life was simply a state of daily survival within my own home.
I had Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS), with flu like symptoms and debilitating headaches, often lasting for seven days post coital. I had chronic constipation with severe food intolerances, insomnia, persistent mental anxiety, and worsening sensitivity to mould and yeast. I discovered I had several strains of candida too, causing a myriad of brain stress, pressure and all over body irritation. Layered on top of all of this, were the equally destructive fears of unrealised dreams and hopes that accompany all chronic health limitations.
With degrees in (both) Sport Science and Oriental medicine, I then discovered and became a practitioner in Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis. This was a complimentary marriage to my previous studies. HTMA is such cost-effective, non-invasive tool. It provides a clear means to assess, monitor and improve metabolic health, coupled with fascinating insights into the dynamics of mind, body and spirit
Healing is a jigsaw for many people. It takes time to slot those pieces together. Learning Hair Mineral Analysis laid the foundations for my eventual healing, but not without obstacles.
Like most people on a healing journey I tried a variety of dietary approaches including vegetarian and vegan. Despite my greatest hopes and unwavering dedication it seemed I was not going to solve my issues and find those missing jigsaw pieces. However, they say ‘the master has failed more times than the student has tried’ and what I learned through failure, was priceless.
Listening to client feedback is essential, and a true healing journey is a collaboration between practitioner and client. It was indeed from listening to one client with an inability to process plant fibre, that I began to study in depth the carnivore diet. It had become obvious to me that oxalates and fibre were potential weak spots in my own biochemistry. Within a year of switching away from plant food, the vibrational allodynia had decreased by 80%, and all other symptoms significantly improved. I was having daily, well-formed bowel movements, something I’ve never been able to say before for all my previous years. I found merging a carnivore diet with the supplement guidance of HTMA gave me two essential jigsaw pieces of my puzzle. My own discoveries taught me that any healing programme must provide a framework that respects and listens to the client’s own experiences. My aim in working with the Global Nutritional Healing Network is to use the HTMA and nutritional balancing science to help guide us towards finding what works for you, rather than fitting you to a certain programme. After many years of believing life was over, I’m now 50 years old with hope and an ever improving potential to live life. Above all, I can hold my wife and daughter all the time, which surely lies at the heart of living.
I live in a Portuguese national park with my wife and daughter. I’m back working on the land with our four sheep, army of chickens, turkeys and ducks, and enjoy working in the rain. To say it is beautiful will not suffice. But I’ll say it anyway, it’s beautiful. The panoramic views are extraordinary. We have rebuilt two ruins here and both are homes designed for living, one is a homestay for anyone on a Nutritional Balancing programme or similar. So please do come and share in our paradise, we’d be happy to tell you more of our story.
Business Website Address
Business Phone Number
+351 926 799337
Business Address
Casa Anotino Jose Felipe,
Pardieiros, Coimbra, Portugal
3305-038