Acne & Eczema -Client Testimonial


Recently i received a telephone call from a lady, distressed for her Son.   
Since he was 8 years old, her Son had suffered from break outs all over his body that she described as ringworm and eczema.  Occurring during the winter months, only to clear up over the summer leaving white marks all over his skin.


Over the years, Gail had taken her Son to countless skin specialists, iridologists and doctors, trying countless creams and antibiotics, only to have her Sons skin irritations reoccur every winter.  In fact as he was getting older, Acne was also starting to manifest – and increasingly so – to the point that her son was becoming recluse and self conscious.  He was also beginning to find he was not sleeping through the night, constantly waking at around 1am.


Upon consultation, it seemed that physically, he was a healthy young man – exercising 4-6 times a week, and working a job that also keeps him physically active.  Due to his acne, Phil tried to steer clear of junk foods, yet continued to gain weight around his abdominal area. Phils intake of grains may not have seemed particularly excessive to most, however his diet was totally based around grains- he started his day on Wheat, had wheat with his lunch, had snacks throughout the day that were wheat based and also ate snacks after dinner that consisted of wheat.  Being a young man in his 20’s – whom had indicated he does enjoy an alcoholic beverage, i concluded that perhaps he was also drinking a fair amount of Carbs.  Some people refer to Beer as liquid gold, however in the eyes of a Nutritionist- Beer and Wine are really just liquid bread!  Phil also noted that he suffered continued fungal infections.


The years of antibiotics Phil had taken concerned me as did that lack of time Phil spent in the sun, he didn’t get to the ocean or eat any Omega 3 oils. Phil made note that he was tired a lot of the time -considering he is a young man in his twenties- I found his fatigue to be worth investigating further, focussing on a lack of digestive function.
I did what i would do for most clients and began work on Phil’s liver function and gastro intestinal health.  Phil was able to provide me with particular blood test upon request.
Phil’s test results showed he was lacking in particular vitamins and minerals that are required to support his immune system, his blood ferritin and Iron Saturation were also extremely low.  The rest of Phil’s FBC Haematology, liver and kidney enzymes came back within normal limits, as did his cholesterol.


Phil emailed me soon after beginning my recommendations with the following: 
July 10
Started the gluten free diet last week and feeling good already.
On August 30th Phil got his genotype test results, back- testing him for gluten intolerance.   His doctor told him his results came back as negative.   Regardless of this negative test result- phil has already stated that he feels improvements in his well being, which includes an improvement in energy levels.
Sept 1
Just to touch base here, all is going well.  Feeling soo much better after just finishing my first round of all the products.  My sores and skin has cleared up dramatically, big improvement.
Sept 2- from Phil’s Mum
Feeling much happier about himself, seeing improvements each day really helps.  Sleeping a lot better too, not waking up soo much during the night, also has a lot more energy during the day now also.


I gave Phil a strict and specific eating protocol, along with no gluten and dairy.   A combination of 5 supplements which cleared his acne, improved his liver function, subsequently elevated his energy and got him on his way back to an energetic, healthy and no longer self conscious young man.

Ketosis –  I will not only never eat the same way, I will not be thinking the same way either.
It seems as though since I turned 25 my weight has just crept up and up.  It didn’t matter how much I cut my calories, it didn’t matter what eating plan I followed- I’ve done it all, including Jenny Craig & Weight Watchers, I know I have financially contributed well to the billion dollar per year industry that is “weight loss”

I was doing all the right things- so I thought: 
Breakfast- Special K with low fat milk, or just a piece of toast sometimes with cheese and tomato.
Snacks- I didn’t really snack- I was so self-conscious and hell bent on being slim it didn’t bother me not to eat.  If I had morning tea, id have a muesli bar- always whole grains, not even the yoghurt topped ones
Lunch was always- like clockwork, chicken and salad on a whole grain roll- no butter!
Dinner- Im not a big meat eater, so a small pasta, with a tomato based sauce- never carbonara or anything creamy because of the high fat content.

​But it didn’t matter what I did, my weight was still going up.  By the time I reached 30 I didn’t see my negative body image getting any better, in fact I felt more and more out of control.

It wasn’t until a friend of mine told me about Kylie McCarthy- a Nutritionist that specializes in Ketosis.  I had never heard of it, Key-toe-sis, but my girlfriend lost all her weight – I saw it happening, and she says without ever being hungry.  
I emailed Kylie who replied with a lot of information about Ketosis and reassurance via email even before id made a consultation.  I booked a consultation and have never looked back.   

Kylies Ketosis protocol and her education in how our body works is the opposite of everything I had been told.  My whole life I have been to see doctors, watched the television- even weight loss centres I have joined, all said the same thing- I “must” eat carbohydrates with every meal, I must eat grains.  But I wasn’t getting results-  in fact all that was happening was an increase in all the wrong things- tests showed blood sugar levels were going up, my insulin was going up, and then my cholesterol started to go up, not to mention what I thought was worst of all- my weight just kept creeping up. 
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I became really worried once I saw my cholesterols changing, at this point I was still in my 30’s.  My doctor suggested I “just eat less and do more exercise” and if that doesn’t work he may have to put me on a diabetic drug. After my consultation with Kylie, I was just excited, no better way to put it. I had seen the results of her program in my friend and after the hour and a half initial consultation, I was so motivated, I could have talked for hours. 

It is now 6 months later, and I am living a lifestyle of Ketosis most of the time.  My blood sugars and insulin levels went down in the first week and were completely normal by the second week!  I honestly couldn’t believe the change in my blood tests after so little time, not to mention the change in my energy and my will power, I was not at all hungry.    I lost the weight I wanted to lose in just over a month and have never had so much energy in my life. I am now in Ketosis on most days and feel amazing.

Thank you so much Kylie – you changed my life, the way I think about food, and even the way I think about myself.  Your talk on limiting beliefs and old patterns has changed my life.  

​I will not only never eat the same way, I will not be thinking the same way either.


                                                                                                                                – Kate, NSW

I have been on the Keto diet for 2 months. My weight is dropping, I feel better than I have in years. Menopause symptoms gone, insulin resistance gone, bloating feeling gone!  This is no longer a ‘diet’, and its true- I have so much more energy

Being in Ketosis is a new way of life. The weekly eating plans provided by my Nutritionist are easy to follow, planned (which is what I need for my busy lifestyle), and great tasting.

I know I will be diabetic or worse if I don’t remain on this amazing new way of eating.

I’m feeling amazing and in great health. Thank you, Keto diet, and a Big thank you Kylie!

                                                                                                                              – Lee Vitaz, NSW

Hi Kylie,

I just wanted to express our sincere thanks for the way you managed Charlotte through the HCG plan.  Now in stabilization she is going ahead in leaps and bounds.

As a parent seeing ones offspring become “someone else’ in both mind and body was very hard to accept and even harder to do something about.  One cannot afford to offend or cause the child stress.  At the same time one cannot stand by and ‘hope’ that it will change.  One must be proactive without being intrusive.  

On finding the HCG information – I forwarded it to Charlotte and you can attest to the rest.

She is very much back to her former self again, in her words she feel fabulous.  Still with some weeks of work to do – she is so driven by the success and determined in a way we have not seen her in more than 5 years.

Kylie- Thank you for your care, direction, conviction, inspiration, diligence, patience with her thousands of questions and most of all for being such a great mentor and a wonderful  person.

We are humbled by the results. With big hugs to you and a million thanks.


                                                                                        – Maur and John Huskisson, Moss Vale

In May of 2014 I finally admitted I needed to see a doctor as I never wanted to get out of bed or get off the lounge, a diagnosis of Diabetes, Fatty Liver, Sleep Apnoea, Obesity plus a list as long as your arm of other not so great blood results was presented to me.  For the record, I was a touch over 135kg.  

Anyone who knew me, knew I wouldn’t do needles, and exercise was a swear word.  However I had no plans on “being a statistic” and taking medication for the rest of my life by way of supporting the drug companies, I asked the doctor if I could turn everything around by changing my diet and starting to exercise.  Yes, there you have it, I had said the impossible, me asking about diet and lifestyle!  Actually the doctor said it wasn’t possible as I had too much weight to lose, that it would mean completely changing my lifestyle- probably gastric banding or surgery.  Even my wife didn’t believe it was possible that I could change.  

So in the next few weeks, through a series of conversations, my wife made contact with the Dr Cabot Centre in Camden and insisted that we go down in person to make an appointment.  We knew prior to arriving that  there was a 2-3 month wait to see Dr Cabot, so we agreed I would see a Nutritionist in the meantime to get me on the right path.  The morning we visited the centre to make the appointment, we bumped into Kylie McCarthy in Reception and a conversation started up.  An appointment was made for the following Saturday and I was given one simple instruction from Kylie to follow for the coming week.  “STAY OFF ALL GRAINS MR!”.  Really?  What was a man of 135kg supposed to eat if not for any grains?  I could eat a loaf of bread in one session.  However my wife who knew a little about Paleo, thought we could manage to get through the next week without too much drama and that I wouldn’t starve.

I admit I was a little sceptical about what Kylie could do for me, given my doctor wanted me to see a local Dietician and here we were booking to see a Nutritionist .  At this point, we didn’t even know the difference between the two. What I did not foresee was how Kylie was going to, in a short amount of time, turn me, this unfit, overweight, stuck in my ways truck driver, who ate most of my meals from take away shops, chased down by bottles of coke and V’s, into a green juice fanatic, who now has everyone in my family owning juicing machines and who also to this date hasn’t touched a grain since that chance meeting with Kylie back in May!

To start, Kylie went over my blood tests more thoroughly than any doctor had prior.  She explained what was what, why this did that, why that did this.  Was all laid out in a manner and way that I could understand and relate.  We discussed what foods I needed to turn my blood results and weight around, what foods to avoid, which supplements I needed.  Why I needed to drink more water and not sugary drinks!!

So we were off .. I say “we” as my wife was taking this journey with me … well she had to cook and make all the food!!!

First came the daily green juices, dropping all grains, lowering the carb veges, increasing fresh/canned fish and grass fed beef and dare I say it, starting to exercise!  With Kylie’s passion, knowledge (and humour), she had me so hooked on this, I even joined a gym!  I was also prescribed a list of supplements such as Livertone Plus, Glycemic Balance, Magnesium.  As each day progressed, I was feeling the difference, feeling the energy come back.  To my shock, I was even told I was becoming a nicer person to be around!……And the best part … the weight was coming off!  This was working!

Then we went onto the HCG Diet.  What I would have to call the most socially boring diet of all time.  My wife and I just looked at each other and thought how on earth does someone survive in 500 cal a day? But we were going for this and at that point Kylie had not explained the mechanism of HCG on the body, its an amazing protocol!  It was at this point, due to another situation, that I decided to take time out from work and just concentrate on my health and see this through. And it was a success!  In three weeks, with Kylie’s continual monitoring and unwavering support, I lost a further 12kg- in 3 weeks! 

My family have been so impressed with the changes to my appearance and overall health that other family members are also now consulting with Kylie.  One of whom is my wife who has Multiple Sclerosis.  The changes we have witnessed with my wife are just amazing. At first my brother was sceptical at what I was doing, he wrongly believed that supplements didn’t kick in for twenty years, so what was the point.  That was until the day he saw me bounce in through a door, with more energy than what  he  had 20 years ago!! Needless to say he is now seeing Kylie too!

To date I have lost over 25kg, built my muscle back up, brought my blood results back in line where they should be and regained my health .. more importantly .. regained my life!! Perhaps if people consulted with Nutritionists periodically, to learn a little about food as medicine and learnt some boundaries with foods as a whole .. there would be less need for seeing a doctor.  Just sayin ….”

I highly recommend to anyone who has any sort of issue relating to their weight, their energy or just general health to see Kylie. 

“I have been a chocoholic all my life, it was my absolute comfort food.  I was doing the ketogenic diet for over a year, but my sugar cravings didn’t stop.  Every so often id still get urges for carbohydrates.   A friend of mine had lost 12 kilos following Kylie McCarthy’s Keto program, I was not sure what could be so different about one Keto program to the next, but I had seen the proof in Sally and decided to give it a go.   
I stared Kylies Ketogenic program 2 months ago, and I haven’t looked back- my craving for foods are gone all together- including chocolate.
The program started out fairly straight forward, as the weeks went by, changes to my program where initiated, dropping many foods that I had previously thought were Keto friendly.  I progressed further and further into ketosis, my cravings for food have stopped altogether- including my want for chocolate, I can’t believe it, I can be at a Café with my girlfriend with all the French pastry in the world and I just don’t have the want for it.  I order my herbal tea and we enjoy the company of each other, not the addictive hit of a carbohydrate or caffeine- oh, because that was one of many changes in Kylies program.  No caffeine, I saw that her program was quite different in fact to the program I had been on, as Kylie said, the program I had been on was the Atkins diet, not a Ketogenic diet.  So here I am 4 months later, still at the weight I was when I finished the program.  It comes down to quality of life for me, and if I had to be honest, vanity, the Ketogenic diet has me looking and feeling better than I have in years.  I now have the energy to get up and exercise in the morning before work.  Im no longer the aging version of me, im full of energy and able to up with my kids.”


Gabriela

​I have been a chocoholic all my life, it was my absolute comfort food. I have been doing keto for about 2 years, including nuts, dairy, coffee etc, and my need for sweets never went away. It was mostly in check but every so often I would binge on them and feel miserable for not having any control. Since changing up my keto protocol (aka ‘only’ keto way) my sweet cravings have disappeared!! Absolutely none. Even the bit of stevia that I used to put in my teas are not need anymore. Loving the freedom from it. Really hope this carries on.