My Story
Hi, I’m Leticia and my mission is to help midlife women target the root cause of their symptoms and restore health using a combination of nutrition and life-style medicine, including cutting-edge lab testing. You can read more about my approach here.
My own health journey over the years has inspired me to retrain as a nutritional therapist because I was able to transform my health by taking control, using healing foods, supplements and lifestyle changes.
Although I appreciate the acute care I have received over the years from numerous doctors, conventional medicine failed to find solutions for some chronic issues I was struggling with. It was only when I started working with a nutritional therapist that I had a better understanding of what the root causes were, and how I could improve my symptoms and prevent further decline.
I felt relieved and empowered to finally have some more answers and simple tools to improve my health.
My tests came back ‘normal’ but I still felt horrible
I was frequently feeling cold and tired. My GP ordered blood tests, which came back as ‘normal’, but my symptoms continued.
Eventually, I consulted a nutritional therapist, who was able to look at my test results from a different perspective. She pointed out that my thyroid stimulating hormone levels, even though ‘within range’ were very close to the lower end. She also undertook further private testing, which they don’t do in the NHS, which showed my active thyroid hormone levels were low.
In the short-term, I managed to convince my GP to prescribe a low dose thyroxine, which did the trick. In the longer-term, my nutritionist helped restore my optimal thyroid health and I was able to stop the medication.
Finding the root cause and breaking the cycle
Over the years, I had also suffered with chronic bladder infections and the GP’s solution was to prescribe antibiotics, every time. Whilst the antibiotics gave me temporary relief, the bladder infections kept returning. My nutritionist pointed out that the antibiotics had gradually been depleting my natural immunity, by negatively impacting my gut health. Through digestive support, she managed to help me break the cycle.
Around the same time, I also started to develop a persistent, tickley cough. I was given the usual investigations; chest x-ray, blood tests, all ‘normal’. So that was that. Eventually, a potential link was made to acid reflux and I was offered antacid medications - standard treatment. However, I learned that antacids suppress the production of stomach acid, failing to address the underlying cause. Potentially, I could have been on this medication indefinitely, on ever increasing doses, meanwhile my symptoms progressively worsening.
Once again, I took a different direction. Through functional testing, I discovered I had small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and, through temporary dietary restrictions, the use of herbal anti-microbials, and life-style changes, my symptoms subsided.
Sharing my success
Inspired by the power of nutrition, I was set on a path to a new career in nutritional therapy, passionate about helping others find answers with their health issues. I embarked on a four-year course at the Institute of Optimum Nutrition, from where I graduated, with distinction, to become a qualified Nutritional Therapist, specialising in midlife women’s health.
I am registered with BANT (British Association for Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine) and CHNC (Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council) and regularly attend continuing professional development training to keep up with the latest research in the field of nutrition.
I still continue to be amazed in my daily clinical practice by the impact even the smallest changes in dietary and life-style habits can make on good health and recovery.
It can be truly life-changing and I’m so excited to be able to share my knowledge with others.
Book a FREE 20-minute call if you’d like to know more about how I can help.
