Click on the icon below to read My Story. It is an excerpt taken from the introduction of my e-book, The Food the Whole Food and Nothing But the Food. I have written this article to show you how anyone can benefit from the life-changing effects of nutritional therapy. Learn about the power of food and how it tranformed my poor health and changed my life for the better.
Samantha’s interest in nutrition began after curing herself of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Eczema and Asthma. As a child and young adult she spent many years plagued by these conditions. After unsuccessfully trying every conventional medical treatment available, she resigned herself to a life of poor health. However, that was to change. Thanks to an almost accidental discovery of natural medicine Samantha experienced a complete reversal of her conditions. Amazed by this result, she began her studies into the science and art of nutritional therapy. As a result of overwork and over-training, Samantha was later diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Once again she turned to natural methods of healing. This involved an extreme dietary therapy based on Gerson®* principles. Within the space of nine months she had made a complete recovery from this debilitating condition. Reaffirming her faith in the power of dietary healing, the therapy also ignited a specialist interest in the treatment of degenerative conditions.
*The Gerson Therapy® was designed for the treatment of chronic ‘incurable’ disease.
Samantha undertook her initial studies at The Kevala Centre in Torquay (now the Natural Healthcare College), graduating with distinctions in both Nutritional Therapy and Iridology. Her continuing studies drew her to the revolutionary concept of Metabolic Typing®. Now a fully qualified Metabolic Typing® Advisor, Samantha is a certified practitioner in the Advanced system of the programme. Having also trained as a Pilates Instructor with Alan Herdman, Samantha now successfully combines her clinic work with her passion for bodywork.
With teacher training also under her belt Samantha has extensive teaching experience. She was a tutor for 6 years lecturing in Nutrition, Detoxification and Integrated Health Management. During this time she also wrote a healthy lifestyle course entitled: Detoxification: A Maintenance Plan for Healthy Living.
In addition to her practice and Pilates Teaching, Samantha writes articles for magazines and websites. She also makes media appearances as an expert speaker on health and nutrition. Samantha is also a member of the (FNTP) Federation of Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Samantha combines her passion for Health & Nutrition with an avid interest in dance, yoga, Pilates and walking; as well as art, photography and literature.
'I got to know Samantha Flower when she was a regular contributor to ‘Coffee’n’Carrots’, the newsletter of the Gerson Support Group UK, which I edited at the time. She wrote a series of excellent articles on the pioneers of nutritional medicine. Her research was thorough and her lively curiosity enabled her to dig up interesting nuggets of information. Working with her was fun - she has a pleasant, warm personality which I am sure her patients find helpful, and although her views on health and nutrition are clear and well defined, there’s nothing dogmatic in her approach. As a recovered Gerson patient I am pretty deep into nutrition myself, but if I came up against some unfamiliar problem, I’d ring Sam for advice.'
Beata Bishop, Psychotherapist, Lecturer, Journalist and Author of A Time to Heal: Triumph Over Cancer and Healing the Gerson Way: Defeating Cancer & other Degenerative Diseases with Charlotte Gerson
Beata Bishop, Psychotherapist, Lecturer, Journalist and Author of A Time to Heal: Triumph Over Cancer and Healing the Gerson Way: Defeating Cancer & other Degenerative Diseases with Charlotte Gerson
