Press Release - Healthy Mentors - Launch 1 Jan 2007
For over 8 years Paul Barton, has been trusted by thousands
of people seeking to improve their health. Healthy
Mentors is just the organising of what has been
happening informally over the last few years.
There is a gap, some would say a yawning
chasm, between the expectations of people with health issues
(or seeking to protect and maintain health) and what the
'established healthcare providers' can deliver. It is
this 'gap' that has resulted in the concept of Healthy
Mentors.
Paul
Barton was forcibly retired (on health grounds) from the
Royal navy in 1996 after 24 years service. He had developed
multiple conditions which although not unheard of were
certainly not normal for a 38 year old. The family doctor,
as had the navy medical teams, suggested stronger and
stronger drugs and more and more restrictive diets. Still
the problem persisted and despite numerous surgical
examinations there was no answer.
In 1998, a chance meeting with a Dr Bill
Greenman, altered the course of his life. After making some
simple changes and principally an addition to his diet he
was symptom free and drug free after just 6 weeks.
So profound, and yet simple, was the awakening that Paul
began to share what he'd learnt with a few people who
listened. In those early days success rates were poor and
many would have given up but he stayed the course and
battled with the English social culture 'of free healthcare
by the NHS'. Eventually after a few years success rates
improved and today he boldly makes the claim that 'If you
stay the course you will succeed'.
He now has
an almost unrivalled reputation of helping people that he is
increasingly sought after by people with critical and
chronic health challenges. That's where the problem really
begins. With a defined amount of hours per day and week it
gradually became apparent that there were not enough hours
in the day to help those that needed help. The solution was
to train up others who could help many more people and so
Healthy Mentors was born as a concept.
Today
we have about 20 Healthy Mentors in various stages of
training but what makes this service unique is that the
mentors work in areas where they have personal or direct
experience. If you have a child with ADHD you want to talk
to a parent who has some understanding of what it is like to
have a child with ADHD - you don't want to talk with a
Doctor who has 2 perfectly normal children and may even
doubt that ADHD exists.
If you have breast
cancer to talk with a woman who has breast cancer is
priceless. Where Healthy Mentors happen to be
healthcare professionals (Doctors, Nurses, Nutritionists
etc) we will not advertise that fact as it runs counter to
the spirit of what we seek to achieve. If someone gets
paired with a Healthy Mentor who happens to be a
Doctor that is by chance and not by design and we suggest
that healthcare professionals do not disclose the fact as
they are working well outside their professional bounds.
Your Healthy Mentor is never more than a phone call
or e mail away from a more experienced person and the
experience within the network of is almost limitless.
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