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myself. Everything fell into place. I could take things into my own hands and start fixing myself instead of relying on drugs.”

Julie took her new lifestyle to extreme levels – she became a strict vegetarian eating vegan wherever she could, fitted water filters in her home to extract any chemicals from their supply, and replaced her household cleaning products with natural alternatives.

While her children weren’t vegetarian, Julie made sure all the food she ate with them was natural and healthy, and soon her efforts started to pay off.

“Within literally a month I felt like a different person. The difference was dramatic. I admit part of it was psychological – I felt like I had taken control and I was doing something positive. But the kids had both been poorly too.

“Isabella was on antibiotics every single month, but from being a really sickly child I noticed a huge difference in her. It was like night and day. After two years of struggling, I finally felt like me again.”

Now Julie has been able to come off the thyroid drugs, monitored by her GP, and neither she n the children have taken any antibiotics in 11 yea

She has since relaxed her strict regime and liv by the 80/20 rule – eat healthy 80% of the time a allow yourself a treat 20% of the time.

“I now eat meat and fish, and will eat everythi in moderation. Nothing is banned in our house – the kids want sweets or a biscuit they can ha them. A little bit of what you fancy does you goo

TRANSFORMED Julie turned he life around wit healthy eatin