Nutrition Dude

Allergy Show Stampede!

What a show! We are still recovering from three hectic days at the Allergy and Gluten Free Show at Olympia last week.

We saw over seven hundred visitors on our stand during the show, many of them allergy and food intolerance sufferers looking for practical help from our nutritional therapists.

Our new A5 brochure was well received - lots of people were kind enough to comment on its fresh, positive look and the breadth of services we now offer.

We will be writing to everyone who left us their details, with a CD of free reports and a special offer for a nutrition consultation.

If you missed the show but would like to receive the CD, please register on the home page at www.NationalNutritionClinic.com and you will also receive a Nutrition Nugget in your mailbox each day.

Warm regards

Graham

   

2007 Beckons

How was your Christmas?

Did you manage to retain some sense of balance or was it an orgy of gorging and bingeing? Today is an alcohol free day as I start to plan some new stuff for the clinic in 2007. We have at last gone live with our e:commerce site so people can buy stuff stright from the site. I won't bore you with the technicalities of html, shopping carts and payment gateway integration - believe me it's been a trial but I think we're there.

I'm now hard at work on the next issue of Good Living, which is long overdue mainly because I've been working on the e:commerce site. Lots of new articles and stuff to share with you to get 2007 off to a good start on the wellbeing front.

Our big theme for 2007 is weight loss and weight management, with two new programmes launching in January. The Natural Plan for those who don't feel comfortable with medication, and the Platinum Plan which combines our doctors, nutritional therapists and food intolerance screeners all working together in what I think is a unique way to help our patients shed the flab.

What are you doing for New Year's Eve? We are off to a fabulous dinner dance in Weybridge with a brilliant band fronted by our neighbour's son. He plays keyboards and trumpet and the band covers everything from Motown to jazz via blues and soul.  

Big upheaval on the domestic front in January as we move to Richmond. We are downsizing from a 5 bed house to a 2 bed flat so there are some painful decisions to be made. Ever tried selling second hand furniture? You can't give it away these days. Even charities have got warehouses full of the stuff...

Whatever you are doing at New Year, enjoy it and keep reading as we bring more advice, tips and hints and new stuff to you in 2007.

Warmest best wishes for 2007.

Graham

   

Where Is Sarah Beeny When You Need Her?

Have you ever laughed at the naive property developers on Property Ladder who can't manage their way out of a paper bag?

Well, this week I got a taste of what it's like to manage multiple tradesmen on site at the same time. The carpenter making a new frame for our sign missed his first deadline, then his second, then his absolutely guaranteed third deadline. He finally appeared a few hours before the new sign was due to arrive. But fortunately, the signs company missed their deadline as well! Then the shopfitters refurbishing the entrance to the clinic arrived with a new front door. It looked fantastic, except for being 2 inches too short. They are coming back this week, hopefully with the right door.

Then I went to the printer to collect 2000 copies of our Good Living newsletter, only to find they had been printed the wrong colour. Delay mailshot by 2 days...

The good news is - when it's all finished it will look great! And my course of counselling should help me return to my normal blood pressure in a few months.

Warm regards

Graham