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Published in ‘The Surrey Advertiser’ - July 2000

Five year old Sarah from Dorking, Surrey, had learnt to live with her dairy products allergies; it was her life-threatening peanut allergy that was causing her parents Andrew and Kate the most concern.
But then a chance meeting with a member of staff from a Surrey based practise called the Vital Body Clinic led to a major breakthrough with not just that, but all Sarah’s allergy problems. Now, after only three treatments at the clinic, Sarah can enjoy a normal diet of yogurt, cow’s milk, fromage frais – her favourite desert – and peanut butter on toast.

“I will never forget how Sarah suffered a major reaction after my mother in law mistakenly gave her a crust of toast with peanut butter on it. Sarah’s face has ballooned, she was salivating, her nose was streaming and her skin was covered in hives,” said mother Kate. “Within about 10 minutes, Sarah had changed from a boisterous, alert one year old to a limp rag doll, it was horrible.”
Luckily for Kate, her father, a retired Accident and Emergency Consultant, administered first aid on the spot and thanks to his quick thinking; Sarah continued to improve at the doctor’s.

“It took ages to track down the peanut connection, but we finally discovered that Sarah was reacting to the homeopathic baby cream I had used to moisturise her skin. It contained peanut oil,” said Kate. The product a brand leader, was naturally assumed by both Sarah’s parents to be safe. “These past few years have been a nightmare for all of us, checking everything Sarah eats and all the toiletries we have used on her to ensure none of them contain peanut by-products. I am sure people don’t realise that peanut oil is used very often in creams and toiletries,” says Kate.

David Stevens at the Vital Body Clinic tested Sarah’s sensitivities to a whole range of foods and everyday products, even checking her for radiation from TV and videos, before discovering that Sarah was not absorbing calcium and iron from her diet.
“This explained the ‘growing pains’ and fatigue that Sarah suffered from. David found Sarah’s sensitivity to apricots – which I knew but had forgotten to mention – plus watercress, parsley and chocolate,” said Kate.

“The Vital Body Clinic used a form of chiropractic technique on Sarah’s spine, and muscle testing. David was able to redress the allergies successfully – much to the amazement of both me and my husband; I just kept asking him “How do you do that?” It was remarkable” said Kate.

Now the whole family are indebted to David Stevens at the Vital Body Clinic for the progress he has made treating Sarah’s allergies. “I would thoroughly recommend a visit to see David Stevens, no matter how vague the allergic reaction” she added.

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