Great experience and advice
Great experience and advice. Made to feel like I wasn’t imagining my symptoms. Made me feel at ease and really appreciated her help!
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Christel Lyell is a UK Registered Dietitian (HCPC, BDA) specializing in IBS, bloating, and digestive health for women in perimenopause and menopause. With over 27 years of clinical experience, including 21 years in the NHS, Christel understands the unique challenges of managing gut symptoms during midlife hormonal changes. As the former Head of Nutrition at a major UK teaching hospital, Christel supported patients with complex digestive conditions including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease, and functional gut disorders. Now in private practice, she helps women who are tired of restrictive diets and conflicting advice finally get the answers they deserve. Christel is trained in the low FODMAP diet by both Monash University (Australia) and King's College London—the world's leading institutions for IBS dietary management. Her approach is evidence-based, practical, and focused on what you CAN eat, not endless restrictions. Through personalized one-to-one consultations, Christel helps clients identify food triggers, reduce bloating, manage constipation, and restore confidence in eating without fear. She also hosts The Perimenopause Gutsy Talk podcast, sharing honest conversations about gut health, hormones, and nutrition that actually works in real life. Available for online appointments throughout the UK, plus monthly in-person consultations in Prestbury, Cheshire. Read what is said about working with Christel and how she's helped them reclaim their gut health and confidence.
Great experience and advice. Made to feel like I wasn’t imagining my symptoms. Made me feel at ease and really appreciated her help!
Christel has been a huge help over the past few weeks. My symptoms have massively improved and are now rare and much milder when they do appear. We took a really practical, non-restrictive approach that made things easy to implement day to day, and I now feel like I have a clear plan going forward. Christel is friendly, knowledgeable, approachable and explains things in a way that’s easy to understand. I also really appreciated the check-ins between consultations and how responsive she was over email. Highly recommend. Thanks Christel!

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I was referred to Christel by a consultant gastroenterologist following months of hospital consultations and tests that pointed towards IBS.
We embarked on a programme during which she helped me deal with IBS through low FODMAP diet and Nerva hypnotherapy sessions. Christel combines deep practitioner knowledge with empathy, which resonated with me and made me feel supported throughout. Thanks to her, I was able to pursue the necessary steps successfully and reduce my IBS symptoms to manageable levels. I can't recommend Christel high enough!

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From the moment I reached out on Instagram, Christel was compassionate and helpful. She was empathetic and considerate of my previous eating disorder history and reassured me every step of the way when I felt triggered - the focus was about adding in rather than restriction and this has massively impacted my daily routines. I now feel I am eating better, definitely drinking more water and just feel more aware of what my body is telling me and how I should care for her. I feel confident I have the tools and knowledge in place to continue making progress and have a calm and comfortable gut. Transformational. Thank You x

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Christell was hugely helpful in diagnosing my gut and mouth problems that had been troubling me for 7+ years.
She listened to all my symptoms and gave an informed evaluation. She gave a diet plan and advice that enabled me to understand how best to help myself and gain control of my problems.
Hugely grateful for the expert advice and support of Christel, which has completely transformed my health, and helped me return to normal day-to-day activities.
Christel has helped me massively with chronic IBS symptoms which were really taking a toll on my mental health. Her calm and reassuring nature immediately put me at ease and I really felt listened to. Her food suggestions have carefully widened the range of ingredients I eat and my diet is much healthier as a result. I was amazed how easy it was in include a variety of plant based items into my diet, increasing both flavour and fibre. I have rediscovered a love of cooking and am forever grateful to Christel for her help, support and advice.
Christel is amazing - her service from start to finish is 5 star and I highly recommend her. The process she uses, knowledge and support she offers is wonderful. She has helped me identify and resolve issues that I have had for many years - it's improved my quality of life massively and I can't thank her enough.
Christel helped identify what was causing my stomach problems and provided me with a simple but effective solution. It has improved my quality of life and I'm very grateful for her support.

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I’d come from being admitted to hospital twice in agonising pain before I discovered this was Chronic constipation. It had been caused as a side effect of tablets I had to take, but then compounded by time -15 months in and I was in almost daily agony!! I’d done diets and teas recommended by the internet, but I was going down the wrong tracks and getting even more ill from the internets advice.
I invested in Christel as I knew I had to have proper advice before I caused myself long term harm and she has been a godsend! She is so knowledgeable and clear, knowing exactly what to do, but also comforting and kind. She has not only put me on the correct eating path, and got me taking some extra supplements to help, but also given me an arsenal of methods to use when it’s been a few days and things aren’t working.
If you have gut problems then definately invest in Christel to get you through them as she has such a wealth of professional trained experience! The internet is too conflicting and confusing & your health is too valuable. I saw her over 3 months - June to Sept and have gone from almost constant pain to virtually none (3hours a week).
I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND CHRISTEL LYELL, NUTRITIONIST.

Reply from Christellyelldietitian
Working with Christel has been great. Her knowledge and expertise have been invaluable, and I felt supported throughout the whole process. When I experienced issues or setbacks, Christel was there with advice and encouragement as to how to get back on track. Stomach issues are so so tough to tackle and deal with, but I now have the tools to do so.

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