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Welcome to the March/April edition of The Nutritional Supplement.
In the UK and much of the Northern hemisphere, Spring is finally here and soon we will be able to top up our vitamin D levels naturally. I always feel a surge of hope and joy at this time of year and hopefully 2021 will give us plenty to feel joyful about.
Happy reading - Coriander Stone
CNELM does not necessarily endorse the content and views expressed in the content of the links to external websites, 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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Professional Mentoring Service
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This is a reminder that all final year CNELM students are entitled to take a professional mentoring session with Faye Hall. Please reply direct to Faye faye@cnelm.co.uk if you have any queries.
These sessions provide an opportunity to discuss academic progression, get some career coaching and discuss the transition into work following graduation. Sessions are available every Monday for you to book via this link.
Some comments from students who have used the mentoring service:
"You have really helped me ease my stress so thank you again"
"Very professional and very useful service."
"Just love these, so valuable!"
"I had a personal problem and the mentor was wonderful and helped me work through it."
"It enabled me to focus and tune into what areas were important to me and my future career pathway.”
"Made me think outside the box"
"The coaching was good, I was feeling down on myself. She helped me to stay positive and keep focused."
"The mentor gave an extremely balanced view of career options.”
"The sessions have made me believe in my career choice and fired my interest."
"It has enabled me to make plans for professional practice."
If you are in your final year of study and have not already made use of this service please book a 30 min session with Faye and enjoy the opportunity to talk about your studies, your work and next steps.
The Mentoring Page on Moodle provides some information about the service and resources such as career profiles. This page is available for self enrolment or if you would like to enrol you please email Faye faye@cnelm.co.uk
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Nutritional Interventions for RA
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Our alumni Daisy (Desislava) Ilchovska, who now runs her own virtual Nutritional Therapy Clinic - Optimal Health Nutrition - has just had her research on the topic of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Nutritional Interventions published in the prestigious Autoimmunity Reviews Journal.
The research suggested that potentially Vitamin D supplementation may not only ameliorate inflammation (through the well-studied NF-kB mechanism), but also have an effect on a NF-kB ligand RANKL, which is responsible for the bone destruction in the autoimmune disease.
Daisy says: ‘I’m absolutely thrilled that my research dissertation has been published. I re-trained as a Nutritional Therapist because I myself have Rheumatoid Arthritis and have seen first-hand the benefits of nutrition in the management of the disease and now, through this published research I can spread the word wider. I would like to thank everyone at CNELM and especially my research supervisor Michelle Barrow for the ongoing support and encouragement." |
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Podcast - Managing Anxiety
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This 30 minute listen from Brené Brown, research professor at the University of Houston, discusses managing our day-to-day anxiety and how it impacts each of us. Brené discusses how anxiety can trigger over or under-functioning, why anxiety is contagious, and how we can cultivate a calm practice.
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This is an interesting and timely article on the importance of the skin microbiome, considering the heavy use of topical antibacterials over the past year. The article looks at how the microbiome works from an inside-out and an outside-in perspective and how each impacts on the other. |
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Nutrition Key to Pandemic Resilience
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This important BMJ article 'Nutrition is key to global pandemic resilience' well describes the challenges confronting nutrition and nutritional status and discusses the importance of optimal nutritional status as a defence in both communicable and non-communicable diseases. The author rightly challenges the reader to see the current pandemic as a wake up call and states that it has been estimated that the current pandemic could almost double the number of people suffering from acute hunger. This paper includes some interesting references to take you further into this subject.
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The past 12 months have been perhaps the most challenging many of us have ever faced. This podcast with Dr Chatterjee and Auschwitz survivor Dr Edith Eger on How to Discover Your Inner Power, at a time of division and confusion, is hugely inspiring and grounding. Listening to a voice like Dr Eger’s can help us make sense of the world around us and change our response to it, and her mantra of “Yes I am, Yes I can, Yes I will” cannot fail to give strength.
Dr Eger has also done another podcast with Russel Brand that you can listen to here and with Brené Brown here. |
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Beatrice Cutler
BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy
Bea graduated in 2008 with a BSc (Hons) in Nutritional Therapy, having previously managed a team of forensic scientists at the Transport Research Laboratory. Bea was a CNELM co and module leader for many years as well a Supervisor in the student clinic.
Read her story here...
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The Alliance for Natural Health (ANH), an activist non-profit organisation are transitioning ANH International to a membership organisation in March. Becoming an ANH ‘Pathfinder’ means that you can choose your level of membership based on whether you are joining as an individual, a health professional, a group or a business.
To register your interest in becoming an ANH Pathfinder please email Melissa Smith at info@anhinternational.org
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This is a very concise and useful article for recapping what is important in building and maintaining a healthy immune system.
This podcast looks at how to protect our soil nutrients, ensure agricultural practices are sustainable, feed a growing population, and protect our arable land. Three panellists discuss promoting farming practices that are profitable, environmentally sound and good for communities as well as the challenges farmers face and how balanced crop nutrition and sustainable crop production can ensure that agricultural practices are sustainable.
A good summary of some recent findings around the gut-brain axis and which bacteria may improve specific disorders.
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Avocados & Gut Microbiome:
Recent research - funded by The Hass Avocado Board - suggests that avocados may help balance the gut microbiome. The research involved 163 participants, some of whom included an avocado a day in their diet over a 12-week period. The participants who ate an avocado per day had an increased presence of healthful microbes in the stomach and intestines; they also excreted slightly more fat in their stools than the control group, indicating that they were absorbing fewer calories from food.
There has been a wealth of research into the benefits of omega 3 fatty acids to health, including Covid-19, MS, cardiovascular, cancer and mental health, with mixed results. Most of the positive research focuses around omega 3's anti-inflammatory effects as the mechanism of action and scientists have generally concluded that consuming omega-3 during pregnancy may improve memory function in school-age children.
Diet & Mental Health:
Several observational studies have shown a link between diet quality and mental health. This study was one of the first randomized controlled trials to examine the role of diet in the treatment of depression. At the end of the study, those in the diet group had significantly greater improvements in depression symptoms. However, various meta-analyses have found a correlation, suggesting the need for further research in this area. In terms of supplementation, recent reviews of randomized controlled trials found omega-3 supplements to be effective in the treatment of anxiety and depression in adults. The correlation in trials seems to be the impact of healthy foods on inflammation, both systemically and neurologically.
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This recipe was sent to me by a student and is a combination of a BBC and an Instagram recipe.
Ingredients (serves 1-2):
1 broccoli stem
Handful basil leaves
Olive oil
Lemon juice (1/2 lemon)
1 tbsp pine nuts
1 garlic clove
1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes
1-2 tbsp grated parmesan or vegan cheese
Lightly steam the broccoli stem, then refresh with cold water to stop the cooking process. Put in a blender with the rest of the ingredients and blitz until smooth - you may need more or less oil to achieve the desired consistency. Add salt and pepper to taste.
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.
- Wednesday 17th March 2021, Study skills, research skills (finding papers), and academic integrity
- Wednesday 28th April 2021, Making the most of learning resources
- Tuesday 8th June 2021, Engaging with Industry - Laboratory Assessments
- Thursday 24th June 2021, Food banks
- Wednesday 20th October 2021, Student Research Presentations
- Wednesday 3rd November 2021, Engaging with Industry - Natural Products
Non CNELM Events:
- European Mycotoxin Summit Webinar, Friday 23rd April 2021, 08:55 - 18:00 BST, US $49.00. Biolab with Great Plains Laboratory are delighted to announce a one-day workshop looking at the use of mycotoxin screening in clinical practice.
- 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
- 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 differing 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.
The London Clinic of Nutrition:
The London Clinic of Nutrition is a leading nutrition and functional medicine practice with a team of 15 practitioners and 6 support staff.
A new freelance position has become available for an experienced nutritionist & functional medicine practitioner to join our collaborative team of 15 clinicians. The role would be freelance one day a week in clinic and 2 days a month via zoom. The role will be seeing clients and writing reports alongside being a valued member of the team.
The clinician must have substantial experience in dealing with complex cases including but not limited to mould, fertility, heavy metal toxicity, autism, Lyme disease, mental health, complex autoimmune diseases, children and babies health, ME, MS,CFS and fibromyalgia. Experience in the area of eating disorders and sports nutrition would be desirable as well.
Essential skills:
• Minimum of 5 years working within a medical/clinical environment seeing clients
• Experienced in seeing a large volume of clients per day (8-10)
• A high level of organisational and administrative skills
• High level of spoken and written communication skills
• Someone who is good at multi-taking and has the ability to use their initiative
• Someone who is a quick learner and a team player
• An individual who has the ability to implement systems and processes
• In depth knowledge of the nutrition/health sector and latest advances in functional testing
• Keen user of functional medicine tests
• Ability to work flexibly to suit the hours and needs of the business
• Intuitive, calm, tenacious, good at thinking ‘outside the box’ to get clients better.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Confident
• Kind and understanding
• Keen to make a big contribution to the team
The role tends to pay £750 a day with opportunities to earn commission.
Closing date 11th March 2021
Please email your CV and covering letter to zara@londonclinicofnutrition.co.uk
We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
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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