KIRSTY HOLMES - Kawana
ZELDA WHITE - Warana
LEONE KREICBERGS - Buderim
KEVIN WELCH - Buderim
HEATHER M JAMES - Sunshine Coast
CARMEL HOPPE - Sunshine Coast
CHRISTA MORE - Canonva
ADRIENE RODLEY-JONES -Sunshine Coast
JUDY O TOOLE - Minyama QLD

KIRSTY HOLMES - Kawana
2x Australian Ironwoman Champion
I first met John in 1995 when I was at the early stages of my sporting career. As in the case of many athletes, the high training demands placed on the body sometimes come at a high price to the health. This was the case for me in 1995 when I developed a bad case of bronchitis that for six months, I was unable to shake.

This was when John came to my rescue with his A-K techniques, nutritional advice, structural assessment and overall holistic approach, I finally made a full recovery. Shortly after this recovery I went on to win my first National Ironwoman title. Over the following years John worked with me and helped me to become more 'in tune' with my body both structurally and nutritionally. I have adopted a diet that works well for me and provides me with optimal performance, minimising illness and injury. John's car has been instrumental in my sporting success and this is indicative in my steady rise in rankings over the past 5 years.

Thanks to John and his holistic approach, over the last few years I believe I have made a steady and continual improvement in my overall well being and I am happy to say that at 27 I have never felt better.

ZELDA WHITE - Warana
…After reading your articles appearing in a local paper, I came to realise that I could relate to a lot of the health problems you were writing about, eg stomach pains, feeling bloated, excess weight etc. Various GPs had put me through the usual tests without finding anything wrong, so I decided it was time for some alternative treatment.

Now that I have been through a liver cleanse and adjusted my diet, I feel so much better. I have lost the excess weight I was carrying and am very happy with a slimmer figure.

Your dedication to helping women with these problems deserves credit and I thank you for steering me in the right direction to a healthier life style.

LEONE KREICBERGS - Buderim
Your treatment of my son Jesse has been a real contribution to his recent achievement in winning the Australian School Track & Field 10 year boys 100m sprint in his first year of competition. His improvement, structurally, emotionally and mentally in the last 2 years has been quite remarkable - it is testimony to the depth of your unique skill, intuition and caring in your holistic approach to healing. He moved from a shy, inward boy, lacking in confidence and structural balance/co-ordination, to a more centred, flowing, outgoing, confident boy with a more balanced body.

Your intuitive application of appropriate treatment not only chiropractic adjustment, kinesiology and massage, but also NET (neuro emotional therapy), homeopathy, bushflower remedies and dietary advice, has been successful in releasing any blocks and allowing his energies to flow 3 fold, physically, emotionally and mentally. This fine tuning has helped him as a young athlete and given him focus and most importantly pride and belief in himself.

After listening to you, he chose to drop such things as McDonalds and sugars from his diet and increase levels of juice, fruit, yoghurt, protein, carbohydrates, energy cereal etc to give him a healthier body.
The ongoing preventative maintenance care for his younger brother and him, both growing and highly active boys, I regard as important to future healthy adult spines and has ensured they have stayed injury free in sport. Successful treatment for anything from colds, migraine, constipation, skin conditions etc has meant virtually no trips to the conventional Dr for this family.

Mention an appointment to your clinic is due and Jesse's reaction is always an enthusiastic 'cool' - and that's come recommendation!

Thanking you on behalf of Jesse Price

KEVIN WELCH - Buderim
A few days away from Xmas I found myself in a bed in the Coronary Care Unit. I had a heart attack at 38. I had lots of questions to be answered. Why did this happen to me? Will I recover? Were just two.

The Cardiologist said that cholesterol was the problem and also my father having a heart attack at 50 was an automatic risk. Two drugs were given to me - one for cholesterol and another for blood pressure. Diet and exercise were not discussed in great detail. The drugs worked - my cholesterol went down from 7.2 to 4.7, but there were side effects. Cold hands and feet, headaches, swollen ankles, weakness and fatigue to name a few.

I was involved in physical sports and did not eat an excessive amount of fat, so I needed to know exactly what type and how much food to eat and also how much exercise to do. After coming the clinic, John explained that diet was a big part of my problem. A liver cleansing and carbohydrate reduction program were put into place along with regular walking. The result was total cholesterol down from 4.7 to 3.6 and coronary heart disease down from 0.8 to <0.5 - the side effects from eating a healthy balanced diet and having a liver in good working order, a lower blood sugar level and 8kg in weight reduction which cannot be bad. I am back to a similar level of fitness doing waterskiing and kickboxing.

Thank you John for helping me to a speedy recovery.

HEATHER M JAMES - Sunshine Coast

PREVIOUS HISTORY
Over the past few years I have experienced swelling and bloating during the day (often 6-7 inches at the waist and hips). I would also experience severe cramping in the evening in the abdominal region. This swelling and cramping was more pronounced after I had consumed a meal of carbohydrates eg bread, pasta, potatoes or pumpkin. Fluid retention was a concern as well (2-3kg during PMT). My energy levels were extremely (both physically and emotionally).

I started attending the centre in late January, and on advice have eliminated all carbohydrates from my diet. I have found this comparatively easy to do, My diet consists of protein and vegetables, especially salads.

The swelling an bloating reduced immediately I eliminated the carbohydrate from my diet and the cramping in the abdomen has ceased. I no longer require to take diuretics to assist the relief of fluid retention. My energy level is returning to normal (I'm now wanting to exercise).

In addition to the above benefits, I'm also losing weight - I have lost 10lbs in the last 2 months and my body measurements have decreased nearly 3 inches in each of the following: bust, hips and waist.

In fact I'm feeling healthier than I have for years.

Thank you

CARMEL HOPPE - Sunshine Coast
My family are no strangers to obesity - my parents and theirs before them were obese. From the age of 19 I had to watch my weight and particularly from the age of 26 when I married. It was an on going and tiresome exercise - trying this diet and that - and losing weight through various slimming organisations only to put it back on again.

For about the last 3 years I followed a low fat diet which controlled my weight to a degree but not successfully. Last year, my husband and I spent 3 months touring the outback, and day after day, sitting while travelling (although we would go hiking in each National Park where we stayed), I arrived home quite plump and very dissatisfied with my appearance, I felt uncomfortable and was carrying this extra weight. I tried to take the weight off with diet and exercise but without success.

Several months ago I was diagnosed as having diverticular disease and sought advice from a dietitian as to what I should or should not eat - these appointments with the dietitian yielded little help as I was advised to eat cereal and pasta and a variety of foods that I now realise were actually contributing to my weight gain. I was so frustrated because I could not find anyone who understood what was happening to me or could help. I just gave up and accepted the fact that perhaps this was the way I was meant to be and would have to grin and bear it.

Then one morning I picked up a copy of the 'Weekender' and was thumbing through it when I came across an article written by Dr John Pirie. I read the article several times and the thought occurred that this may be a person I could turn to. I made a point to read John's article in the next 4 or 5 editions of the Weekender, each one on different health subjects and the underlying reasons for the problem were very logical. To my mind every word he wrote made sense - as you can see I didn't rush into it as I as very sceptical (after all I had been struggling with the problems for many years) - eventually I rang John and spoke briefly with him, explained my health problems and my weight problem and asked if he could help in my situation and he assured me he could. I then lost no time in making an appointment - that was on 10 May '99.

I weighed 85kg. Dr Pirie did some tests and found I was carbohydrate intolerant and therefore advocated I removed certain carbohydrate foods from my normal eating pattern - this I did and although my friends see me eating substantial meals and healthy ones (I eat more than they do, but it is WHAT I eat that is important), I have lost 16kgs.

I now weigh 68.8kgs - am much stronger and healthier than I have been for a long long time and a bonus is my eating pattern is controlling the diverticular disease and eased the arthritis.

I am still losing weight and am delighted with the progress all this has made in terms of health, weight, and the changes that have taken place in stream lining my body throughout the last 11 weeks.

I have faith in the advice that Dr Pirie offers and am living proof that he knows what he is talking about. I am amazed with the results.

Thanks Dr Pirie

CHRISTA MORE - Canonva
I first visited the Sia Holistic Centre at about the end of May 1998. My family and I were on the Sunshine Coast holidaying and I was having back problems that had plagued me for about 6 years. I was referred to John Pirie by a masseur who thought he would be able to help me. At the time of my first visit to John, I was approximately 20kg overweight and feeling very ill and depressed. I was dragging myself around and not enjoying anything, but was not able to lift myself out of this. John examined me and gave me a diet to follow which meant completely changing my way of eating and lifestyle generally. The diet was strict, involving limited amounts of protein to which I added small quantities of carbohydrate. I drank only water and black tea. I also started walking every morning for about 1 hour and later on running also. After the first couple of weeks on this diet, I had lost 6kg and it then became much easier to follow. Thereafter I lost approx 1.5kg per week and started looking really good. A few months later, all the excess weight had gone and I had gone from over 70kg to 56kg. I now have lots of new clothes - size 8 or 10 and am able to participate in aerobics again. My confidence level is much higher knowing I look good and I feel good too. I still keep as far as possible to the diet John gave me, although I do allow myself a break occasionally.

To keep weight off permanently involves changing your eating habits, It is no good following a diet, losing weight and then going back to old eating habits - the weight will just come back on. The diet John gave me includes lots of varieties of food and is something that can be ongoing throughout your life. I would urge anyone with a weight problem to try and maintain this diet, as the results can be quite amazing whether you have only a few kilos to lose, or like I did, 20 or more - you have to start somewhere and in most cases a few weeks or months are all that is needed to get wonderful results.

I speak from experience and the benefits I have gained from losing this weight - increased energy and confidence, far outweigh the minor problems involved with starting a new diet.

Thank you John for putting me on the right track and getting me moving.

ADRIENE RODLEY-JONES -Sunshine Coast
MY BACKGROUND
Since 1990 I have been aware that I have the complaint candida, when I was diagnosed by a naturopath, who gave me a diet chart - with no supporting information as to what and why - and left me to it! My visit to him was due to a variety of symptoms, which appeared to be unrelated. The main ones were a bloated stomach (often with strong pains), a fuzzy headedness, forgetfulness, bad breath, severe ovulation pain, extremely heavy cycles, and constant sinusitis headaches and face aches. All this while I ate what was considered to be a very healthy diet!

Looking back I believe my problems with candida started when I was 15, when my family doctor put me on a course of antibiotics, followed up with several months on the contraceptive pill, to correct skin problems (none of which made much difference)!

Over the next few years, I read all the information I could on candida, which was then not very plentiful and on several occasions went on the extremely strict anti-candida diet. Each time over a period of 6 months I gradually lost several stone in weight, and my general health improved dramatically until I felt great and in control again. However once feeling good about myself, and not fully understanding the complaint, I then slipped back to my old eating habits and found myself back to where I'd started - overweight and with a continual feeling of unwellness.

Moving to the Sunshine Coast in 1998, I became aware of John Pirie after reading his weekly column in a local magazine, when I realised he had a great deal of specialised knowledge about candida and its treatment, unlike the majority of the medical world I had previous encountered - on one occasion my own doctor actually stated that she had difficulty in believing that the condition existed - not exactly helpful!

Because I was back to my 'unwell self' by this stage, I started seeing John in June 99 to see if he could offer me a successful form of treatment. Now in my late 30s, I felt that this time I needed some extra support in order to gain control!. John's initial investigations revealed that in addition to candida, I also had a problem with certain carbohydrates - potatoes and rice, which were a staple part of my diet, and this clarified why I had never been able to maintain weight loss previously.

Once commencing treatment with John, I achieved dramatic results in an exceptionally short period, the most obvious of which was weight loss. Although improved general health was obviously the most important benefit I was looking for, weight loss is psychologically such a boost to the ego, that I tended to focus more on those results as an impetus to keep me focused. In the first 8 weeks of treatment, I went from a size 16 to a 12, with 6 inches coming off my waistline alone!

John's treatment obviously included a fairly strict eating plan in the early stages, but as food quantity is not an issue, I had no great difficulty sticking to it. Although the range of allowable foods is not extensive, there is enough to produce interesting and reasonably varied meals.

For me, support was vital during the initial stages, and weekly sessions with John helped me focus, and gain further insight into what was happening with my body during this process. The more information John gave me, the easier it was for me to stick to the plan, and the fact that he continually tests for reactions means you have immediate knowledge of how your treatment is progressing, and which foods you can start to introduce back into your diet. John's wide knowledge of candida and nutrition has been invaluable in aiding my understanding of the condition, and without that I know I would have had similar results as in the past. His genuine interest in his patients is evident, making him an extremely comfortable person to deal with!

FIVE MONTHS LATER
I am still having treatments every 3 or 4 weeks and am well, and in control of my diet. I have maintained weight loss, and have introduced some previously banned foods back into my diet. As John says, if you eat something your body doesn't like, it'll let you know!

My advice - if like me you need help and support with similar health problems, give John a go! I know you will not be disappointed, in either the treatment provided or the support he provides.

JUDY O TOOLE, Minyama QLD

Sixmonths have passed since my first visit to John Pirie. I had read the articles he had written in our local Weekender Paper-"That’s me" he’s talking about, went through my mind on nearly every reading. It seemed I had suffered everything a woman could, from stress to thyroid and hormone problems. As the doctors couldn’t help I decided to help myself by making a few lifestyle changes. Cutting out coffee helped the palpitations a little, but nothing seemed to stop the pain in the chest in the middle of the night.

I made a decision to see John, I didn’t know what a Kinesiologist did. I kept an open mind but took my husband along so I didn’t have to try and explain, as my condition affected him as well and he knew all the avenues I had tried to help find the problem. From then on I have not looked back. I couldn’t believe I had found someone who knew what was going on inside and that was only after one visit.

I put trust in John and his method of treatment and it has worked. I can’t remember my body felling so good. I have just turned 50 and feel I enjoy my life again, 12 kg lighter, size 12-14 instead of an 18, no headaches, bloating, aches and pains. My skin is smooth, hair is soft and the wonderful feelings I thought were lost forever have returned. I can think straight and concentrate on the simple things that I used to do without hesitation, which has made my confidence soar.

I am totally amazed at how many women I have talked to in the past months that suffer as I have.

I have seen the commitment from John and thank him for giving me a new life. I hope we have the opportunity to reach as many women as possible. I know I will be doing my best.

Thanks John.

Regards
JUDY O TOOLE,

Minyama QLD

ALLEN O TOOLE - Minyama QLD

As Judy’s husband I can’t believe the change in her. I have the woman back I married 30 years ago. Judy is a totally different person than what she was at the beginning of the year. I feel that John has changed both our lives as while he has been helping Judy it has reflected on me as well. I can’t thank John enough for what he has done for my wife. Keep up the good work and I hope many other women can reap the benefits of John’s treatment.

Regards

ALLEN O TOOLE

Minyama QLD