Carole Symons BSc (Hon's) Member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. Member of the Register of Nutritional Therapists. Associate Member British Society of Allergy Environmental & Nutritional Medicine. Member of Aerobics and Fitness Association of America RSA Exercise and Fitness and Counselling in the Development of Learning

Carole has been involved in the health and fitness industry for over 16 years and though to many the epitome of health and fitness, she herself suffered from eating disorders chronic irritable bowel syndrome, migraine headaches, insomnia and eventually Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. After teaching health related fitness & personal training in schools, gyms and to the general public for many years Carole changed direction in life and became one of the first university graduates in the world to complete a 4 year full time university degree in Western Herbal Medicine

Carole was trained in the same diagnostic skills as orthodox doctors but taught to take a more holistic approach to illness. It was this approach, along side the principles of the British Society of Allergy Environmental and Nutritional Medicine and the principles of The Blood Group Diet that enabled Carole to feel a sense of well-being and aliveness again, These approaches involve searching for and identifying the underlying cause of ill health, disease or lack of general vitality rather than just treating the symptoms alone. It is a combination of these approaches that Carole uses in her practise.

Caroles learning from her own healing journey is that the level that health is affected is dependent on a person’s individual total load of stresses, be it from the environment due to nutritional deficiencies, physical and emotional stress, genetic susceptibility and most importantly the way we deal with all of these things. So on completing university Carole pursued post graduate studies in Counselling, Nutrition, Massage (including massage in cancer care) and Allergy and Environmental medicine. Known as a book and course-aholic these studies are continuous. Carole has just enrolled on an MSc in Clinical Nutrition and immunology as she believes the learning process never ends.

Carole totally believes one should practice what one preaches and is evidence of the paradigm “of you are what you eat, digest, assimilate and eliminate”. Her patients constantly express their amazement when told she is a 46 year old grandmother and mother of three grown up children.