Rachel Huban
Rachel Huban is a Nutritional Therapist and Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis (FBCA) practitioner who specializes in teaching a holistic approach to inflammatory bowel disease. Rachel has been living with Crohn’s Disease for 24 years and managing the condition holistically, without medication, for the last 4 years. Having trained in FBCA with Dr Dicken Weatherby, Rachel focuses on analyzing bloodwork through the lens of functional medicine.
The sole focus of Rachel’s work is identifying the root cause triggers, leading to her client’s symptoms.
Visit Rachel here: Beyond IBD: https://beyondibd.com/
Sundhya Raman
Dr Sundhya Raman is the founder and director of My Wellness Doctor – a Lifestyle Medicine Health consultancy. She has a degree in Pharmacology & Physiology, a Medical degree from Guys, King’s and St Thomas’s, London, a PhD (D.Phil) in Genetics & Epigenetics from Oxford University and is a qualified Lifestyle Medicine physician with the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine & British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
Dr Raman has held a variety of both clinical and research roles. She has worked with well known scientists in labs around the world including in cancer genetics at Yale University, and Alzheimers’ cellular physiology at the Wolfson Centre, London.
Her current roles include: creating toolkits on lifestyle for cardiovascular health on behalf of NHS England; lifestyle medicine lead at the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society and diabetes lead at Plant Based Health Online. She has created and runs a lifestyle programe for lowering cholesterol in primary care. She regularly delivers talks and teaching on lifestyle medicine and healthy ageing to both healthcare professionals, as well as to the lay public, including a focus on specific risks and solutions for ethnic minority groups. Her advice on lifestyle shifts for optimum health has been featured in national news publications.
Visit Sundhya here: My Wellness Doctor – Health, Wellbeing, Health and Medical
Surabhika Lunawat
Dr Surabhika Lunawat is a general practice specialty registrar and the chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners’ West Midlands Associates in Training committee. She studied medicine at the University of Liverpool, with a Master’s degree in clinical neuroscience from University College London, being awarded a distinction. Her subsequent calling to preventative and lifestyle medicine prompted her to change her career path and, more importantly, her own life. She has completed a plant-based nutrition course at the University of Winchester and has become a certified lifestyle medicine physician, achieving a diploma in lifestyle medicine from the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
She is a passionate advocate for health equity, and is currently doing health equity-focused training as part of her general practice training. She is doing research in the social determinants of health in the context of chronic lifestyle-related diseases at the University of Keele. She also created and leads a successful physician-led walking group of over one hundred members in her community, where she regularly delivers educational talks on a wide range of health-related topics. She hopes to integrate both health inequalities and lifestyle medicine in her future practice as a fully qualified general practitioner.
Meet Surabhika here: (7) Unbelievable Plant Based Health Benefits – with Guest Dr Surabhika – YouTube
Susanna Sweeney
Susanna Sweeney is a retired Lecturer in Business & Social Care studies at Mayo Campus, Atlantic University. In 2015 Susanna was diagnosed with Diabetes Type 2 and she followed all of the ‘instructions’ provided to her to live with diabetes. Susanna was told “there is no cure, once you have it, you have it for life.” In 2021 Susanna was introduced to ‘Food as Medicine’ and in 2023 was given a normal diabetes check and is now free from diabetes medication.
Linda Mizun
Award-Winning Healthy Ageing Lifestyle Doc | Raising SEIS Investment HealthTech B2B | Founder of Hero of Health including an App that reverses chronic diseases & builds healthy ageing communities | NHS Clinical Entrepreneur
Dr. Linda Mizun is a dedicated A&E physician working within the NHS, and she is also a board-certified lifestyle medicine practitioner. Driven by her deep passion for leveraging lifestyle medicine to empower individuals in preventing, managing, and even reversing chronic diseases, she has amassed a compelling portfolio of successful cases, including her own remarkable health transformation.
Over many years, she has meticulously developed unique tools, such as the Fiber Tool and 0-Minute Movement, while also curating a robust body of evidence linking chronic health issues to one’s sense of purpose. Co-founding Hero of Health, she has embarked on a mission to address critical societal issues, from loneliness to mental health, with the aim of making healthy lifestyle habits accessible to all within their communities. Her vision is to prevent and reverse chronic diseases, enabling everyone to lead a long, fulfilling life unburdened by health issues.
Visit her Page: Hero of Health: https://www.heroofhealth.com/
Kate Dunbar
Kate knows first-hand the power of a whole food plant based diet (WFPBD). Nearly 20 years ago and a highly stressed teacher, she became seriously ill with psoriatic arthritis. She spent the whole summer in bed, in excruciating pain all over and dosed up on painkillers. Once on the mend, she started to wonder if certain foods might be contributing to symptoms, even though close family members also had this disease. However, she was told that, ‘diet has nothing to do with it’.
17 years ago, she became an ethical vegan and in doing so managed to cut her medication by half but still suffered flare-ups. Now, she is five years medication and pain free having discovered No Oil WFPBD. At the age of 60 much to her astonishment, she has just completed her first marathon. Her patient case study has been published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. Kate is an enthusiastic member of her local community, helping bring people together to plant a community orchard of over 180 trees. She loves parkrun, either running herself or cheering very loudly. Kate loves cooking and growing her own food. As a graphic designer, she is honoured to work with members of PBHPUK to produce their factsheets. She sincerely hopes that others can also improve their
health and be their best selves.
Danial Ejaz
Danial Ejaz is a Final Year Medical student with a keen interest in Health Promotion. He comes from a very multicultural background, which has aided him with a deep roots understanding of the implication of diet on health. Danial trialed a whole food plant based diet for the past 3 months with his mom, in hopes to improve her CVS risk factors and his own. He is eager to implement strategies for his future patients to eat better, live longer, and happier.
Ulrich Bartels
Ulrich Bartels works as an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist in Mayo University Hospital. His training was started in Germany having obtained his degree and PhD in Germany, University of Göttingen. Ulrich completed his training in Ireland and worked here and in the UK. He was appointed Honorary Lecturer to the University of Galway earlier this year.
When his daughter became vegan his concerns about her health led him to research nutrition and health. Culminating in taking the University of Winchester’s Plant-Based Nutrition course in 2020; this course fundamentally changed his view of health and disease.
Throughout his career he realized the strong link between trauma and disease, and he trained in trauma informed care.