“IT worked FOR US”
‘Changing my diet helped’
FRAN McELWAINE, 63, from Surrey, is a functional health practitioner and coach.
I never had a problem with my health or sleeping until my 40s. By then, I was living in the Middle East with my husband and teen children, and had a high-powered job in strategic communications. Working long hours with an active social life, I put my health on the back-burner. I’d wake up exhausted, survive on sugary foods and caffeine throughout the day, then – after crashing out at 11pm – I’d wake up between 2am and 3am for a couple of hours before dozing off until I had to get up at 6.30am for work. My emotions were all over the place – I felt depressed, anxious and would lose my temper over nothing. Convinced I wasn’t working as well as
