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Gossip edition 210

Friday 25th January 2008-04-07

 

Sensitivity Testing In Yarm
"John Neal from Eye On Health's reputation is such that clients come from as far as Leeds for his sensitivity testing. He prides himself on wanting his clients to obtain better, health more than they do themselves.

Now in his eleventh year many continue to recommend his services, he is now practising above Clifford T. Rees optometrists in Yarm. After seeing thousands of customers in his time, he is familiar with the vast amount of everyday difficulties people face. Clients leave with written information in the hope of overcoming their various ailments.

 

Life is a constant battle against increasing age, stress, and the outside elements. Our only defence is the food we eat. If we are eating foods, we are sensitive to, this adds to the burden,

He believes many answers are found in nature itself. Our health is in rapid decline due to our dependence on commercialism, instead of natural products.

Among his success stories is a customer with skin problems of 20 years within a week his skin cured. Irritating cough for over 10 years, customer delighted cough has gone.

Some 7 years ago a client came with a number of problems, her hair improved, lost weight, digestion working fine, claims to have sent over thirty customers to John since. Word of mouth remains the best meaning of finding clients,

John has treated a variety of clients from as young as 4 months old to 84 years of age. He tests your reaction to 116 foods, in addition to 14 vitamins and 23 minerals. Advice is given on what supplements if any should be taken.

Probe is held in one hand, and a pressure point is used in the other to test immune response to the foods, or shortage of vitamins and minerals. It is a none invasive test using a VEGA machine. The test does not take blood, scratch the skin surface or inject anything into the system."

 

 

Good Health by Karen Carr

Metro Centre Magazine Winter 2006

 

"As Marketing Manager at Metro Centre life is never dull. At one of out regular meetings with retailers we were discussing the content of our forthcoming Christmas magazine and asking retailers if they had any unique services.

Ron Scott who owns two shops in the Centre mentioned that his shops provide an allergy testing service. Both Isis Aromatherapy & Isis Mind Body & Spirit can be found in The Village where they offer a variety of unique products.

I was intrigued, so one quite cold and wet Tuesday in August I decided to be a guinea pig. As I am maturing I have taken a lot more interest in my health and particularly in what I eat. I have put myself thorough the Carol Voderman detox programme which eventually did make me feel that I was functioning much better and it is all down to the fuel that I was effectively giving my body.

(Although those that did have to suffer my initial introduction to no alcohol, bread, meat or dairy products would, I am sure, tell a different tale). I didn’t look any better but I felt cleansed. I obviously do not follow this detox programme all the time as I would have no friends or partner, only now and again do I stick to it for 4 or 5 days if I know I have over indulged.

What I did learn from the detox is how to become a much healthier eater and I am much more conscious about the effects of a good diet. But as they say ‘everything in moderation’ which is what I try and stick to. Although it doesn’t always happen.

Anyway back to my Allergy Testing – I am sitting in my office with John Neal who has been offering this service for 9 years and keeps up to date by keeping in regular contact with the Health and Science Institute at Harvard University in America. They give information relating to research projects throughout the world.

I am, as you can imagine getting very strange looks from the management team with a probe in one hand while john is putting various test tubes full of liquids in what looks like a centrifuge (without the spinning action) then he tests my reaction by putting a sensor on my finger. It is a non-invasive testing and the machine they use is called a VEGA machine.

John is a very good talker and overwhelmed me by his wealth of knowledge on health and food and he made a lot of sense. It is very true that we are what we eat – putting cheap petrol in a tank is not going to make your car sound like a well oiled Rolls Royce engine.

Knowledge is power to make the right decisions in everything we do in life especially how we look after our bodies and John gives so much good advice it was very difficult to absorb it all at once.

John said that taste is a huge barrier against progress in eating well. Which I must admit I do agree we have to educate our taste buds and steer them towards changes in our diet.

John has tested a variety of clients from as young as 8 months to 84 years of age at Isis on a Saturday. If you want to make an appointment with John he is very busy so you will need to pre book, alternative dates can be made depending on availability.

 

Well how did I do?

I was tested for my reactions to 116 foods, 14 vitamins and 23 minerals the good news is that I don’t really have many allergies and he agreed that I did have a healthy diet, although we didn’t really talk about alcohol consumption.

However I am sensitive to egg white and veal which is not really a problem but also chocolate and cocoa! Of all the things i'm sensitive too does it really have to include chocolate!!! It is not that I can’t eat it, its just best if I eat less of it.

The tests also picked up that due to my lack of tonsils, removed when I was eight that I need to eat more foods to help the spleen because the lymphatic system does not work as efficiently therefore the spleen needs to work harder.

I should avoid too many carbohydrates and eat celery, apples, watercress, parsley and ¼ teaspoon of cayenne pepper every day. But less chocolate.

The tests also showed that I had slight deficiencies in Iron and vitamin A & E. To counteract that I should take more seafood, liver, red meat and blackberries for Iron and Vitamins A fresh fish oils, liver, kidneys and dairy products and for E avocadoes, seed oils, sunflower seeds, spinach, cod liver oil etc. But less chocolate.

John gave some excellent tips which we should all try and incorporate:-

• Learn through the generations
• Eat things in season where possible, nature provides these foods for us. Foods to eat November/December to help us though those dark days of winter include: cabbage, pumpkin, swede, cauliflower, potatoes, leeks, chestnuts, cranberries, turnips, pears, brussel sprouts, wild duck, sea bass, goose and of course turkey.
• Avocadoes are one of the best fruits to eat for your complexion. Helena Rubenstein swore by it. She said never put anything on your face you would not put in your mouth!
• Marilyn Monroe only ever slept in Chanel no 5, a good tip as sleeping in the nuddy helps the skin to breathe. Maybe a bit too cold in the winter.
• All sea minerals are excellent as they contain all the nutrients, which are swept down from the mountains.
• Honey is one of the most rewarding foods you can eat. As soon as you pick something its life force is dying. Honey lasts almost indefinitely.
• Don’t have any more than three cups of tea and one cup of coffee per day. Too much tea can lead to arthritis. Too much coffee tends to thin the bones.
• You should eat like a Prince for breakfast – as it is the breaking of your fast – the longest period you have gone without food. This means fruits and cereals not the big fry up.
• And the one we hear about all the time is drink drink drink lots of water. But you shouldn’t drink while eating as this interferes with the digestion.

John did say that if I remember one thing about our meeting it is:-

• The farther we go from nature for out food the worst it will become in terms of nutrients. The quicker something is eaten the more goodness you will receive. Cooked food is like glue sticking to your inside, raw food is an intestinal broom cleansing as it goes. Now remember everything in moderation and you do obviously need to cook certain foods.

If you have any health concerns or just want to become more knowledgeable on how to put the best fuel into your body to gain the best rewards then make an appointment to see John.

Some of our ailments can be related to our diet such as headaches, stomach upsets, irritable bowel, rashes and some asthma attacks.

Ever wondered why we all feel tired after Christmas lunch? Its because turkey contains melatonin which helps promote sleep. Still it is a nice way to relax after the busy festive season."

 

 

 

NORTH EAST

 

NETWORK

MAGAZINE  ISSUE 44

(SUMMER 2008)

 

 

Leaving school can be quite a frightening experience, venturing into the big wide world, when you’re not sure of what career path to follow.  Both my grandfather and father were miners, an industry in rapid decline.

A school friend told me about a vacancy at an engineering firm, in an old pit baths building.  After three days working there I fractured my foot, I was in plaster and off work for six weeks. Pay started at 2 shillings and 6 pence per hour (twelve and a half p in new money) £5 per week. Unfortunately the firm only lasted a year.

So I decided to serve my apprenticeship at Consett Steelworks as a Plater. The thought at the time was if you found a trade you would be in work until you retire.  This also closed, I decided to look anywhere for work.  Locally it was very hard to find any employment.  You name the transport, I have used it to find work, Helicopter, plane, ferry, train to the humble cycle.

I went to many countries and offshore, work was usually only on a short contract, I was never in my own bed.  If I was out of work I would be busy searching for another contract prepared to work any where in the world.            

After cycling the eight miles home from work one Saturday a passing comment made to me by my wife at the time about my health prompted me to research into health and alterative therapies.

From then in my spare time while working abroad and offshore my head was constantly found in a health book. Instead of being sports mad now I could not get enough of the health subject.

I became aware of how many illnesses can occur and how to prevent many aliments.  I started to adopt a much healthier life style, changing my eating habits and lifestyle to become a healthier person.

Work became harder and harder to find, I felt that anyone in work would not want to be on the sick for very long. I began to find people came to me for advice about their health problems.  

With the confidence friends had in me on health issues this gave me the motivation to move my career in a different direction.  My passion was health, I now hoped work would no longer be clock watching, longing to be home and out of dirty overalls covered in welding fumes, sore feet glad to get the boots off.        

I had met a vast amount of genuine people from the heavy industry background in many different countries.   Now working in the north east I am meeting people from many countries with various types of occupations through my new work as a sensitivity tester.  Learning all the time about their different lifestyles on how it can effect our overall health.    

The impression you get from complementary therapist is that they are not just in it for the money; their desire is to help people and they all have a great belief in what they do. I hope this is the impression that comes across from me at all times as I genuinely want to help everyone get better. 

I am sad when someone who comes to see me is not well and their health is preventing them from living an active life.   I have found through my years of research that our destiny can be in our own hands by the food we eat and the foods we don’t.

Commercialism can have an effect on the way we are, medication can often mask the short falls in our diet.  Everyday drinking and eating habits can bring about rapid decline in our general well being.  Ignore the rules and you may suffer from the consequences. 

Our taste buds can be the greatest health problem to overcome.  Often taste is our main reason for eating even though the food may have limited value to our health.  Due to favouring particular tastes many foods are then omitted from the diet.  Like training to be an athlete, we must train our taste buds for the purpose of good health.  A few minor adjustments can make a major difference.  Our bodies require different amount of vitamins and minerals to function properly in our daily activities.

Do everything right and yet problems arise.  That’s where food sensitivity, vitamin and mineral shortages come in.  You are unique so what’s deemed normal to one person is considered strange to another.

In eleven years testing at various locations around the north east.  I have seen thousands of customers, in addition to courses and my own never ending research I hope gives the customer an excellent service.

The customer leaves with plenty information informing them of their problems with foods and shortage of vitamins and minerals.  If they have difficulties such as arthritis, asthma, migraines, skin problems, etc. extra sheets are given.  Where the problem is quite extensive an e-mail is sent to them.

Every Saturday I am at Isis Mind, Body and Spirit in the Metro Centre, appointment should be made, as I am usually fully booked. My telephone number is 0799 0722 092.

For other venues during the week please refer to the web-site www.eyeonhealth.co.uk.  E-mail johnneal@eyeonhealth.co.uk .  Eye on Health, 'On the look out to improve your health.'