Suzanne Shaw

I overhauled my lifestyle, because it was playing havoc with my hormones and emotions. I’d struggled with my mental health for 19 years and medication wasn’t enough to help me get better, so I had to take responsibility. At the end of 2019, I started a plant-based diet then three months later I decided to cut out alcohol. Before, I’d eat healthily but on treat days I would have pizza, chips and burgers. This would always go hand-in-hand with, “let’s have a bottle of wine – let’s party”. It was a roller coaster. From Monday to Wednesday, I was always recovering from unhealthy eating and a hangover from the weekend.

It would set my anxiety through the