Mark and I thought the conference at Eden was fantastic and what a great launch for the Chy-Sawel Project. We learnt a lot about the link between nutrition and mental well-being and it was the sort of stuff that we would not come across in the media, so thanks for that. You attracted some of the most internationally respected speakers for the conference and they delivered top quality presentations, full of passion and commitment to the subject. 
Many thanks.

With all good wishes Vicki

The conference was excellent-we only stayed for the first half as my sister needed to get away.  However this was fascinating and full of information and inspiration for the holistic treatment, prevention and understanding of mental illness.  I hope this will reach wider audiences where it will gain momentum for the good of sufferers of mental illness and society as a whole. I look forward to hearing more about it put into practice at Chy-Sawel.

Best wishes Dr. Gilda Davies

Delighted to hear Dr Alex Richardson present 'they are what you feed them' - she talks so directly with such enthusiasm & common sense.  Manages to give us tasty morsels of complicated research in an appetising way-so we want more! 

A bit like the facts & myths of mental illness with the 'Time for change 'campaign, we were alerted to what we eat & how food is presented to us through supermarket advertising, media , & we've got the book , 'Food, mood & Behaviour: Facts & Myths' (3 copies) especially for our young carers & their families.

It was so encouraging to hear from Kevin Williamson about his team's work with young people & the efficacy of Nutritionional Therapy in early intervention.  
We are so limited & unimaginative & afraid to step out of the medical mode! 

Both Doctors Downing & Orton re-affirmed the need for holistic treatment. 
 
It is always so good to be among like-minded people. Access to good health & good nutrition should be so much easier -it is frightening, if not criminal, how little we use all this knowledge -especially those of us in a position to help or make changes. 

Thank you Sandra for organising this event & promoting the value of holistic care & treatment & getting these inspiring speakers together.

Claudia Benzies

As a professional within the community mental health team and also a nutritional therapist, I was excited to attend the long awaited programme of events at the Eden Project this year. A One Day Conference on ‘Nutritional and Holistic Interventions for Tackling Mental Illness.’

The pioneering Chy Sawel Project yet again provided an outstanding day with prominent speakers in the field of nutrition to promote awareness of this holistic approach to mental health.

Highlights of the day for me were the ever inspirational Dr Alex Richardson with her frank, no nonsense approach to the facts and myths surrounding food mood and behaviour.

Dr David Orton gave another inspirational and personal insight into mental health, its treatment across the decades and his gradual awareness of the interaction of nutrition and psychological factors.

Dr Damien Downing delivered a fascinating but highly technical presentation on allergy, environmental toxicology, nutrition and genomics. Dr Downing may have lost a few people along the way, such was the level of his discussion, and however his passion and expertise kept me hanging on every word. Having said this I managed to hang on to this fascinating roller coaster journey through science and personally I could have listened to him all day.

Kevin Williamson was of great interest, as he is a member of an extremely forward thinking Early Intervention in Psychosis Service, in South Humber Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Kevin delivered a highly informative and articulate presentation of a workable strategy for supporting young individuals with psychosis by nutritional means. As Kevin is also an accredited trainer we can only hope his enthusiasm and expertise, for this most fundamental of treatments, to infect other Community Mental Teams including my own.

And most importantly my profuse thanks to Sandra Breakspeare, and The Chy Sawel Project, for working tirelessly to make this day possible.

Sarah Twomlow
Carers Support Worker – Community Mental Health Team Penzance
Nutritional Therapist Dip ONT