For five years, I was stuck in a cycle of colitis flares and joint pain that kept getting worse. I was on and off steroids for arthritis, and although I’d managed to avoid biologics, I was relying on budesonide for a while and then mesalazine — neither of which ever really gave lasting relief. The brain fog was crippling. I was constantly exhausted, cancelling plans, and avoiding the outdoors — something I used to love. I had to keep a diary about everything otherwise I’d miss things and it was driving me crazy. Working with Rachel changed everything. Over six months, I went from surviving to actually living again. My pain is under control. The bleeding and diarrhoea have completely stopped. I’m thinking clearly, my energy is back, and I’m doing things I had written off — like walking in nature and spending time with friends without fear of crashing. This experience didn’t just improve my symptoms. It gave me my life back and I built so many skills to know how to manage my own health going forward.

I waited a while to write this… because I wanted to be sure. And now I am. It’s been months since I completed the protocol, and I can confidently say — my symptoms haven’t come back. Before working with Rachel, I was trapped in the same exhausting cycle: IBD flares, food fear, endless supplements, and never knowing what might trigger another reaction. What I didn’t realise back then was how much histamine intolerance was also fuelling my symptoms. I used to get sudden rashes, sensitivity to smells, dizziness, and that faint, wired-but-exhausted feeling — especially during flares. Perfumes, cleaning products, even certain foods would set me off. Since going through this protocol, all of that has changed. My gut is calm. My energy is back. And those weird histamine reactions — the skin flare-ups, the light-headedness, the chemical sensitivity — have completely settled. This isn’t just a surface-level fix. Rachel’s approach goes deep — addressing the real root causes that conventional medicine never touched. And the best part? I’m no longer living in fear of the next flare. This is the longest I’ve been symptom-free in years — and it’s not luck. It’s real healing. Working with Rachel was the best decision I’ve ever made for my health.

I didn’t expect my life to change in six weeks. But it did. I’m a high-functioning woman. Demanding job. Busy family. The kind of person who pushes through, no matter what. So when I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and inflammatory arthritis, I just carried on. Board meetings one minute. Steroid enemas the next. Joint pain masked with painkillers. Depression hidden under a polished smile. I hated the medications. The bloating. The weight gain. The insomnia. The mood swings. I’d done the whole circuit: 5-ASAs, immunosuppressants, anti-TNFs. Steroid after steroid. Every time I thought I’d found something that worked, the flare would come back stronger. By the time I found Rachel, I was weeks away from being admitted for hospital-based immunotherapy. It felt like the last resort. And I remember thinking, is this really it? Is this what the rest of my life looks like? From the very first call, I knew Rachel’s approach was different. Direct. Clear. Rooted in science. No fluff. She connected dots no consultant had ever mentioned. Mitochondria. Circadian disruption. Immune signalling. The gut-brain axis. I didn’t just get advice — I got a framework. A way forward. And then the magic happened. Within two weeks, the urgency stopped. My stools normalised. The bleeding disappeared. By week four, my joint pain — which had been constant for years — was completely gone. No stiffness. No swelling. No aching joints at night. And by week six, I felt like I’d stepped into a new body. Clear head. Calm gut. Stable mood. I was sleeping through the night. Waking with energy. Working better. Thinking faster. Laughing again. Not just symptom-free — alive. I had been bracing myself for years. Always waiting for the next flare. Now? I’m planning my future again. Rachel didn’t just help me “feel better.” She gave me a strategy, an education, and the confidence to lead my health — not manage decline. If you’ve been through the steroid cycle, the failed meds, the constant fear of flare… Do this. Back yourself. You don’t need more superficial fixes. You need someone who understands how to reverse the root cause. Rachel changed my life in six weeks. I will be forever grateful.

I used to live in 30-minute blocks… Now I can plan months ahead. Before working with Dr Rachel, my life was dictated by urgency. I couldn’t leave the house without doing a mental ‘toilet map’ of every location I’d pass. Family outings were a logistical nightmare. I missed birthdays, weddings, and even my daughter’s school play because I couldn’t trust my gut to behave. I tried everything...elimination diets, probiotics, functional testing, low-dose naltrexone, even faecal transplants. They helped… for a while. But then the flares would creep back in...stronger, more random, more demoralizing. My skin was grey. I was losing hair. And I’d become someone I didn’t recognize...anxious, withdrawn, ashamed. Working with Dr Rachel was a turning point. Within 3 weeks, my urgency was cut in half. Within 2 months, I’d had my first pain-free fortnight in over six years. Now, six months later, I haven’t had a single flare. I eat a full, nourishing diet. I travel...without panic. I sleep through the night, and I wake up with a quiet gut and a clear head. What surprised me most? This wasn’t about more tests or more supplements. It was about learning how my body works... and how to work with it, not against it. Rachel’s approach was science-led, but deeply human. She didn’t just treat my gut. She treated me. Now, I don’t just manage my IBD. I understand it. I trust my body again. And I feel free. THANK YOU DR!

Bipolar Disorder and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (UC) Where I was:- Mentally unwell:- Severely depressed, severely agitated, chaotic, unable to slow down and/or organise my thoughts. Unknowingly putting myself in risky situations. Frightened. Desperate. Immensely suicidal and labile. Unable to complete day to day tasks. Unable to socialise. Unable to continue work or drive. Unable to function in life. Hospitalised. Relapsing. Physically unwell: UC diagnosis and relapses. Pain, bleeding, nausea, stomach/bowel issues. Extremely high inflammatory markers. Auto-immune drugs in the pipe-line. What I felt I wanted:- A reprieve from the constant noise and struggle. A way out. To be fixed. For it to stop. What I really wanted:- A way to manage my illness as naturally as possible. From the inside out and the outside in. To be listened to and not judged. Kindness and supportive advice. Space around things. A feeling that I had agency and that I could change the narrative of my life and my perceptions of illness. Some peace. What I did: -Foremost………the Ketogenic diet. -Trying to be mindful of circadian rhythms -light/dark, sun, routine, sleep hygiene etc -Attempting to reduce/eliminate toxins. -Being more mindful of my reaction to stress and trying to manage that. -Educated myself. Began to trust my gut. What I got (alongside the wonderful guidance, kindness and expertise of Dr Rachel Brown): - Improvement/very noticeable reduction in psychiatric symptoms in a matter of weeks/months. Relative remission when following the ketogenic diet well. - Inflammatory markers down to zero. No gut inflammation. No need for auto-immune therapy. UC in remission. - A humane and progressive approach to treating, understanding and managing my life with bipolar symptoms and physical issues. - A feeling of being a person not an illness or constellation of symptoms. - An approach that treated the cause not plastered over the cracks. - Knowledge that I can put into action. - Medication reduction (and my intermediate/long-term plan to stop these). - Back at work and at life! Most importantly though, what I got was HOPE. For the first time ever. Things can and do change. Illness needn’t be forever. I got my life back. These approaches changed my life and I believe the trajectory of my illness. Metabolic Psychiatry excites me. People like Dr Brown excite me. I’ll always be grateful! ☺️🙏

I will be forever grateful to Dr Rachel Brown for introducing me to this lifestyle. I have been struggling for years, from early PMT to bipolar, then PMDD, then ADHD, and breast cancer. I have been on a healing journey since my mastectomy in 2020, I introduced the paleo diet and thought this was the best way of eating. My low mood, every 10 weeks still came back no matter what I ate. I had been plagued with this for the last 10 years. July 2024 I had my first call with Rachel, and enrolled on her 3 month course. I was already off all medication and eating healthy I thought. When Rachel educated me about the effects of psych medication on the body and how our circadian rhythm can become unbalanced an cause sleep issues. I was fascinated about the science behind healthy mitochondria function and metabolic disease. I have to say my low mood did return, however I know if I am fixing the root issues then patience is required. I am now 6 month into my journey and I have been supplementing with L 'carnitine as I was on sodium valproate for 15 years. This caused huge hormone issues for me, and is probably caused my infertility. I also take zinc and taurine to help with low stomach acid and increase my bile production. I feel I am definitely getting there with my mood. It is a lot more stable. For anyone who is on this journey please do not give up hope, remain positive and keep putting one foot in front of the other. The carnivore diet for me is an elimination diet which reveals stressors from the food that you are consuming. I am now only eating lamb and unaged ribeye and goats butter. I will continue to introduce more foods gradually. I am filled with hope for the future thanks to Dr Rachel Brown for paving the way.

For five years, I was stuck in a cycle of colitis flares and joint pain that kept getting worse. I was on and off steroids for arthritis, and although I’d managed to avoid biologics, I was relying on budesonide for a while and then mesalazine — neither of which ever really gave lasting relief. The brain fog was crippling. I was constantly exhausted, cancelling plans, and avoiding the outdoors — something I used to love. I had to keep a diary about everything otherwise I’d miss things and it was driving me crazy. Working with Rachel changed everything. Over six months, I went from surviving to actually living again. My pain is under control. The bleeding and diarrhoea have completely stopped. I’m thinking clearly, my energy is back, and I’m doing things I had written off — like walking in nature and spending time with friends without fear of crashing. This experience didn’t just improve my symptoms. It gave me my life back and I built so many skills to know how to manage my own health going forward.

I waited a while to write this… because I wanted to be sure. And now I am. It’s been months since I completed the protocol, and I can confidently say — my symptoms haven’t come back. Before working with Rachel, I was trapped in the same exhausting cycle: IBD flares, food fear, endless supplements, and never knowing what might trigger another reaction. What I didn’t realise back then was how much histamine intolerance was also fuelling my symptoms. I used to get sudden rashes, sensitivity to smells, dizziness, and that faint, wired-but-exhausted feeling — especially during flares. Perfumes, cleaning products, even certain foods would set me off. Since going through this protocol, all of that has changed. My gut is calm. My energy is back. And those weird histamine reactions — the skin flare-ups, the light-headedness, the chemical sensitivity — have completely settled. This isn’t just a surface-level fix. Rachel’s approach goes deep — addressing the real root causes that conventional medicine never touched. And the best part? I’m no longer living in fear of the next flare. This is the longest I’ve been symptom-free in years — and it’s not luck. It’s real healing. Working with Rachel was the best decision I’ve ever made for my health.

I didn’t expect my life to change in six weeks. But it did. I’m a high-functioning woman. Demanding job. Busy family. The kind of person who pushes through, no matter what. So when I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and inflammatory arthritis, I just carried on. Board meetings one minute. Steroid enemas the next. Joint pain masked with painkillers. Depression hidden under a polished smile. I hated the medications. The bloating. The weight gain. The insomnia. The mood swings. I’d done the whole circuit: 5-ASAs, immunosuppressants, anti-TNFs. Steroid after steroid. Every time I thought I’d found something that worked, the flare would come back stronger. By the time I found Rachel, I was weeks away from being admitted for hospital-based immunotherapy. It felt like the last resort. And I remember thinking, is this really it? Is this what the rest of my life looks like? From the very first call, I knew Rachel’s approach was different. Direct. Clear. Rooted in science. No fluff. She connected dots no consultant had ever mentioned. Mitochondria. Circadian disruption. Immune signalling. The gut-brain axis. I didn’t just get advice — I got a framework. A way forward. And then the magic happened. Within two weeks, the urgency stopped. My stools normalised. The bleeding disappeared. By week four, my joint pain — which had been constant for years — was completely gone. No stiffness. No swelling. No aching joints at night. And by week six, I felt like I’d stepped into a new body. Clear head. Calm gut. Stable mood. I was sleeping through the night. Waking with energy. Working better. Thinking faster. Laughing again. Not just symptom-free — alive. I had been bracing myself for years. Always waiting for the next flare. Now? I’m planning my future again. Rachel didn’t just help me “feel better.” She gave me a strategy, an education, and the confidence to lead my health — not manage decline. If you’ve been through the steroid cycle, the failed meds, the constant fear of flare… Do this. Back yourself. You don’t need more superficial fixes. You need someone who understands how to reverse the root cause. Rachel changed my life in six weeks. I will be forever grateful.

I used to live in 30-minute blocks… Now I can plan months ahead. Before working with Dr Rachel, my life was dictated by urgency. I couldn’t leave the house without doing a mental ‘toilet map’ of every location I’d pass. Family outings were a logistical nightmare. I missed birthdays, weddings, and even my daughter’s school play because I couldn’t trust my gut to behave. I tried everything...elimination diets, probiotics, functional testing, low-dose naltrexone, even faecal transplants. They helped… for a while. But then the flares would creep back in...stronger, more random, more demoralizing. My skin was grey. I was losing hair. And I’d become someone I didn’t recognize...anxious, withdrawn, ashamed. Working with Dr Rachel was a turning point. Within 3 weeks, my urgency was cut in half. Within 2 months, I’d had my first pain-free fortnight in over six years. Now, six months later, I haven’t had a single flare. I eat a full, nourishing diet. I travel...without panic. I sleep through the night, and I wake up with a quiet gut and a clear head. What surprised me most? This wasn’t about more tests or more supplements. It was about learning how my body works... and how to work with it, not against it. Rachel’s approach was science-led, but deeply human. She didn’t just treat my gut. She treated me. Now, I don’t just manage my IBD. I understand it. I trust my body again. And I feel free. THANK YOU DR!

Bipolar Disorder and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (UC) Where I was:- Mentally unwell:- Severely depressed, severely agitated, chaotic, unable to slow down and/or organise my thoughts. Unknowingly putting myself in risky situations. Frightened. Desperate. Immensely suicidal and labile. Unable to complete day to day tasks. Unable to socialise. Unable to continue work or drive. Unable to function in life. Hospitalised. Relapsing. Physically unwell: UC diagnosis and relapses. Pain, bleeding, nausea, stomach/bowel issues. Extremely high inflammatory markers. Auto-immune drugs in the pipe-line. What I felt I wanted:- A reprieve from the constant noise and struggle. A way out. To be fixed. For it to stop. What I really wanted:- A way to manage my illness as naturally as possible. From the inside out and the outside in. To be listened to and not judged. Kindness and supportive advice. Space around things. A feeling that I had agency and that I could change the narrative of my life and my perceptions of illness. Some peace. What I did: -Foremost………the Ketogenic diet. -Trying to be mindful of circadian rhythms -light/dark, sun, routine, sleep hygiene etc -Attempting to reduce/eliminate toxins. -Being more mindful of my reaction to stress and trying to manage that. -Educated myself. Began to trust my gut. What I got (alongside the wonderful guidance, kindness and expertise of Dr Rachel Brown): - Improvement/very noticeable reduction in psychiatric symptoms in a matter of weeks/months. Relative remission when following the ketogenic diet well. - Inflammatory markers down to zero. No gut inflammation. No need for auto-immune therapy. UC in remission. - A humane and progressive approach to treating, understanding and managing my life with bipolar symptoms and physical issues. - A feeling of being a person not an illness or constellation of symptoms. - An approach that treated the cause not plastered over the cracks. - Knowledge that I can put into action. - Medication reduction (and my intermediate/long-term plan to stop these). - Back at work and at life! Most importantly though, what I got was HOPE. For the first time ever. Things can and do change. Illness needn’t be forever. I got my life back. These approaches changed my life and I believe the trajectory of my illness. Metabolic Psychiatry excites me. People like Dr Brown excite me. I’ll always be grateful! ☺️🙏

I will be forever grateful to Dr Rachel Brown for introducing me to this lifestyle. I have been struggling for years, from early PMT to bipolar, then PMDD, then ADHD, and breast cancer. I have been on a healing journey since my mastectomy in 2020, I introduced the paleo diet and thought this was the best way of eating. My low mood, every 10 weeks still came back no matter what I ate. I had been plagued with this for the last 10 years. July 2024 I had my first call with Rachel, and enrolled on her 3 month course. I was already off all medication and eating healthy I thought. When Rachel educated me about the effects of psych medication on the body and how our circadian rhythm can become unbalanced an cause sleep issues. I was fascinated about the science behind healthy mitochondria function and metabolic disease. I have to say my low mood did return, however I know if I am fixing the root issues then patience is required. I am now 6 month into my journey and I have been supplementing with L 'carnitine as I was on sodium valproate for 15 years. This caused huge hormone issues for me, and is probably caused my infertility. I also take zinc and taurine to help with low stomach acid and increase my bile production. I feel I am definitely getting there with my mood. It is a lot more stable. For anyone who is on this journey please do not give up hope, remain positive and keep putting one foot in front of the other. The carnivore diet for me is an elimination diet which reveals stressors from the food that you are consuming. I am now only eating lamb and unaged ribeye and goats butter. I will continue to introduce more foods gradually. I am filled with hope for the future thanks to Dr Rachel Brown for paving the way.