08/02/2026
Hello everyone 👋
I wanted to share a little about the kind of work I do, because it’s often misunderstood.
I’m a Registered Nutritional Therapist and Functional & Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner, and for over 13 years I’ve worked alongside GPs and consultants to help people who know something isn’t right with their health, but keep being told everything is “normal”.
Rather than talking in theory, here are three very real examples of my work from the past year:
🌿 A woman who had been going back and forth to her GP for years with pain and fatigue. One clear, clinically justified letter from me led to the right referral and scans. Endometriosis was diagnosed. She said, “Without your help, I wouldn’t have got this far this quickly.”
🌿 A client recently diagnosed with a serious autoimmune condition. Her consultant confirmed the diagnosis, but basic foundational tests hadn’t been done. She was understandably sceptical that her GP surgery would agree. One letter later, she emailed me saying she’d walked out of the surgery absolutely elated. The tests were approved. We uncovered low B12, inadequate vitamin D, and poor iron utilisation, all crucial information when managing autoimmune disease properly.
🌿 A young mum of two, exhausted for years and waiting for an ME clinic referral. Through private testing and clinical history, adrenal dysfunction was flagged. I requested an endocrinology referral. Further testing showed she was close to Addison’s disease, a serious condition where the adrenal glands don’t produce enough cortisol. She was started on steroids promptly, which likely prevented a medical emergency.
This is what I do.
I don’t just prescribe diets or supplements, I review months or years of blood tests, urine results, stool tests, I write clear, evidence based letters to GPs and consultants, and I act as the eyes and ears for my clients, and I listen.
Before I explain who this work is for, it’s important to say why these GP and consultant letters matter so much to me.
I studied for a Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Medicine, trained with the Institute of Functional Medicine, and went on to gain my oncology nutrition qualification through a world-renowned integrative oncologist because of my dad. For years, he was taken to A&E by ambulance with severe pain. He underwent multiple investigations and was repeatedly told he had irritable bowel syndrome. Eventually, he collapsed and required emergency surgery. Only then was he diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. Despite previous CT scans, MRI scans, and even a laparoscopy, tumours were found throughout his body. He lived for six years after that diagnosis. I didn’t do then what I do now, ut this work is part of his legacy, and it’s why I am so determined to be the eyes and ears for my clients.
If you’re being told things are “normal” but don’t feel normal, you’re living with a chronic illness, if you’re exhausted, inflamed, in pain, or stuck, or if you’re navigating cancer, from diagnosis through treatment and beyond, you’re very welcome to get in touch via my website or by sending me a DM.
www.helenperks.com
No pressure, no obligation, just a conversation.
P.S. I work entirely online, supporting clients across the UK and internationally.
With warmest wishes
Helen Perks BSc
The Cancer Nutritionist
BSc Nutritional Medicine | Registered
Nutritional Therapist
mBANT | rCNHC | Functional & Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner
AFMCP Graduate | Systems Approach to Cancer (SATC)
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