What our clients say – about The Nutritional Therapy Clinic

Weight loss with Metabolic Balance

I found Emma Vanlint from her website last year (2009) after seeing various nutritionists who basically did nothing for me. From the very first visit I felt she got straight to what was causing me problems with my weight control.

I have struggled with my weight for years and the problem got worse after a hysterectomy. During our sessions we talked about the Metabolic Balance programme and I finally took the plunge on 3 January 2010. I can honestly say I have never felt better in my life.

The immediate benefits apart from the weight loss (I have lost 21lbs in 8 weeks) are my hair, nails and skin are so much better - they feel really healthy and soft now. I have so much more energy it's like being 30 years younger and that's always a plus for me. I also got stressed and anxious very easily and along with that came problems with sleeping. This has all vanished since I have been on the programme - I now sleep very well and wake feeling full of energy. Some people may find the plan difficult to get used to but it's well worth the effort to gain all the benefits and you soon get used to it.

I will use my food plan all the time now as you can feel the goodness going into your body with each meal. I only wish I found Emma years ago.

Paula

"Since I started treatment for a thyroid problem my metabolism changed completely. I could not lose weight despite following my previous short term successful diets. I was feeling very tired and sleepy. I was starving myself to one meal per day and still I was not losing any weight. I had cravings and I was in need for chocolates on an everyday basis and on occasions they would replace my main meal. After a thorough internet search I found Emma and I contacted her. She gave me the option of the metabolic balance diet and I decided to follow it.

I have been on the metabolic balance diet for 12 weeks now. I have lost 15 ½ pounds, I am full of energy and my skin glows. I am on phase 3 and I plan to continue with it. It is not difficult to adhere to it and Emma is very supportive and encouraging. It is the first time in my life that I have been able to stick with a diet and this is due to the fact that I enjoy what I am eating and most important that I do not feel hungry. My cravings have gone and as a medical doctor I can see that the diet is based on stabilising blood levels of glucose and insulin. I fully recommend the diet and most of all Emma who is very experienced and comes with nice alternative meal /food ideas to suit everyone."

Chrysa

"When I first went to Emma I was very overweight (about 8 stone) and unfit, in fact, I felt awful. On our first meeting I could barely walk up the stairs to Emma's consultation room. I was particularly interested to receive my blood test results and the resulting programme. I loved the food on my personal programme and found that I was enjoying creating my own recipes from the list, for example, my own hummus and salmon or tuna dips. My family also enjoyed eating these foods with me. The programme is so easy to follow and I have learned so much about myself and which foods are best for me. The weight has come off easily and all the niggling health problems that I had when I first went to Emma have gone, such as aching joints and mood swings. It has been just over a year since I my first consultation with Emma and I am a healthy weight for my height. Metabolic Balance has certainly changed my life and vastly improved my health. Thank you Emma!"

Amanda

Fertility

After trying for a baby for over 12 months, undergoing many medical tests and taking medication that was making me feel terrible, I was looking for a place to turn to for help. Since part of my problem was being overweight, I researched nutrition and nutritionists online and when I came across The Nutritional Therapy Clinic's website, I was hooked.

My first session was very informative, interesting and engaging. Emma concentrated on everything that was relevant to me and the depth of her knowledge was amazing. I followed her instructions and started feeling better within 2 weeks. I stopped taking my medication, as I felt I no longer needed it, and started getting my energy back. I felt wonderful. My eating plan could fit practically into my day to day life and I started experimenting with food and ate much more than ever before and still lost weight. The subsequent sessions were exciting and Emma always had many new tips and advice for me.

I was pregnant in less than 4 months after my initial appointment, am now in my 12th week and everything is going very well thanks to Emma's pregnancy eating plan and the supplements she recommended.

Words cannot express how thankful I am to her and how astonished I am at what good nutrition can do.

Monika

Metabolic Balance

By the time I was directed towards Emma Vanlint around December 2009, I had been continuously bloating throughout 4 IVF cycles over the past 2 years. At that time a fertility centre doctor told me I had to lose weight. I answered that I'd been desperately trying to, but it wasn't coming off even with Atkins. She contacted a friend who gave me Emma's number and said she was very good. Well, she was better than very good - she was excellent! And I'm a convert to MB!

The only other time when I had gained weight in my life had been 10 years ago after 2 tibial oesteotomy operations followed by cortisone injections. But I had shaken all of that off, although the allergic reactions I had acquired at the time were still with me: I could not touch washing up liquid, I came out in a skin rash when I got anxious and I could not take any type of antibiotics. Lately, post IVFs, I had also been losing a lot of hair and my hands were getting chapped with bloody lesions. I was clinically depressed and had sleep problems.

I met Emma but was very apprehensive about the Metabolic Balance program - I didn't think I could do it as it seemed very regulated, the daily weightings seemed like a mountain to climb and I didn't think the quantities were enough not to feel hungry. She pushed me gently into accepting the idea and going ahead with it on 20 January 2010.

Within a couple of weeks all the above mentioned symptoms had started to disappear. I felt my old energy levels returning, my anxiety receding, and my positive outlook on life resurging. In a word, I was getting reconnected with my old SELF! And the feeling is indescribable!

I also lost 13kg (28.7lb) in 2 months, shedding the extra centimeters without any effort! Although since then I have not been able to continue with the plan religiously due to intensive traveling for the past 2 months, I have lost a further 3kgs! It is so well tailored to my body's needs and provides me with all the necessary nutrition that I do not get hungry and have no cravings! I now know what's good for me and health being a priority on my agenda, I will always keep my MB plan in mind and act upon it in order never to end up in the desperate situation Emma first found me in. It's good to feel good about oneself! :)

Kohar

IBS

After years of dealing with numerous stomach problems and seeing doctor after doctor and being told different stories by all of them, I was almost ready to give up. My last hope was to try a more natural approach and see a nutritionist. I was already a healthy person and enjoyed living a healthy life style so was excited to see what Emma's approach would be.

After my first meeting with Emma I walked out feeling like someone had really listened to me, really cared about me and what I had been dealing with for the past 5 years.

The treatment was spread over a 6 month period and at times was difficult but month after month I could feel my body changing and now I have reached the end I feel like a completely new person. I have my life back!!

After years of being told my problems were normal and I had to live with them I now know this is not true. Conventional doctors may not recognize my problems but Emma has.
Thank you so much Emma!!

Joanna

Osteoporosis

Most of my life I have been underweight, anxious and hyperactive with poor eating habits. For several years I have suffered from aching joints and severe back pain. I was diagnosed with Osteoporosis and prescribed medication. I had several side effects which prompted me to look deeper into this problem.

I contacted Emma Vanlint who I found on the Nutritional Therapy Clinic website in 2008. On my first visit to the Clinic, the receptionist was helpful. During my session with Emma, I felt at ease and found her both knowledgeable and understanding. She introduced me to special diets, complimented by carefully chosen supplements to balance my nutritional intake in order to help the body?s own ability to stabilise and to correct my condition.

Reassuring parts of this treatment are also the tests carried out which are able to monitor the many aspects contributing to osteoporosis.

Thanks to Emma, my back pain has subsided and I am eating healthy food with supplements and I am much less anxious and hyperactive as well as sleeping much better and for the first time ever have lie-ins. In addition to this I now have a fitness regime.

Emma has given me new hope and the strength to cope with this condition.

Juliana

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Tele: 07879 657777 or email emma@thenutritionaltherapyclinic.co.uk

Professional Nutritionist at the The Nutritional Therapy Clinic, Harley Street, London