Consultant Nutritionist and Food Intolerance Testing, Faversham Kent, IBS Specialist Clinic

B12 & Folate Deficiency

5/31/2022

B12 and Folate Deficiency can be mis-diagnosed or missed altogether as the symptoms are so varied and similar to other conditions such as depression, IBS, eczema, menopause, CFS. A B12 blood test is a clear means of assessing whether deficiency actually exists. There can be false negatives however, it's never simple it is. So even if you have a negative result, there still could be underlying conditions related to B12 deficiency.

Limited eating such as vegan, fasting, smoothies, fussy eaters can all potentially develop B12 deficiency.

Treatment is very effective and patients described feeling incredible. How many of the boxes do you tick?

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Addiction and Counselling

2/4/2016

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Our Resident Counsellor at Faversham has written another interesting blog.

......................... 'Having worked for 5 years in a residential rehab for women with drug and alcohol addictions I do not really know where to start with trying to describe addiction and what it means to me. What I do know is that addiction is a cruel, heartless disease that can kill and destroy people, families and anything good in its path. I have seen the heartache and the pain that the cycle of addiction can bring and how it is never ever something that someone can ‘just stop.’ It is an all encompassing cycle of denial, shame, manipulation, fear, justification and many more powerful feelings.

I believe that using the word addiction too flippantly is dangerous. People laugh and say ‘oh i’m addicted to chocolate’ but actually I believe this is not an addiction but a habit. When people are in active addiction choice has very little to do with it. Not only are they driven by the physical substance itself they are also driven by the emotional attachment they have to that object or pastime.

Addiction can take many forms such as drugs, alcohol, shopping, gambling, sex, porn, codependency and eating disorders. The one thing that they all have in common though is people. I come from the standpoint that the substance is merely the symptom and that addiction comes in the person. What that means is that you can take the substance away and the person will still be addicted. It is not the bottle or the drug or the food that is causing the problem but the person who has turned to something because of their emotional distress. I have seen countless cases in my career where people have gone in and been detoxed from their substance and come out and immediately relapsed because they have not been given the tools to know how to cope with life without their ‘friend’ or coping mechanism. In order for people to recovery well they need abstinence, bundles of support, relapse prevention tools but most importantly they need to deal with the real reason that they turned to a substance in the first place.

A person with an addiction has to first recognize that they have a problem. I have seen denial so strong that a bulldozer could not break it down and I feel that denial is the most prominent and harmful of all the symptoms. This is because until a person can see that they have a pile of consequences and the reality of their addiction they will just keep going. I have seen children begging for their mother to stop drinking, children going into care, families disowning their loved ones, prison sentences, prostitution, thousands of pounds of debt, homelessness and the list goes on. However these awful consequences do not necessarily stop that person. It is utter madness and people are not in their right mind when entrapped by the cycle of addiction. AA puts it like this

INSANITY: Doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting a different result.

Often a person with an addiction knows that their illness is killing them but because of the powerful denial structure they will always be thinking’ oh just one more’ or ‘I can control it this time’ sometimes that person may even physically move location. then the thinking may be ‘oh I live in a different place now I will be ok with just one...’

A cycle of addiction is as follows:

An emotional trigger- craving- ritual- using- guilt and shame- repeat.

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Counselling - Have you thought about it ?

1/28/2016

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Counselling is an opportunity, over either short or long term periods, to help you bring about effective change or enhance your wellbeing. The role of the counsellor is to support and enable you to explore your thoughts, feelings and behaviours by talking openly and freely. All information shared between us remains strictly confidential (unless somone is at risk of harm) to ensure that a strong, trusting, safe relationship can be built between the counsellor and the individual.

The process is safe, private and is non judgemental, genuine and empathic with who you are and what you are experiencing in your life.

Counselling can help with many different life experiences such as bereavement counselling, relationship counselling, PTSD, eating disorder counselling.

Please contact Anna Honeysett at Eat To Live on 01795 534627. If the answerphone is on please do leave a message as we may be in clinic (Messages are secure and confidential).

Counselling is available for eating disorders, relationships, PTSD, Depression, Trauma, Weight Loss. Please do feel free to have a chat with Anna about what you need so the counselling is specific too your needs.

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B12 & Folate Deficiency

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