Maryon Stewart
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Maryon Stewart well known in both the UK and Australia as a pioneer in the field of non drug medicine. [1]
In 1984 she set up the women's nutritional advisory Service, which has helped tens of thousands of women all around the world to improve their health and wellbeing.
In 2010, following the death of her 21-year-old daughter Hester, Maryon founded the Angelus Foundation, the only charity currently dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers of legal highs and club drugs.[2][3]
She has written 26 self-help books, co-authored a series of medical papers, written regular columns for daily newspapers and magazines, had her own radio show, written scripts for, and produced films, as well as contributed to a variety TV series, including being the Nutritionist for Channel Four’s Model Behaviour and now she presents The Really Useful Health Show.[4]
Early life
Maryon was born in London. In her teens she took an interest in charity work, raising funds for the National Heart Foundation and Ravenswood.[5]
Career
After studying preventive dentistry and nutrition at St George’s Hospital in London[citation needed], Maryon worked as a councillor with nutritional doctors.
At the beginning of 1984 she set up the PMT Advisory Service. In 1987 she launched the Women’s Nutritional Advisory Service, and the Natural Health Advisory Service in 2003.
In November 1999 Maryon was voted by Good Housekeeping Magazine as the 51st most influential woman in Great Britain. In December 2009 she was voted one of the 5 most inspirational women in the UK by Fabulous Magazine. And in 2010 she won the Addidi Inspirational Award.[1]
Maryon’s book titles include Beat PMT through diet, The Model Plan, The Zest for Life Plan, The Phyto Factor, Cruising through the Menopause, No More PMS, Beat Sugar Craving, The Vitality Diet, Healthy Parents, Healthy Baby, Beat Menopause Naturally, The Natural Menopause Plan, The Real Life Diet and The Natural Menopause Kit. She is the co-author of Beat IBS Through Diet, No More IBS, Beat PMS Cookbook, Every Woman’s Health Guide, The Natural Health Bible, and seven Australian titles, two of which were on the best sellers list.[citation needed]
Angelus Foundation
She founded the Angelus Foundation in 2010. In April 2009, Her 21-year-old daughter Hester died after consuming the then-legal high GBL.[6][7] The foundation now brings together a group of world-class experts[who?], known as the Angelus Advisory Group. They offer expertise from the chemical, medical and behavioural sciences.[8]
The Angelus Foundation is a London-based charity that strives to highlight the risks associated with taking ‘legal highs’, through dedicated research, education and advocacy.[9] The Foundation states that its mission is to ‘help society understand the dangers of ‘legal highs’ (unclassified substances), to reduce the harm they cause to young people and their families, and to save lives.’[8]
The foundation is creating in-school programmes and wider youth education programmes, supporting and educating parents on the dangers of 'legal highs', and continuing campaigns to change laws. It seeks to bring about widespread education and information which will lead to a change in the attitudes of young people towards legal highs.[10][11]
In 2012 the Angelus Foundation joined forces with the Amy Winehouse Foundation to front a national campaign to make drug and alcohol education compulsory as part of the national curriculum.[12]
References
- ^ a b "Maryonstewart.com".
- ^ Evans, Martin Mother of legal highs' victim urges Prime Minister to publish vital report Telegraph. May 29, 2015
- ^ Psychoactive Substances Bill: What's banned and how are they checked? BBC. May 29, 2015
- ^ "Maryonstewart.com/tv.html".
- ^ "Interview with Maryon Stewart".
- ^ GBL should be a Class A drug, says mother of student who died after taking 'legal high' on eve of Government ban Daily Mail. May 29, 2015
- ^ Tweedie, Neil GBL: 'Why haven't they banned it?' Telegraph. May 29, 2015
- ^ a b "Angelus Foundation - what we do".
- ^ "Angelus Foundation".
- ^ "Maryon Stewart linkedin".
- ^ Leppard, David Legal highs set to kill more than heroin Sunday Times. May 29, 2015
- ^ "guardian".