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In the UK at least, the clocks have gone forward and that truly marks the start of spring with the excitement of summer and warmer weather (plus lots of vitamin D 😊) to look forward to! In the northern hemisphere the dark winter months can be especially hard, with SAD affecting many. With that in mind, the science and research section looks at mental health and the mechanism by which the gut microbiome might affect this.
I hope you all find time to take some rest over the forthcoming holiday period.
Enjoy!
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BANT Guidelines For Students
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BANT have released new guidelines for student members that was forwarded to all students by Kate Neil recently. As a student member of BANT you will likely have received the new guidelines direct from BANT.
You will notice that the updated guidelines are much more explicit and very much in keeping with CNELM's policies around fitness to practice.
If any student is unclear about the meaning of the BANT guidelines to them or CNELM poliicies then please contact Kate kate@cnelm.co.uk as a matter of quality assurance.
These guidelines are aimed at supporting the student and training providers, whilst not misleading the public. |
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Student reps have been attending deliberative meetings like the “programme leader meeting” and have given valuable feedback on the new professional enhancement Moodle page, ACB signposting and live streaming of lectures.
Based on student feedback, the professional enhancement page has been updated to include books and online resources to help students develop their academic writing skills and these are available under the study skills section and specifically this page.
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Karina Athwal
BSc Nutritional Therapy
Karina was a lawyer before graduating in 2010 from the Nutritional Therapy BSc. She tells us all about her work involving cPNI here.
Read her story here...
Following Karina's story Kate Neil gives an account of the integration of PNI concepts into the degree programmes since 2001.
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Important Information Post Grad
MSc/Dip/Cert
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Further to Kate Neil’s email sent to all students and staff on the 24th March, this is a reminder of the decision taken to teach only the Distance Learning Mode of the MSc/Dip/Cert in the future.
Students should be assured if they are registered for attendance that they will continue to be able to attend and 'attendance' opportunities for those travelling distance to the Centre are outlined below.
Ever since the Distance Mode was validated in 2013, numbers registering for attendance have declined. We currently have 12 students of 112 as attendance students on the postgrad programmes. Students on a study break due to return to studies over the next year are all registered on the Distance Mode.
Some students on the Distance Mode have for the first time had the opportunity to join lectures as they are taught live in the classroom and this appears to be working well overall. We will continue to offer this option; i.e. current students registered for attendance will be able to join the sessions at CNELM. Those unable to attend at CNELM or join online will have access to the recording in the usual way. We plan to continue to offer this option to new students, but all will still be formally registered for Distance Learning. The main change will be that all new students in the future will be registered for Distance Learning.
The revalidation date will likely be deferred to the Spring of 2018. We should receive confirmation of these changes from Middlesex University shortly.
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Further to BANT's recent extension of opportunities for students, we are pleased to say that two students from CNELM have volunteered for this role, which involves becoming key points of contact between BANT and CNELM as student representatives.
Alma Ahmovic reported in the February issue of the Student Newsletter her role as a Member of the BANT Student Network Team. Alma has found volunteering for BANT gives students the opportunity to engage with the nutritional therapy profession, understand the industry, and build confidence and network with like-minded people.
We look forward to hearing more about how the students get on in this role and reporting back.
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Why Weight Practitioner Programme
14th-18th August
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Build on your Coaching Skills and support clients with weight issues. Overweight and weight maintenance are central concerns for many clients. Nutrition information alone is often not enough for many individuals to make positive diet and lifestyle changes and sustain them.
CNELM's Why Weight Practitioner course provides you with the opportunity to spend 5 days developing coaching skills and learning NLP based tools that can support clients to implement and sustain changes in behaviours and address emotional and psychological factors relating to weight, eating and lifestyle habits.
Obesity is a global health issue and a substantial financial burden to society and many of the current solutions offered to the public are not working. Increasingly the value to using coaching skills to support individuals to lose weight and sustain weight loss is being recognised.
Take the opportunity now to participate in our upcoming 2016 Why Weight Practitioner course - become part of an increasing number of health professionals able to support clients to achieve and sustain a healthy weight in a healthy way.
All participants will watch a client experience and work together to analyse and consider/deliver useful tools for the client.
Added Bonus - UKCPD (Swindon) Master Practitioner course - Why Weight Practitioner counts as 4 days towards this course.
Why Weight - the course is booking up fast so act soon to secure your place!
For all bookings or enquiries please email faye@cnelm.co.uk
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This great imag has news from BANT, tactics to avoid seasonal hay fever as well as recipes.
Public Health England chief nutritionist talks about the collaboration between Public Health England and the food industry to reduce sugar in children's food here.
Evidence-based Strategies to Evoke Human Healing Response can be found here.
And see here for a Tom O'Brien webinar on thyroid hormone and how the thyroid controls healing and energy in our life.
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Children's Food Campaign Budget
2017 News
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This time last year, the CFC’s call for a sugary drinks tax became the surprise headline measure in the 2016 Budget. A year on, and the 2017 Budget brought equally good news on this front.
The Chancellor confirmed that the Soft Drinks Industry Levy will be introduced at the meaningful levels originally proposed: 18p and 24p for the two sugar bands (5g/100ml and 8g/100ml respectively). That's the equivalent of about 8p rise on a regular can of Coke. The prospect of those rates has already led to significant sugar reduction moves, and had a positive ripple effect on other sectors, as well as in Ireland and further afield.
A sugary drinks tax is no longer a controversial issue. The Treasury has referred in its social media to a “sugar tax” and using #sugartax rather than trying to disguise the measure as something else.
The acceptance of a sugary drinks tax hasn’t happened by magic. It has been down to the efforts of the many parents, campaigners and health professionals who have continued to loudly voice their support it, and have counteracted industry’s opposition.
The Chancellor confirmed that the revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy will likely be appreciably lower than originally predicted, because many companies have accelerated their reformulation work to cut sugar ahead of the Levy’s introduction.
Originally, much of the revenue generated from the Levy was ear-marked for supporting schools ‘to expand the school day’. But a case has been made that the money should be spent on helping schools promote healthier lifestyles. Yesterday, the Chancellor announced that not only was £1 billion guaranteed for schools, but that it would go to a new Healthy Pupils Capital Fund, as well as for schools sports and breakfast clubs.
You can read more here.
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A review on the role of gut dysbiosis on mental illness and brain function. It seems clear now that gut microbes influence psychopathology directly and this review looks at the roles of the gut microbiome in shaping brain development and neurological function and the mechanisms by which it can contribute to mental illness. It also discusses how insights in this field of research can inform care and provide a basis for the design of new therapies.
Western Diet, the Microbiome and Cognitive Impairment
This review looks at mechanisms through which consuming a western diet negatively impacts neurocognitive function, focusing particularly on the link between the gut microbiome and dietary and metabolic-associated hippocampal impairment.
Antibiotic Resistance in Animals Remains High
The latest report on antimicrobial resistance by the EFSA has found that resistance is still high. The report also highlights that resistance levels in Europe continue to vary by geographical region, with countries in Northern and Western Europe generally having lower resistance levels than those in Southern and Eastern Europe.
You can see their advice on how to reduce resistance in animals in this great interactive resource.
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This recipe comes courtesy of Alice Benskin and is a great alternative to sugar-laden Easter eggs this April!
Ingredients:
For the dough:-
225g of gluten free flour (I used Sweet Pea Pantry's pancake mix which is brown rice, quinoa and teff flour)
1 cup of elderflower and hibiscus tea
1 tbsp of maple syrup
2 eggs
For the topping:-
85g of 90% dark chocolate
3 -4 squares of dark chocolate
1 tbsp of coconut oil
1 tbsp of tahini paste
1 banana
Optional : mixed seeds and nuts
Method:
1. Place flour in a bowl and add the eggs.
2. Gently add the herbal tea a bit at a time and then mix together
3. Add the maple syrup or stevia
4. Put into a baking tin and bake for 15- 20 mins at 200 degrees C
4. Melt 85g of dark chocolate and mix with coconut oil and tahini until a chocolate paste is formed
5. When pizza dough is cooked, spread the chocolate paste over the pizza and then add the unmelted squares of dark chocolate on top
6. Bake for a further 5 minutes
7. Chop banana into chunks and decorate on top. Optional: add a mixture of seeds and nuts
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All times are UK time unless specified.
CNELM Events:
Wed 3rd May – online Labs day led by Deborah Archibald:-
The Labs day is going to be held online via Zoom on Wednesday May 3rd 10.30-16.00.
Representatives from key functional laboratories will each give presentations on testing options and host Q&A for students to ask questions about their respective tests. Each 45 minute lab presentation will focus specifically on a key and relevant topic:
- Regenerus will give an overview of the Dutch Comprehensive Hormone Test and its clinical utility
- Genova Diagnostics will use a complex case to discuss the functional test decision making process for interventions.
- Lifecode GX/Igeneius will present on the latest genetic research around sleep and circadian rhythm.
We are in discussion with other labs, including Invivo clinical, Lorisian and Biolab, to offer a range of functionally focused and interesting presentations.
This professional enhancement workshop is aimed at all students from Level 5 and above and graduates. It is an excellent opportunity to find out more about the tests offered by these laboratories, and to ask questions regarding the clinical usefulness of tests as well as issues such as quality assurance, reliability and validity of tests.
Please register at the following doodle poll to register your attendance.
Wednesday 21st June 2017 – Student Poster presentations led by Indrani Saha.
Wednesday 12th July 2017 –Strategies for presenting nutrition to non-nutritionists - led by David Titman
Wednesday 13th September 2017 – Open Research Journal Club led by Indrani Saha. Principles of Ethics and research led by Michelle Barrow
Wed 27th September 2017 – Products day led by Deb Archibald
Wednesday 25th October 2017 - Careers & Professional Specialism led by Faye Hall
Tuesday 14th November 2017 –Collaborative Working/Networking led by Faye Hall
Wed 29th November 2017 – Clinic Case Studies led by Janet Lakin & Emma Stiles & DEC & coaching case study led by Faye Hall
Non CNELM Events:
Bionutri 2017 CPD Seminars open to all practitioners:-
Food Pathology New insights. Continuing the popular Food Pathology seminars, Edward Joy and Sue McGarrigle ND will probe deeper into some of our most revered health foods and get to the heart of what makes them so special. Is turmeric as great as the headlines suggest? Are some fish better for our brain than others? Is there more to carrots than Beta Carotene?
Seminars dates and locations as follows:-
- Manchester Thursday 6th April 1.30-4.30pm, Friends Meeting House, Wythenshawe Rd, Wythenshawe, M23 0DJ
- London Saturday 29th April 10-1pm, The Wesley Euston Hotel and Conference Centre, 81-103 Euston St, Kings Cross. NW1 2EZ (Euston tube station)
- St Albans Thursday 4th May 10-1pm, 7 Upper Lattimore Road, AL1 3UD
- Cardiff Thursday 11th May 10-1pm, Cardiff University, Main Building, Lecture Hall 1.25, Park Place, CF10 3AT
- Tuesday 4th April, 6.30 – 8.30pm, RSM London, £60 + VAT: Functional Forum and Clinical Education Present 'Chronic Disease: A Partnership Solution'.
- Saturday 22 April, 9.30-4.30pm, Cavendish Conference Centre, London, £95: 'Inflammation and Antioxidants'
- Saturday May 6th, 9.30-5.30, RSM London, £156: Women and Hormones: a nutritional journey from menarch to menopause. Touching upon many aspects of female health and well-being, recognising the role of hormones is of crucial importance to those offering nutritional support to their female patients.
- Tuesday 23rd May 09:30 - Thursday 25th May 16:30, ION, Ambassador House, Paradise Rd, Richmond TW9 1SQ, £450-£525: Cancer - Nutritional support before, during and after treatment and beyond.
- Wednesday 7th June, 10.30-6.30, ION, Ambassador House, Paradise Rd, Richmond TW9 1SQ, £80: Understanding and facilitating behaviour change in clinical practice
- Wednesday 19th July, 10.30-6.30, ION, Ambassador House, Paradise Rd, Richmond TW9 1SQ, £130: Food styling and photography for aspiring health bloggers
- Various Dates:https://www.lifecodegx.com/events/ Ingeneius are in the process of rebranding from Ingeneius to lifecode GX. They can offer a student discount CNELM10 which gives an extra £10 off all tickets, including early bird!
- BANT CPD Conferences and Webinars
Archived Recordings:
Disclaimer
CNELM occasionally circulates information regarding external events which we think may be of interest to students, graduates and/or staff. Please note that CNELM is not involved in the organisation or the content of such events and circulates all such information in good faith.
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CNELM circulates by email and includes in the student newsletter a range of job opportunities. Several students at CNELM already hold qualifications enabling differning scopes of practice. All students if working in the nutrition field should keep mindful of CNELM's Fitness to Practice Policy and ensure their scope of practice or work is in keeping with existing qualifications. If ever in doubt it is best to contact Kate as Head of Quality Assurance or Dave as Centre Administrator/Practice Supervisor.
Nutrition Admin and Marketing Support Role
Contact: andrea@healthembrace.co.uk or 07920 203130
Rate of Pay: £10 per hour (on a self-employed basis)
Location: Home office based or Norwich (opportunities to attend workshops/ events throughout UK)
An opportunity has arisen for a nutrition orientated support assistant to work with Andrea Carroll Langan an MSc level qualified functional nutritional therapist within the busy Norwich based practice Health Embrace. Health Embrace specialises in optimising health and performance and has varied nutrition consultancy contracts within the fields of education, sport and business. Additionally following the recent successful soft launch of a Health Embrace food product range, plans are also developing within this sector.
The role will involve many elements of nutrition and marketing support, so there is plenty of scope for the right person to hit the ground running then grow with the business. The position might suit a final year nutrition student or recent graduate with excellent writing skills and attention to detail, who should also have a strong interest in sports nutrition. The requirement is initially for help between 6 and 8 hours a week during the school term time and on an ad hoc basis during holidays. Currently many Health Embrace business admin and design tasks are outsourced so there is flexibility here for another proactive person to be involved/ someone from a solid marketing background to quickly gain more work.
Example duties will include:
- Assisting in the ongoing management and set-up of a monthly newsletter
- Research collation and developing content for new workshops and formal documents
- Providing summaries on latest evidence of interest and journal recommendations
- Assisting with the development of marketing and social media campaigns, blogging for website and developing content for published articles
- Support for developing a consistent brand image – e.g. posting photos & videos that utilise the latest design apps
- Assisting with maintaining and updating website
- Research into ingredients/ suppliers and health claims
- Liaising with shops, suppliers and some nutritional clients
- General admin to establish and maintain processes e.g. data backup and customer databases
Customer Support Nutritionist Ingennus
Igennus Healthcare Nutrition is seeking a multi-skilled, highly practical and flexible individual to deliver first class technical nutrition advice as part of our customer support offering, and who will also handle a varied range of technical administration tasks to support the needs of our customers and internal processes. This role involves being a point of contact for our customers, both trade/professional and the general public. As such, the successful individual will have excellent interpersonal skills, be highly empathetic and professional, and able to liaise confidently with a wide range of people in addition to possessing a high level of nutrition knowledge and experience.
The ideal candidate will be friendly, with a natural energy and strong desire to help others – and possess a passion for health. The successful individual will be reliable and dedicated and able to adapt quickly to new challenges in order to help Igennus maintain their leading role in the clinical nutrition industry.
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- Offering technical product/nutrition advice on the order line and via live chat to end users and practitioners
- Dealing with technical customer service queries (via phone, email and live chat) rapidly and effectively; identifying where necessary to escalate complex technical problems to senior nutrition team members
- Conduct routine technical training to health food stockists and practitioners via phone and Skype
- Management of our in-house fatty acid testing service, including co-ordination of test kits, processing results using our bespoke software and delivery of nutrition consultations regarding client test results
- Delivery of nutrition consultations via video link for users of the MyOnlineCLINIC service
- Trade and export order processing
- Ad hoc support for our Marketing and Nutrition departments
- Working closely with our Customer Support Manager to ensure the service we provide is of exceptional standard, including offering solutions and ideas to improve efficiency of internal processes
- Processing trade applications & setting up accounts
- Assistance coordinating educational events and webinars
- Contribute ad hoc content to nutrition blog & education materials
- Contributing nutrition and lifestyle content to populate Facebook and Twitter feeds
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To be considered for this position, you will be:
- Able to work both autonomously and as part of a team
- Extremely proficient with technology and software, particularly Microsoft Office, and quick to pick up new digital tools used to support processes and efficiency (training will be provided on our CRM software)
- Confident, with excellent oral and written communication skills with an excellent telephone manner
- Customer focused and adept at problem-solving, taking pride in providing first class service
- A self-starter, willing to learn, flexible and able to prioritise tasks
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Strong experience in a customer-facing role
- Experience of working in the nutrition and health industry, either as clinical or health food retail experience
- Educated to at least A-level standard and hold relevant nutrition qualifications to diploma level or equivalent
- Experience in applying nutrition in a clinical setting
- Knowledge and experience of nutrition coaching and functional medicine would be desirable
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- Friendly, cooperative, reliable, calm and professional
- Smart and able to relate and communicate with professionals from all areas
- Must be passionate about and take pride in own health and wellbeing and be keen to develop a sound knowledge of the products and the company’s nutrition stance
- Resourceful, eager to learn and a natural self-starter
- Have a positive, friendly and helpful manner
- Be sensitive and considerate towards customers
- Genuine desire to help others – both colleagues and customers
- Confident and authoritative but not afraid to seek help when needed
- Proactive and forward-thinking
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- A friendly, supportive and enjoyable office environment where individuals are encouraged to contribute ideas and be entrepreneurial
- The opportunity to apply your skills and make an impact as we strive for continuous learning and improvement
- Working alongside other motivated and intelligent people who care about what we do and the products and services we provide
- Creative and challenging projects and cross-team working
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- 37.5 hours per week between the hours of 9.00am-5:30pm Monday-Friday based in Cambridge (near the Science Park)
- Competitive salary is offered depending on experience and 25 days’ holiday
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How to apply:
Please email your CV and a covering letter to Anne Chard.
More classifieds can be found here, here and here.
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