Dr Stephanie B Matthews MB BCh PhD FRCPath

Stephanie is a clinical expert in food intolerance, for which she set up an NHS clinic now with over 600 patients. She studied medicine, and gained her PhD, in Cardiff, and is a consultant in Medical Biochemistry. The discovery of her own lactose intolerance has changed her life in more ways than one, as she now has three beautiful children.

She is an expert in several other fields of medicine, particularly cholesterol and heart disease, and has pioneered LDL apheresis for people with severe cholesterol problems. She has also set up a clinic for young people with this problem, now being developed nationally and internationally with the charity Heart UK.

Like Tony she believes strongly in explaining difficult medical and scientific concepts to the general public, and patients. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, and was short listed for Hospital Doctor of the Year in 2003.