Dr. Julian Henley trained at the University of London at The Royal London Hospital and qualified in 1986.
In 1991 he moved to Western Australia and decided to practice rural and remote medicine in Tom Price a remote mining town in the Pilbara, in north Western Australia, more than 4 hours drive away from the nearest public hospital.
Here, Julian practiced as a rural GP, he then moved to Gnowangerup, once again an isolated rural town about 4 hour’s drive south of Perth, capital of Western Australia. He was the only doctor in the town, and practiced there for the next 10 years.
He treated everything that arrived on his doorstep, any time of day or night, every day of the week, ranging from serious trauma – including a plane crash! – to a runny nose and everything else in between.
Julian always had a passion in preventative health and specialised in helping his patients lose weight. After only a short period of time he managed to have most of the town participating in daily walking groups, becoming fitter, socialising, catching up with local gossip, and having a good laugh doing it.
Dr Henley was made a ‘Fellow of The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine’ in 1999.
After moving to Launceston, Tasmanian 2002, Dr Henley continued to practice preventative health and educates his patients about the link between high cholesterol and heart disease.
Ironically, Dr Henley suffered a stroke at the age of 54, after years of trying to be healthy. He has now radically changed what he eats to help preserve his own life. This has driven him to write this book to help everyone who is struggling with being overweight, so that what happened to him never happens to them.
By following his six ‘Goal-den rules’ losing weight can be a lot easier than you think and you will gain a new quality of life.
Sharon King – Nutritionist and Dietitian is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD).
I have been working in the field of health for many years. I have had the pleasure and privilege to work at the practice with Dr Julian Henley going on for 7 years. He is one of the most passionate doctors I have ever met and has a true belief in preventative health.
It can be difficult as a dietitian to get some medical practitioners to understand and value what input a dietitian can have on a patient’s health.
However, Dr Henley firmly believes that diet can make an impact on people’s health both physically and mentally. Emerging research in this area, particularly surrounding gut health and the gut-brain axis supports this.
Most of the clients that I see have chronic illnesses (mostly multiple), many of these are attributable to poor food choices.
The foods we choose to put in our mouths not only impact on our physical health; weight, immune function but also influence our mental health; mood and cognition. In other words, food can make a huge difference in our overall function and ability to cope and get through each day.