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Welcome to the the March/April edition of The Nutritional Supplement.
This edition we have book reviews, a graduate book prize nomination, CNELM news and the usual selection of articles to keep you busy!
Our graduate interview is with Helen Ross who is also the subject of the book review.
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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2024 Dates for NLP Certification
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Students taking the Personalised Nutrition Practice Diploma (PNPD) take the first 7 days of the NLP Practitioner course led by Chris Rasey as part of the programme. Students looking to gain NLP Certification take 4 further online training days plus a final online day for external verification.
Some students may have taken the first 5 coaching days only as part of Coaching in Personalised Nutrition Practice module. Others may also have taken 2 further coaching days as part of Clinical and Coaching Skills Development (SD) module. Students having completed all 7 days can progress directly to days 8-11 and day 12 for verification.
Students that have taken the first 5 days can opt to take the 2 days delivered as part of SD early in order to progress to the remaining days for NLP Practitioner certification this summer or winter.
Days 6-7 (for students having taken the first 5 days):
- Option 1 - April 8th & 9th
- Option 2 - Option 2 – July 8th & 9th
Days 8-11 (for students having taken the first 7 days):
- Option 1 - August 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th August
- Option 2 - 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th November
External Online Verification Day by UKCPD:
- Option 1 - August 13th
- Option 2 - December 6th
- Additional Cost to top-up: £600
Payment Options:
- Spread the £600 fee over 6 months at £100 per month. Payable March-August 2024; OR July-December 2024
- Payment in full 8 weeks prior to the start of the module - 5% discount - £570.
Registration: Please email Kate.Neil@cnelm.ac.uk directly to confirm your interest and preferred dates and payment options.
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2024 Dates for Why Weight Practitioner
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Students that have completed to NLP Practitioner Certification and students that have completed days 1-7 of the NLP Practitioner course can progress to take the Why Weight Practitioner (WW8) led by Faye Hall coaching days.
Students that have completed days 1-7 can only attend the module without formal assessment. Students that hold the NLP Practitioner Certificate can opt to take the module with or without formal assessment.
WW8 is a mix of pre-recorded content and online training. This module focuses on the important role the mind plays in contributing to weight issues, disordered eating and energy balance. It aims to provide you with a flexible therapeutic framework, variable in its method of application. You will learn how to empower clients to have a better understanding of their unconscious behaviours, emotions, attitudes and beliefs relating to their weight and what motivates them to change.
Course dates:
- 19th & 26th September
- 3rd, 10th & 17th October
- 7th & 14th November.
Each day requires participants to attend two 1.5 hour training between 10.30am and 12 noon and between 1pm-3pm UK time.
Module Cost:
- £750 with assessment
- £550 without assessment
Payment Options:
- Spread the £750 or £550 fee over 5 months at £150 or £110 per month respectively. Payable May-Sept 2024
- Payment in full 8 weeks prior to the start of the module - 5% discount - £541.50 or £552.50 per month respectively
Registration: Please email Kate.Neil@cnelm.ac.uk directly to confirm your interest and preferred dates and payment options.
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I would like to take the opportunity to introduce myself for those new students who may not be familiar with me and my role. As Student Support Manager (SSM), I offer both formal and ad hoc sessions to all students at various points throughout the year.
Formal bi-annual sessions 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.
Ad hoc sessions run monthly throughout the year and 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.
Some comments from students who have used the ad hoc service recently 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 for 2024 and can be arranged by emailing me directly: -
- 19th March
- 16th April
- 14th May
- 11th June
- 2nd July
- 17th September
- 15th October
- 12th November
- 10th December
Formal sessions give you the students an opportunity to feedback on your experience of being a student at CNELM. The formal sessions dates for 2024 will be held from 17th – 21st June and from 2nd – 6th December and a Straw poll will be made available nearer the dates. 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.
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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Simple Gut Reset Book Review
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Kate Neil reviews Helen's new book:
Helen Ross completed the BSc Hons Nutritional Science and Nutritional Therapy Practice Diploma programmes at CNELM in 2016 and has recently self-published a cookbook - The Simple Gut Reset. The book is beautifully illustrated and includes recipes that are simple, practical and enticing. All the recipes are gluten-free, free of refined sugar and mostly dairy-free.
The preceding chapters are a superb lead-in to the breakfast, dips and lunches, mains and sides dishes, salads, ferments and pickles and drinks. The early chapters expertly weave between Helen's personal experience with managing IBS and SIBO, and how this has benefited working with clients, alongside an easy to understand factual research evidenced approach to support a healthy gut microbiome using food as medicine.
Helen refers to her later recipes within the preceding chapters and how ingredients might support a healthy gut. Her inclusion of mindful eating, stress, the gut-brain connection and potential use of food adaptogens, alongside strategies for helping to keep on track, and getting back on track when life challenges takes us off track.
Throughout, Helen is mindful of varying needs and aims to make it clear when some foods may be suitable for some individuals and problematic for others. Helen recommends working with a suitably qualified practitioner to further personalise a dietary intervention and to explore the use of functional assessments to help identify gut imbalances and the strategic use of food supplements.
You can read a graduate interview with Helen below.
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Dr Helen McCarthy Podcasts
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Linked here is the first of a series of short videos by Dr Helen McCarthy - 'Why overeating boils down to 4 key eating habits: rethinking your relationship with food'.
The subsequent videos are easily found following the first podcast.
All the videos present an aspect of the psychology of eating, appetite and weight loss.
Helen would be grateful if you can 'Like' and share the videos to help improve her video rankings. Also if you subscribe to her YouTube channel is helps to improve the algorithmic calculation of interest in the videos.
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Robert Verkerk talks to holistic and biological dentist Dr Elmar Jung in this video, discussing some common myths around dental health and how we care for our teeth, as well as how the health of the mouth may have a profound impact on overall health and wellbeing. |
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Helen Ross
Helen graduated from the BSc and NTPD in 2016 and 2017 respectively, after previously having studied flower essences.
Read her story here...
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This is a fascinating article which explains more about how our smell and subtle changes in the VOC profiles we produce can provide clues about how healthy we are. |
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This very interesting article looks at the concept of probiotic architecture – integrating beneficial bacteria and microbiomes into the design and materials of buildings in order to support health. The article discusses how probiotic coatings in buildings can be used to actively break down pollutants, purify the air, and mitigate harmful allergens in our immediate environment. |
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Salmon & FSC's:
A recent study found that salmon contains 508 food-specific compounds (FSCs) which form metabolites associated with improved cardiometabolic health indicators. The researchers found increases in two salmon FSCs and two metabolites were associated with greater cardiometabolic health, evident by CHIs in the participants’ blood plasma. These cardiometabolic benefits included reductions in total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, and apolipoprotein B.
Diet & Immunity:
A new study suggests significant immune system responses to both ketogenic and vegan diets. Participants followed both diets for two weeks each. The ketogenic diet upregulated the adaptive immune response and oxidative phosphorylation was improved. The vegan diet elicited responses rooted in innate immunity. There were also significant changes in the abundance of the microbiomes of the participants associated with each diet.
B3 & CVD:
Recent research suggests that increased levels of vitamin B3 could reduce death from cardiovascular disease in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Participants with over 26.7 mg daily consumption of dietary niacin appeared to have a 30% lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, and 35% lower risk of all-cause mortality than participants who had lower dietary intakes.
Atlantic Diet & Metabolic Syndrome:
A recent study suggests that consuming the Atlantic diet may help reduce metabolic syndrome risk. Among the 574 participants, researchers found that participants significantly reduced their risk for metabolic syndrome after 6 months on the Atlantic Diet. They also found that this group was 42% less likely to develop an additional component of metabolic syndrome than the control group.
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Fudgy Almond Butter Brownies
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This recipe comes from Dr Mark Hyman and is well worth a try - absolutely delicious!
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, divided
- 225g almond butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 150g maple syrup
- 25g cassava flour
- 25g 100% cacao powder, unsweetened
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of sea salt
Optional Topping
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• 60g 100% cacao bar, unsweetened
• Pinch of coarse sea salt
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper. Grease with 1 tablespoon of coconut oil and set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, mix almond butter and maple syrup together, until incorporated, then add the vanilla extract and eggs. Mix until combined.
3. Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Fold it all together and stir until no lumps remain. The mix should be sticky.
4. Pour the brownie batter into the prepared oiled baking pan; it will be very thick. Use the remaining 1 tablespoon of coconut oil to grease another sheet of parchment paper. Place the oiled parchment paper on top of the batter and press with your hands to spread the batter evenly until completely flattened.
5. Remove the top piece of parchment paper and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until inserting a toothpick into the centre comes out clean.
6. Wait 15 minutes until the brownies are cooled, then cut into squares.
7. For an optional topping, melt the coconut oil with chocolate and drizzle over the brownies. Then sprinkle with a pinch of coarse sea salt and enjoy!
Please email me your favourite recipes to Coriander.Stone@cnelm.ac.uk and how you came to find them!
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All times are UK time unless specified.
Nutritank Live webinars, please note that these recordings, along with many other quality prior webinars, are available via our free membership.
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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To support presence on social media we would appreciate a brief review on our Facebook page.
Your review should only take a few minutes of your time and and can help some prospective students understand your experience as a student. Reviews from recent and upcoming graduates of the degree programmes and clinical programmes would be welcome.
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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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Brainstorm Health Clinic Practitioner:
Description:
Our award-winning paediatric clinic is expanding, and we’re looking for talented individuals to join our team. If you’re passionate about making a difference and interested in working with children on the autism spectrum and those with PANDAS and PANS, we want to hear from you! Interested?
We are considering both experienced candidates and those newly-qualified who are motivated to learn on the job with a mentorship under Stella.
The job would include the following tasks:
- Scheduling and sending out necessary forms to patients using our clinic software (we use Practice Better)
- Ordering, filing and interpreting lab tests from the main UK labs including Genova, Regenerus, Biovis, TDL, Armin Labs, Lab4More and so on
- Zoom consultations with parents who have children with very complex needs - compassionate listening and patience are key
- Ability to write up complex health histories from questionnaires, noting all relevant details in order to give the child the best support
- Ability to put together a comprehensive yet realistic health plan for the parents to follow - this will vary on a case by case basis depending on the parents' resources
- Understanding that health plans are long-term and not 'quick fixes' - long-term commitment is a must for this job
- The position is for a practitioner to work exclusively for Brainstorm Health and as a contractor. Extensive mentorship and training will be given to get you up to speed but you must be confident you will be able to be proficient in the above.
To be considered for an interview for this amazing opportunity please complete this short form and we will be in touch to arrange a chat.
We look forward to inviting you for a chat to discuss the exciting opportunities ahead.
If you are a student and apply for these Job Opportunities 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 and here.
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CNELM occasionally circulates information regarding external events/job opportunities 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. This includes events held at CNELM by independent organisations hiring CNELM premises to deliver the Event. CNELM may also provide a platform for external or internal contributors within CNELM's Nutritional Supplement circular, via Moodle or CNELM Social Media that may contain Links to websites or other resources related to an external contributor or organisations. Such Links are included in good faith and are strictly not an endorsement by CNELM of the organisation or content of Linked websites and/or resources. CNELM is not involved in such Organisations unless otherwise stated.
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