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Welcome to the November/December edition of The Nutritional Supplement - the last for 2020. There is lots of interesting research and links to podcasts/webinars in this edition, to keep you all even busier!
I hope that when I next write this in early 2021 we will be heading towards some semblance of normality again.
Happy reading - Coriander Stone
CNELM does not necessarily endorse the content and views expressed in the content of the links to external podcasts, reviews and publications and provide links to such information we think will be of interest to students and challenge views on a variety of topics. CNELM is not involved in the organisation or the content of content provided by external agencies and provides links in good faith. Please contact the Editor of the Student Newsletter Coriander Stone coriander@cnelm.co.uk in the first instance if you have any cause of concern regarding the content of this edition of the Newsletter.
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The next formal bi-annual Student Support Manager (SSM) sessions will take place on 7th – 11th December and will offer students a formal opportunity to provide feedback on your experience of the course, which is then anonymously analysed and reported back to CNELM in order to enhance services to students.
Aspects of your studies covered in formal sessions include: -
- Gauging whether you are on track with your study programme
- If you generally are happy with the level of feedback received for assessments
- If teaching and administrative staff are accessible and supportive
- If the learning resources are accessible and suitable to your needs
The focus of the formal sessions is therefore mainly academic.
The formal 7th – 11th December sessions can be accessed via this linked poll https://doodle.com/poll/mcp59rneqdw6v24h?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
A Zoom meeting will be set up for the session, which lasts for 15-30 minutes. If further time is required then this can be arranged via a separate, ad hoc session.
This poll will ONLY be for the formal sessions; if you require an ad hoc pastoral appointment with me at another time, please email me directly at coriander@cnelm.co.uk
There are also ad hoc sessions offered on a monthly basis throughout the year, which provide confidential pastoral support. They serve to offer students additional pastoral support for those of you experiencing extenuating issues which are impacting on your studies in some way - this might be personal/family reasons, health issues, financial worries or anything else which you need emotional support with. The next ad hoc sessions will run on the 17th November.
Some comments from students who have used the ad hoc service and found it helpful are: -
“I was having some personal issues which were affecting my studies, and the practical suggestions I received helped to reduce my stress levels.”
“I did find it helpful as Coriander gave me various options to consider going forward with the course following life circumstances impacting my studies, and she put me in touch with the right people.”
“I found the service supportive and responsive.”
“I had personal struggles which made my studying experience hard. When speaking with Coriander, she listened to my issues very well, demonstrated understanding, supported me with good advice and even offered her personal experience for dealing with the issues I had. Overall, very positive experience with a SSM who is easy to talk to.”
Both formal and ad hoc sessions also cover guidance for students with known or self-suspected Learning Needs or other disabilities.
Ad hoc sessions will take place on the following dates throughout the year and can be arranged by emailing me directly: -
- 17th November
- 15th December
You are of course always welcome to email me directly with any queries, for example if you need to speak to me on any different date or need pastoral support outside of the ad hoc dates.
If anyone has any further questions regarding the role of these sessions, please do contact me.
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Stefan Gates from Table Top - Food Matters in a Panel discussion draws on the expertise of industry professionals to discuss an important topic 'how will personalised nutrition become mainstream?'. The panel members raise a broad range of issues confronting personalised nutrition becoming mainstream and offer several insights. One panel member raises the question whether personalised nutrition would be better described as 'interactive' nutrition. Whilst CNELM may not agree with all views expressed in the podcast the future of personalised nutrition is such an important topic to engage with that we recommend listening to this podcast and opening up a discussion in future Newsletters. |
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Norway Vitamin Legislation
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The Alliance for Natural Health as an activist organisation has been working for many years alongside trade associations such as the UK's Health Food Manufacturers Association (HFMA) in regard to the maintenance of more liberal levels of vitamins and minerals in food supplements. Following Brexit the UK's voice in Europe will have less impact. More recently the EC Commissioner has received requests from many Member States asking to 're-commence it efforts to harmonise maximum permitted levels (MPLs) for vitamins and minerals in food supplements.'
This ANH review highlights Norway and Sweden - precedents. We welcome comments from students irrespective of location on this review including comments from students living outside of Europe and access to food supplements in their locations.
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Stefan Gates from Table Top - Food Matters interviews Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Director of the TwinsUK Registry at Kings College, London about his new book Spoon Fed. Prof Spector highlights how much of what we have been told about nutrition is 'wrong' or lacking in scientific evidence.
The discussion further complements the above podcast on personalised nutrition and individual variances in how we utilise food and he challenges the view of the need for everyone eating three meals a day and snacking in between. |
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This article reviews the infant gut microbiome and asks how the use of probiotics might exert long term effects. Although this article states that colonisation of the infant gut microbiome begins following delivery, some evidence suggests that colonisation of the infant gut may begin in utero. This 2018 paper reviews potential physiological mechanisms of in utero transfer - further studies are needed.
For those of you with a special interest in this field you can continue to find out more about faecal transfer from mother to baby born following C-section.
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A new consumer-facing guide from sports nutrition industry trade group ESSNA sets out to explains the importance of nutrition and the value of supplementation, and what people should keep in mind when making product selections. |
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Anna Papoutsa
MSc Personalised Nutrition
Anna graduated from the MSc in Personalised Nutrition in 2018 and is currently completing the NTPD. She previously worked in computer science and is co-module leader of MSc module Personalised Nutrition and Chronic Illness and BSc module Applied Pathophysiological Reasoning.
Read her story here...
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Randy Horwitz, MD, PhD, FACP, medical director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine discusses several Covid-19 issues, including pathophysiology, hypoxia, and identifying the lingering effects of the virus in some patients. This podcast is a good lead-in to the bradykinin hypothesis link below. |
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According to lead researcher and chief scientist for computational systems biology, Dr Daniel Jacobson a new theory about how Covid-19 might impact the body was revealed, called the bradykinin hypothesis. The researchers suggest that this hypothesis may explain Covid-19 presentation and some of its bizarre symptoms.
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The Children’s Food Campaign have joined together with Sustain campaigns Food Power, Sugar Smart and Veg Cities to launch a new video making the case for UK Government investment in children's health, as public and political pressure on Ministers grows ahead of the Spending Review. |
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MyNutriWeb has many excellent resources and webinars, including a cardiometabolic webinar by Professor Bruce Griffin and The Immunity Series by Dr Caroline Childs.
An interesting Natural Medicines Journal article on the effects of maternal choline status on foetal development during viral infection.
This Natural Medicine Journal article looks at the effects of the herb Scutellaria baicalensis on T2 diabetes, with interesting results.
This Invivo Sunday Journal article discusses the ecological importance of organic practices and what organic food actually means. The author Lucy Rothwell is a CNELM graduate.
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Vitamin D and K2:
New research suggests that both vitamins D and K2 may simultaneously have an important role to play in protecting against adverse outcomes in Covid-19; however, this paper suggests there may be clinically important non-linear relationships between these two and that Vitamin K2 needs to be taken before Vitamin D. This highlights the fact that CNELM's general position that general dietary adequacy and personalised factors need to be considered before making nutraceutical recommendations is particularly relevant to Covid-19; particularly as we don't know what other clinically relevant non-linear relationships there may be between other nutrients in Covid-19. Moreover, in acute conditions like Covid, blanket nutrient recommendations at the population level need to be demonstrated by RCTs, which perhaps motivated the cause for concern that has been raised over the vitamin D paper, which suggests that serum vitamin D levels of at least 30 ng/mL may protect against life threatening complications from Covid-19. Researchers analysed data from patients with confirmed COVID-19 who had been admitted to hospital and found that having a vitamin D level of above 30 ng/ml was significantly associated with having less severe COVID-19. They also found that only 32.8% of patients studied had sufficient levels of vitamin D.
Patients with adequate levels also had higher blood lymphocyte counts and lower levels of C-reactive protein in their blood.
New research suggests that plastics have worked their way into seafood at almost all levels. The scientists tested five varieties of seafood: wild blue crabs, oysters, farmed tiger prawns, wild squid and wild sardines and found microplastics in every sample of seafood they tested, with the results suggesting that a seafood eater could be exposed to approximately 0.7 mg of plastic when ingesting an average serving of oysters or squid, and up to 30 mg of plastic when eating sardines.
Faecal Transplants in the Elderly:
A new study suggests that faecal transplants may restore cognitive function in the elderly. The research looked at the effects of faecal transplants from older to younger mice which altered their gut microbiome and in turn impacted their spatial learning and memory. The researchers hope that by reversing this procedure, faecal transplantation might one day be used to combat cognitive decline among the elderly.
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Ingredients (serves 6):
CHICKEN MARINADE
1200g Thigh or breast Chicken
1.5 large [diced] Onions
3 tsp ground Cumin
3 tsp Sugar
3 tsp ground Curry Powder
1.5 tsp ground Smoked Paprika
1.5 tsp ground Turmeric
1.5 tsp ground Red Chilli Powder
1.5 tsp Salt
1.5 tsp ground Coriander
SATAY SAUCE
600g [1 tin] Coconut Milk
3 [diced] Onions
4.5 [minced] Garlic
375 ml chicken Stock
1.5/2 chopped fresh Chilli
3 tsp Ketchup
3 tsp Soy Sauce
4.5 tbsp Peanut Butter
1.5 [juice & zest] Lime
If you can marinate the chicken the night before great! If not, 30 mins in the fridge will do the job.
Combine the Satay Marinade ingredients in a small bowl - ground cumin, sugar, curry powder, paprika, turmeric, chilli, salt and ground coriander. From the bowl, add 3 tablespoons of the Satay Marinade to the chicken and onions in a bowl and marinate for 30 minutes in the fridge, or preferably overnight.
In a non-stick pan over high heat with a glug of oil, add the marinated chicken and cook until browned all over and cooked through. Then place in a bowl for the moment.
Turn heat down a little add 1 tbsp of oil, followed by chill, onion and garlic cloves. Sauté until onion is translucent which will be around 2/3 minutes. Then add remaining Satay Marinade and cook for 1 minute. It should be starting to stick to the pan. Now add the stock and peanut butter and transfer all the mixture into a food processor. Puree until pretty smooth.
Then add back to the pan followed by the ketchup, soy sauce, lime juice and zest, coconut milk, and 100ml water. Stir to combine.
Bring to simmer, turn the heat down to medium and simmer for 15 minutes until thickened. If it's not thickening up, you can whisk in a teaspoon of flour or cornflour until its thick enough. Serve with rice, cabbage slaw, peanuts and coriander leaves.
Please email me your favourite recipes to coriander@cnelm.co.uk and how you came to find them!
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All times are UK time unless specified.
CNELM Events:
The CNELM professional enhancement days can also be found here.
Non CNELM Events:
- The Reproductive Microbiome & Its Effect on Fertility with Leah Hechtman, ND online education course is available now for £199 (12 hours CPD). You can enrol here.
- AIC 2020: Advancements in Clinical Research and Innovative Practices in Functional Medicine Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time ever the 2020 AIC experience will be entirely online. $875.00
- 7th November 2020, 155 Bishopsgate, Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 3YD, BANT AGM
- Demystifying SIBO with Dr Jason Hawrelak
- Human Nature - ancient drives in a modern world, Various dates and locations, Free, 10AM - 3:30PM
- Unnatural selection - evolution or devolution?, Various dates and locations, Free, 10AM - 3:30PM
- List of discounted clinical education seminars here
More webinars, events and podcasts can be found in the Science and Education section of the BANT website.
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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We would like to gather your feedback for CPD events at CNELM. There are several upcoming events to be held at CNELM and it would be great to gather your thoughts on these events, as well as internal events such as Lab days and other events run by CNELM staff.
Could anyone who has attended these events please email me their brief thoughts on them to coriander@cnelm.co.uk.
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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.
Job Role: Nutrition Administration Support for Health Embrace
Contact: andrea@healthembrace.co.uk or 07920 203130
Rate of Pay: £12 per hour (on a self-employed basis)
Location: Home office based (being located near Norwich would be an advantage longer term)
An opportunity has arisen for a nutrition orientated support assistant to work with Andrea Carroll Langan our lead BANT Registered Nutritionist® within the busy Norwich based social enterprise Health Embrace.
Health Embrace aims to make up-to-date nutritional information accessible to all, through a series of interactive workshops and consultancy within schools, sports clubs and the wider community. Children and adults are encouraged to make realistic, sustainable steps towards positive change and take ownership for their health and well-being.
Established in 2013, Health Embrace has long term nutrition and wellbeing consultancy contracts within the fields of education and sport. In 2019 Health Embrace successfully launched an ‘active’ nutrition programme into many Norwich based primary schools. This then provided us opportunities to further support community projects and launch as a social enterprise.
The Role:
The role will involve many elements of nutrition 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. 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 (and sometimes nutrition workshop presentations) tasks are outsourced, so there is flexibility here for a proactive person to gain plenty of valuable experience in the future.
Example duties will include:
- General business admin to establish and/or maintain processes – GDPR, IT/ backup systems, spreadsheets, finance, use of apps
- Assisting in the ongoing management of a monthly newsletter and database
- Assisting with grant applications
- Setting up, managing and reviewing programme admin processes for ongoing and new school contracts
- Producing and amending nutrition handouts, infographs and follow-up documentation
- Helping to compile an inventory of content and create structured packages to streamline offerings
- Updating then maintaining website content (Wordpress) and liaising with design/IT support
- Occasional blogging for website and developing content for published articles
- Support for developing social media and a consistent brand image – e.g. posting photos & making educational videos that utilise the latest technology
N.B. Being confident utilising and understanding technology options to move the business forward (e.g. with online working) is a must.
If you are a student and apply for this Job Opportunity then please make sure the work involved enables you to keep within CNELM Policy and BANT Student Membership requirements.
More classifieds can be found here, here and here.
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