ISSUE 102 - NOVEMBER 2017

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Welcome to the November issue of BANT ENews, this month’s feature article focuses on an interview with our Chair, Miguel Toribio-Mateas

about on the value of n, size of 1, trials in the practice of nutritional and lifestyle medicine. The PPC gives a reminder on data protection and

confidentiality requirements and this month we include not one but two book reviews: Beat Chronic Disease by BANT member Fleur Brown and

How to Prevent Burnout by BANT member, Susan Scott.

inside this issue

BANTnewsBritish Association for Applied Nutrition & Nutritional Therapy

Volunteer Centre Stage

Directors’ Corner

Welcome

Using Social Media Forums for Advice

Scotland Regional Branch Meeting

BANT Launches its Brand-New Nutrigenomics

Learning Zone Module

Over the recent months we have seen increased engagement and interest in all things to do with nutrition,

perhaps because of the way we describe what we do, what we call ourselves, or because of the number of new tests, functional foods and food supplements that are being promoted to both Nutrition Practitioners and the general public.

BANT Chairman, Miguel Toribio-Mateas Interivew

Dear members,

Over the recent months we have seen increased engagement and interest in all things to do with nutrition, perhaps because of the way we describe what we do, what we call ourselves, or because of the number of new tests, functional foods and

food supplements that are being promoted to both Nutrition Practitioners and the general public.

The term lifestyle medicine has been mentioned and used as a better-understood description of what we do instead of “functional nutrition” or “practising nutrition by applying a functional medicine model”, which tends not to mean anything to the layman. If we think about the meaning of the term lifestyle medicine, it encompasses the wider aspects of lifestyle and wellbeing, including environmental factors which extend to external stressors, exercise/movement, sleep, mental health, etc. and in that respect it is well placed to describe what nutritional therapy practice provides with use of functional model and its antecedents, triggers and mediators. However, Nutrition Practitioners tend not to be experts in exercise or mental health, for example, and as such, the term will extend to other professional fields supporting general wellbeing. This does not detract from the fact that BANT members provide a key role in supporting aspects of lifestyle medicine, with excellent opportunities for collaboration with other healthcare professionals. BANT supports the use of the term lifestyle medicine with following statement:

Lifestyle medicine is the application of behaviour changes to benefit health and prevent disease, based on the knowledge of how diet, nutrition and the environment act as information for the epigenome and promote long-term genomic stability and mitochondrial resilience. Registered Nutrition Practitioners are the key workforce asset to harness 21st century lifestyle medicine to tackle the rising tide of obesity, type 2 diabetes, dementia and other chronic diseases of ageing.

As for the statutory regulation, I thought it would be appropriate to provide an update about the fact that we are playing a waiting game. As we mentioned earlier in the year, we have completed our work - for the time being - by opening the door to training providers to submit a Functional Dietetics curriculum to the HCPC for their consideration, so currently the ball is in the court of training providers. If and when such curriculum may be submitted and approved and the courses start, then BANT will engage further to discuss options for current members to meet the qualifications for statutory regulation. With the ever evolving and growing nutrition landscape, this may or may not be an attractive option for all members, but be assured that you will be the first to know of any new developments.

One thing that we can be sure about is that the industry is growing, directly benefiting BANT members in their dealings and engagement with their clients. The fact that GPs are learning about Functional / Lifestyle Medicine, further expands their knowledge of benefits of nutrition, whilst recognising they

are not qualified to provide their patients with specialist nutrition knowledge required to help them, so a growing number of doctors are becoming more open to working with BANT members. The GP engagement project will explore further opportunities for you to engage with your local doctor to provide specialist support to their patients as a Nutrition Practitioner.

We’re living in an exciting period of developments in the nutrition world and while we can’t be sure what is around the corner, one thing is certain: BANT will be in the midst of it, keeping you at the forefront of whatever happens next. Thank you as always for your ongoing support.

With kindest regards,

Miguel

Rick, has been practicing in nutrition for over 10 years, He studied at Undergraduate level at the University of St Andrews in Human Biology, before specialising in Sports Nutrition by completing his Masters’ of Sport and Exercise Nutrition at Loughborough University, finally finding his clinical route into Dietetics.

He has worked both within the NHS and private sector across multiple specialities including general surgery, intensive care, gastroenterology, metabolic disease management (diabetes and obesity - including bariatric surgery) and outpatient paediatrics. He also consults for various corporate companies on regulatory and medical affairs.

However, his specialism is in sports performance nutrition and supplementation, particularly in injury recovery and orthopaedic trauma management. This is after many years of providing nutrition to athletes of all ages, from novice up to Olympic standard. Rick has supported sports teams and athletes at the 2008, 2012 Olympic games and managed the medical nutrition support of over 10,000 athletes at the First European Olympic Games in 2015 and 5,000 athletes at the Islamic Solidarity Games 2017.

Furthermore, as passionate lecturer he has previously held a full time lecturing position in Nutrition and Dietetics at London Metropolitan University before returning to full-time clinical practice and maintains lecturing positions for several Universities.

He currently runs practices from two central London clinics, 25 Harley Street focusing on clinical conditions and The Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health - a specialist clinic for elite sports performance established as part of the London 2012 Olympic legacy.

Rick was pleased to be accepted to join the BANT Council after many years of practicing in the functional medicine method within his dietetic practice and learning through the Dietitians In Integrative and Functional Medicine (DIIFM) group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Rick has joined as Functional Dietetics ambassador for BANT and his role on the council is to actively support more Dietitians to join BANT and become functional medicine practitioners. He is also keen to support existing BANT members in supervision, continuous professional development and improving their client communication skills when practicing.

Feadirectors’ Corner

this month, the direCtor’s Corner presents the newest member oF the CounCil, riCk miller, registered CliniCal and sports dietitian.

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FeaFeatured articlebant Chair, miguel toribio-mateas,

on the value oF n size oF 1 trials in the praCtiCe oF nutritional and liFestyle mediCine

This month, BANT Communications Manager Jessica Fonteneau interviews BANT Chair, Miguel, who is currently on the second year of his professional doctorate at Middlesex University. Miguel was awarded a scholarship by Santander Bank in 2016 to carry out doctoral research on how individual client and practitioner narratives contribute to the gathering of evidence and to assess the impact of these in clinical practice.

miguel, why is what you’re doing relevant to bant members, would you mind elaborating? Certainly. The advent of social media has enabled a huge amount of conflicting views on nutritional approaches to surface. A well-known and on-going debate for those members who follow such things on Twitter or Instagram, is the promotion of a low carbohydrate, high fat approach and their detractors. Spirits can run high whilst both sides try to defend their own position. The most conservative side argues that until “evidence” from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews is available, there’s no point even discussing this dietary alternative because individual accounts of success are only anecdotes.

This might be true to an extent, but where does that leave us with respect to many similar situations where evidence is only just emerging. What are Nutrition Practitioners like BANT members meant to do if they thought that one of their clients could benefit from a low carbohydrate, higher fat approach? Would you wait until key long-term human RCTs of good methodological quality are published on UK-type populations, so that the data resulting from this process is contextually relevant? Or would you just “have a go” anyway, doing it safely and applying common sense. The gathering of data that leads to the publication of RCTs can potentially take decades at the current rate. So, I personally don’t think that’s a viable option. Then again, we’ll have the “evidence base brigade” having a go at us for not following their rules.

so, what do you suggest we do instead as nutrition praCtitioners?My preferred approach, and the one that I’m exploring as part of my doctoral research project, is to do what we already do, but in a way that’s better documented. Those graduating with BANT recognised professional qualifications have been trained to embrace –‘omic’ technologies. This is the “functional testing” we do routinely in our clinics, with a different, fancy name. Scientists like fancy names! Makes them feel important! So, when you’re doing a stool test or an organic acid test, stuff that we’ve been doing for years (nearly 10 in my case), this is what some call “innovative tools that help personalised nutrition.” If you ask me, personalised is a bit last century. We should be talking about “invididualised” instead. But I know terminology needs to have a certain ringtone to it so that it is adopted, and personalised is easier on the ear, so let’s stick to that.

that’s an interesting way to think about things. what do you mean by better doCumenting? I mean ensuring that patient-generated outcomes are noted down. I refer to these as “patient” because that’s how they’re described in literature, and there’s a whole body of implementation science that looks at what to do with what patients/clients tell you that’s wrong with them, and how it’s improved after an intervention. The easiest and simplest example is a MYMOP (Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile – more details here: http://www.bris.ac.uk/primaryhealthcare/resources/mymop/) where you ask your client to rate one or two of the symptoms they’re experiencing at the first consultation from 0 to 6, where 6 is “as bad as it can be” and 0 is “as good as it can be”. So, if someone came to you and said they’re currently experiencing bloating, you could ask them how bad that is, and if they told you they’d rate it as 6, you’d know that that is a patient-generated outcome, sometimes referred to as “subjective measure of wellbeing”. Whilst this is different to the hardcore p values that many scientists abide by, it is a fantastic tool that allows us to measure the effect

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Featured articleof what we do. If you then get the same patient back 2 months later and they tell you that as a result of your advice their bloating is now down to 3 in that MYMOP scale, you then know that what you’ve done has been effective. This is what I mean about documenting what we do in a way that we can 1) assess that provided recommendations actually work, and 2) be able to communicate with others about the effectiveness of what we do.

that makes total sense. how do you see this working in praCtiCe? We’re sitting on huge goldmines of data locked away in our clinic cupboards. I’m driving 2 different projects for BANT with which I hope to unlock those cupboards and extract that data so that we can all benefit from it. Those who claim that individual anecdotes are not good enough evidence won’t be able to say the same when a standardised method is used to collect this evidence, e.g. a simple MYMOP score, and when we have thousands of points of data every year. One such project is the “standard consultation questionnaire” which I’m developing with the help of another couple of directors. More on this soon, and hopefully to be released early in the New Year. The other is a Case Reports section on the Nutrition Evidence database which will allow all BANT members, and also other healthcare professionals, to submit cases following a format similar to that of the BMJ case reports. The reports will then be peer reviewed, adding an extra layer of reassurance that the evidence collected is bona fide, and that it can help other nutritional and lifestyle medicine practitioners to help clients/patients in similar circumstances. I’m working on this with both our existing Nutrition Evidence developer and Emma Hendricks and we’re hoping to launch by late February / early March 2018.

that is exCiting, thank you For sharing. what kind oF Cases will you be expeCting bant members to submit For peer review? Well, based on current findings, a single microbiome test can provide

a huge amount of reliable information about a person’s health. BANT members do

thousands of stool tests every month. If we got even a

tiny percentage of those test results that use a

standardised and validated method

(like 16S PCR technology), anonymised and reported as part of a well-written case report, we could start spotting associations

between a disrupted gut

microbiota and its metabolites

(microbiome) and other major metabolic disruptions

such as allergy, obesity, colitis and irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes or even cancer. While treating every client as a research subject, BANT members should see every meal as an opportunity, and every food as a potential drug that can help their clients move on and feel better. Imagine the authority we could have if this is properly documented and we can confirm the similar effects time and time again. It’s simple, common sense but also powerful stuff. As we’re a pretty new profession, it’s part of the process of professionalisation and improvement of standards that I am really interested in and that’s possibly the reason why I’ve chosen to do a professional doctorate, as these all-important aspects that are key to our professional development would be lost in a traditional PhD, but are essential for developing the doctoral narrative where the context really matters.

To answer your question, I believe BANT members should “own” the microbiome space and the stool testing / gut health area. We’ve been doing it for years, but if we don’t act quickly others will claim it as their own territory. We need to be able to articulate our findings so that we can create an evidence base to what we do that is originated from within the profession. That’s what the two projects I mentioned above will support.

are you reFerring to publiC health nutritionists? Potentially yes. I’m referring to anyone who follows a dogmatic approach to nutrition that doesn’t allow for individual variation. I wrote about this with Professor Tim Spector of King’s College in a recent paper for the peer reviewed journal “Personalized Medicine”. There’s no doubt that food is our main source of nutrients, defined as constituents of a diet, natural or designed, that play a unique biochemical or structural role in a function, and that nutrients in food serve as energy-yielding substrates. However, nutrients also serve as precursors for the synthesis of macromolecules, as well as other components needed for normal cell differentiation, growth, renewal, repair, defense and maintenance. They are involved in cell signaling, and work as cofactors and determinants of normal molecular structure and function, as well as promoters of cell and organ integrity.

The fact that nutrients are much more than a source of fuel has become increasingly apparent since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. Scientists now have the ability to identify and measure genome-wide influences of individual nutrients and dietary patterns on the transcriptome, proteome and metabolome of cells,

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Featured articletissues and organisms. This means that we are able to assess the relationship between human genotypes at a population level and the risk of developing diet-related phenotypes, such as obesity, Type II Diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer.

For decades we’ve had observational studies full of biases that have been giving us misleading or conflicting information about the role of foods and disease. Typical examples are that coffee or soy may cause cancer, or that dairy causes heart disease. Few of these studies performed proper long-term trials of foods. One exception is the PREDIMED (PREvención con Dieta MEDiterránea – literally ‘Prevention with a Mediterranean Diet’ in Spanish), a large multicenter, randomized, primary prevention trial designed to assess the long-term effects of the Mediterranean diet (MeDiet) on markers of cardiovascular risk such as altered lipid profiles, increased inflammation and carotid atherosclerosis. The study ran for 5 years and recruited 7,447 mildly unhealthy men and women with a mean age of 67 years and a mean BMI of 30 kg/m2 and risk factors for CVD, with nearly half of them having Type II Diabetes. The aim was to compare a low dairy, low-fat diet with a high-fat MeDiet. Simple dietary changes involving supplementation of a vegetable-rich MeDiet with either extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) or mixed nuts versus a standard low-fat regime. The study was stopped early by the ethical committee because of a clear difference, but not in the way predicted. The intervention resulted in a 30% reduction in CVD risk, metabolic syndrome, and Type II Diabetes, as well as breast cancer in those consuming the high-fat MeDiet. The CVD risk reduction experienced in either EVOO or nut arms was comparable to that reported in statin clinical trials, demonstrating that food can truly act as personalised medicine.

Going back to the initial point about public health nutritionists and those bending over backwards for them, an interesting question is whether participants of the PREDIMED study would have achieved similar outcomes by following one-size-fits-all government-endorsed dietary guidelines. Increasingly modern science is showing the extent of interindividual variation (this is key!) in physiological demand for and response to nutrients. Lean healthy students on identical diets and exercise will gain weight at very different rate ranging from 4 to 13 kg over 8 weeks and gene variations have a lot to do with this – as being a twin reduced the variation dramatically. Other human genetic work has shown big genetic variations between people in energy expenditure, antioxidant vitamin levels in blood, chemical metabolites, fat deposition and even the normal immune system. This fundamentally challenges the foundations on which population guidelines have been based; it is inevitable that the message may be disadvantageous for some. This is clearly illustrated by the official dietary guidelines issued by Public Health England, known as ‘The Eatwell Guide’, which promote the idea that a diet that is high in carbohydrates (at least 50% of total) and low in fat is ‘healthy and balanced’, a phrase that is repeated throughout textbooks in nutrition and dietetic practice.

Increasingly, this rather dogmatic, simplistic advice is being challenged particularly given the increasing rates of diabetes and prediabetes in the population. For example, reviews of the same literature suggest that a lower carbohydrate diet achieves significant reductions and even cessation of diabetic medication and that it is possible that the current dietary advice – that is embedded in the

Eatwell Guide, may actually be accelerating β-cell exhaustion. Type II Diabetics have been led to believe that government-endorsed advice to eat ‘plenty of starchy foods such as rice, bread, pasta and potatoes (choosing whole-grain varieties when possible)’ is based on clear evidence and applicable to the whole population. In fact, neither are correct.

is this why you’re advoCating For the use oF n=1 trials? Well, it’s an altogether more appealing option for the demanding 21st century client/patient. Engaging in ‘one-person trials’ that move away from the concept of ‘the average person’. What the heck is that anyway? Instead, individualised medicine takes personalisation to the next level, making healthcare participative by involving patients/clients in the process of their own care, accounting for differences in their patient’s genes, environments and lifestyles. So yes, I believe that instead of waiting for years for science to make it from bench to bedside, all clinicians practicing nutritional and lifestyle medicine should run n = 1 PREDIMED-style trials with their patients/clients, watching closely the impact of, for example, an energy-unrestricted Mediterranean-type diet that is high in unsaturated fat and rich in antioxidant nutrients from EVOO and nuts, on metabolic factors such as abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL cholesterol, elevated fasting blood glucose and elevated blood pressure. As long as they are monitored – there is much more to gain healthwise than there is for them to lose, particularly when the key foods recommended are core to ancient dietary patterns, just as EVOO is to the Mediterranean Diet.

do you really believe then that there’s a growing demand For personalised mediCine?Absolutely, don’t you? I used to work in scientific publishing when getting hold of a paper was extremely difficult if you didn’t have access to it via your institution, e.g. university, hospital, etc. Nowadays, an ever-growing number of nonscientists are taking advantage of open-access databases and peer-reviewed journals and are becoming aware that they can very soon become more well-read than their doctors. The ability to share content easily by means of social networking means scientific findings and debates can be disseminated rapidly. Combine this context with growing interest in functional testing that exposes people’s unique characteristics at the molecular level and one can start to understand how these individuals, avid for knowledge about their health and how to improve it, are pushing for a dramatic reduction in the time it takes for a discovery

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Featured articlemade in a laboratory to turn into a public health recommendation. The Genome revolution has allowed nearly a million people to test their own DNA via the internet on sites like 23andme.com, avoiding doctors. However, gene testing has so-far failed to accurately predict for an individual the optimal diets or risk of common diseases despite exaggerated or misleading claims about the potential benefits of direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies, mostly because genetic data only provides part-answers to the complex jigsaw that is health. More powerful tools to help personalized nutrition are likely to come from a combination of genetic data and other types of functional testing. I’m particularly hopeful of stool / microbiome testing as this is a booming research area with many human clinical trials being published every week on the relationships between microbes and health conditions. Yes, gut health is definitely an area that most members have seen grow in the last couple of years. What are your highlights on this? I know you’re using stool tests as part of your doctoral research to spot associations between microbial diversity and abundance, and cognitive impairment. Any tips you can share with our members?

The last 5 years has seen an explosion of research in the gut microbiome brought about by gene testing of the microbes using a small stool sample to assess thousands of different species. These microbes, collectively called the gut microbiota, vary between individuals far more than our genes do and are influenced by our health and our diet. Increasingly, it looks like you can assess a person’s health far better by a single microbiome test than a genome screen and major disruptions are seen not only in cognitive decline but in allergy, obesity, colitis and irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes or even cancer. The ‘Western diet’, rich in animal protein, trans fats and artificial additives, lacks in fiber, beneficial microbes (from fermented foods), plant phytochemicals, vitamins and minerals, and is thought to drive these conditions by encouraging gut dysbiosis. While these tests are not diagnostic in nature, and can vary from day to day, the reports and accuracy are continuing to improve with time and larger datasets that allow testing companies to better benchmark our individual client with a healthy cohort. Importantly, when you’re using a stool test you’re using a motivational tool that provides a holistic snapshot of their gut health and diversity that your client can use as a driver for change.

Emphasising the forgotten role of fibre is another key element. BANT members can help their clients understand what the results mean for them in their particular context – for example, depending on their family medical history, age, lifestyle and dietary habits. For someone with low microbial diversity and a few ‘microbial quirks’ (reported as additional or pathogenic microbes) that make them more prone to obesity and metabolic disease, recommendations could be made to increase certain high-fibre foods, along with polyphenol-rich fruits and vegetables – to help boost certain bacteria. For example, someone with deranged markers of inflammation, glucose and lipid metabolism is likely to benefit from including whole-grain barley and brown rice in their diet, as this tends to result in an increase in the number of microbes of the Roseburia, Bifidobacterium and Dialister genera, leading to improvements in metabolic dysfunction in humans. Blueberries may also be an appropriate food for someone with high oxidative stress as excess free radical formation increases the risk of disease; blueberries are known to significantly increase numbers

of the probiotic Bifidobacteria, Longum infantis, which is known to possess immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory activity. Akkermansia muciniphila is seen in higher numbers in lean people. Recent human evidence points to ellagic acid, a polyphenol in pomegranates, as having the ability to increase Akkermansia, red grapes also contribute to an increase in the abundance of this beneficial bacterium. A similar effect has been reported by eating cranberries. I’m unsure this includes cranberry sauce, but here’s an excuse to have a little at Christmas anyway!

that’s FasCinating. where do you see this area going into? Microbiome science is likely to be growing at this rate for the next 5 years, to the point where you’ll be able to advise specific foods, food supplements and drugs to your clients/patient based on the characteristics of their gut microbiota. There’s already a precedent. A group in Israel has recently developed an algorithm to personalise your optimal diabetic diet based on your gut microbes. They found that even for measuring glucose spikes – the gut microbe composition was far more important than the calories or glycemic index score of the food.

With growing amount of ‘omics’ research being conducted, there is an obvious translational bridge to cross between research and clinical practice, which demands continuing professional development to remain up-to-date. People want to work with health professionals who involve them in their care, giving them individualised health advice that makes sense to them. So, from where I’m looking at things, the future of nutritional therapy, as we know it today, could look very different. We should be tearing up the old text books – cautiously embracing the new ‘omic’ technologies and the Internet – but above all treating every client/patient as a research subject, every meal as an opportunity, and every food as a potential drug.

Miguel Toribio-Mateas has been BANT Chair from 2012. He graduated from University of West London with a BSc in Nutritional Medicine in 2009 and most recently completed a Masters in Clinical Neuroscience at University of Roehampton. Previously he completed post-graduate studies in complexity science and

international business and now he is planning to complete his professional doctorate at Middlesex University in late 2019. Miguel is active on social media and always supports BANT position. Please follow him as @miguelmateas on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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ppCusing soCial media Forums For adviCeWe are delighted that so many of you are actively using our members’ only Facebook page for your general clinical practice and day-to day practice management queries. We do need to remind you however that when asking your fellow members for comments and advice regarding complex client cases, you need to ensure that you fully anonymise your client information. You may refer to the details of the client's health status and the advice you gave, providing that the data is made fully anonymous, and without ‘clues’ as to the client’s possible identity.

There have been some posts recently which have included so much information including family circumstances (marital status, number of children, bereaved, divorced etc) together with extensive medical history which may result in the client being recognised.

unfortunately it is not only names, date of birth and addresses that may result in a client being recognised but also other personal details including health and medical history. if a client were to be recognised, this would be in breach of the data protection act which is a serious legal issue.

Barbara Powell, Chair of the PPC said “We do understand that there can be a fine line between providing enough details to receive relevant comments and advice from fellow BANT members whilst at the same time ensuring that the client remains fully anonymous. Please do understand that we are only bringing this to your attention in order to protect both yourself and BANT and if in doubt please remain cautious about the level of information you do include”.

Also, we would like to remind you that while receiving comments from fellow members can be very helpful, it is important to remember that the responsibility of supporting the client is yours alone. Do always ensure that you follow up on any comments made with appropriate research and ensure they are relevant to your client.

If you have any questions regarding data protection or other issues, please email the PPC, your friendly group of volunteer members: bantpractice@bant.org.uk

data proteCtion - remember your Client ConFidentiality obligations

The PPC have received a few queries from members recently regarding the use of CBD oil. It is important that anyone considering recommending CBD oil to a client fully understands the legal position.

CBD oil is currently classified by the MHRA* (Medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency) as a medicine and therefore, in theory, is not available for nts to use with clients. please see the following link.

Some products however are classified as Food grade as they state that they do not contain THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol). Companies selling CBD oil need to work with the MHRA in order to be allowed to continue to sell their products legally as Food grade. The problem is that CBD oil has currently been classified by the MHRA as a medicine and not as a nutraceutical.

As stated in the above MHRA link, ‘Our primary concern is patient safety. In order to ensure that products remain available until individuals have the opportunity to discuss their treatment with their doctor, companies now have until 31 December 2016 to voluntarily operate within the law, by withdrawing their existing products from the market, or working with MHRA to satisfy the legal requirements of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012.’

our suggestion to nts working with clients in support of the endocannabinoid system and wishing to consider Cbd oil, would be, in addition to the normal nutritional

recommendations, for them to check with the supplier of the specific CBD product that they wish to recommend, that it is approved by the mhra. alternatively, for any client where Cbd oil may be appropriate, the nt could write to the client’s gp, assuming they have given their permission, requesting this to be prescribed to the client explaining their recommendation and attaching the associated research.

Barbara Powell, Chair of the PPC says ‘We agree that it is appropriate for BANT members to discuss CBD oil as an option with clients but to ensure that they fully explain to them the current legal situation regarding recommendation of the oil. It is important that NTs keep fully up-to-date with developments regarding the position of the MHRA, and also the position regarding any particular products they are recommending’.

CBD (CAnnABiDiol) is it oK to ReCoMMenD it?

Note:*The MHRA classify products as either food safe or as a medicine though they do also have a Borderline section. Essential oils should not be consumed as foods or as ingredients within foods unless they are, and have been classified as ‘food safe’. Where an essential oil is used as an ingredient in a Food Supplement it is the responsibility of the manufacturer (or if manufactured is outside the EU the responsibility of the party importing it into the EU) to ensure that the product conforms to the Food Supplements Directive and if sold in the UK that it conforms to the Food Safety Act. Where an essential oil is sold as a food, the Practitioner can rely on its food safety. Where an essential oil is not sold as a food and the NT makes a recommendation for internal use then the NT is unlikely to have any legal protection or insurance protection. We therefore suggest that with any product you recommend that contains ingredients that may be classified as medicines, for example oils and other extracts from plants, you contact the supplement company to ensure that the product is ‘food safe’.

lnC meetings22/11/17 to 31/12/17

Date Speaker Location Local Network & Contact Cost CPD Hours

Thurs 9th Nov 10.00am-12.00pm

Clare Daley, Cytoplan: Cognitive Health

Revital Health Worcester, WR1 2RE

Worcestershire Alex Browning alex@jpbrowning.plus.com

Free 2

Weds 15th Nov 5.00pm-7.00pm

Laura Stirling, Regenerus Labs: Functional Testing for Overseas Practitioners

European Webinar

Europe Hannah Sharpe de la Rosa hannahdarosa@gmail.com

Free 2

Weds 15th Nov 10.00am-12.00pm

Damien Etherington Precision Health: Holistic Practice and Nutritional Products

Thame

Oxon (north) Rosie Pearce rosie@nutritionbyrosie.co.uk

Free 2

Thurs 16th Nov 10.00am-12.00pm

Genova Diagnostics: Review & Comparison of Popular Functional Tests

Folks and Fables Bingham NG13 8AF

Nottinghamshire Eva Humphries & Heather Mountney heathermountney@me.com

Free 2

Thurs 23rd Nov 10.30am-12.30pm

Dilly Kular, Nouveau Health: Toxaprevent Cardiff

Wales Samantha Lewis samanthajaynelewis@yahoo.co.uk

Free 2

Thurs 23rd Nov 7.00pm-9.00pm

Dilly Kular, Nouveau Health: Toxaprevent

Body-Balance Nutrition, Wrantage, Taunton, TA3 6DA

Somerset Elizabeth Bray liz@body-balance.co.uk

Free 2

Thurs 23rd Nov 7.00pm-9.00pm

Damien Etherington Precision Health: Holistic Practice and Nutritional Products (webinar)

Cheshire Cheshire Ruth Tansey Inner-Health-Clinic@hotmail.co.uk

Free 2

Tues 28th Nov 6.30pm-9.00pm

Marie Edgar, Cambridgeshire Psychotherapist: How we can work together

Boxworth Village Hall, Boxworth CB23 4LY

Cambridgeshire Ann Pinkney annlpinkney@gmail.com

Free 2

Weds 29th Nov 10.00am-12.00pm

Amer Jawad, Lamberts: Stress/Adrenal Health

Soho Room, Bourne End Library, SL8 5SX

South Buckinghamshire Helen Bradbury hbradders@btinternet.com

Free 2

Thurs 30th Nov 10.30am-12.30pm

Tanya Borowski, Invivo Juliet’s Café Tunbridge Wells

Kent Caroline Sherlock carolinesherlock@btinternet.com

Free 2

Tues 5th Dec 7.30-9.30pm

General Discussion and Case review

Cote Brasserie Cobham High St

Surrey Clare Jeffries clare@healthyinfluence.co.uk

Free 2

Thurs 7th Dec 10.15am-12.15pm

Chris Newbold, Biocare Sandridge Village Hall, St Albans

Herts Tracey Harper tracey.harper4@icloud.com

Free 2

Thurs 7th Dec

BANT Members catch-up (Pre-Christmas Fuddle)

Tollerton, Notts, NG12 4EP

Nottinghamshire Eva Humphries & Heather Mountney heathermountney@me.com

Free (Members bring one dish)

2

regional meetings

Date Speakers Location Local Network & Contact Cost CPDHours

Sat 11th Nov 9.00am-4.30pm

Functional Sports Nutrition: Dr Justin Roberts Dr Tamsin Lewis

Armada House, Telephone Avenue, Bristol, BS1 4BQ

South West Region

Lucy Patterson southwest@bant.org.uk

Free 5

Fri 24th Nov 9.30am-2.45pm

A personalised approach to hormonal mayhem: the menstrual years: Shoela Detsios BSc(Can), ND(Aus)

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reCognition For CnhC registrants in the wider publiC health workForCeThe Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has recognised that practitioners registered with CNHC support public health in the UK by encouraging their clients to make positive lifestyle changes that could improve their health and wellbeing.

This recognition is one of the key messages in a joint report released last week with the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA), which looks at the potential impact that the ‘untapped resource’ of practitioners on Accredited Registers (ARs) could have on the nation’s public health.

The valuable support offered by CNHC registrants includes improvements to diet and nutrition, support with giving up smoking and losing weight, support with reducing stress, improving sleep, managing pain and other symptoms, as well as overall enhancements to wellbeing.

A key focus of the report is to identify barriers that inhibit the best use of this untapped resource. For example, a key recommendation is for AR practitioners to have the authority to make direct NHS referrals - in appropriate cases - thereby reducing the administrative burden on GP surgeries.

The report found that because

practitioners on accredited registers build relationships of trust with their clients, and also have comparatively long treatment sessions, they are uniquely suited to offer brief interventions and ‘effective signposting’ for health concerns.

The report is the culmination of a consultation launched at the PSA’s annual conference in early May. It follows focus group discussions which involved a number of CNHC registrants, as well as the RSPH’s survey that was sent to practitioners on every Accredited Register last year.CNHC contributed to the report by sending out our own survey. We were delighted that 25 percent of our registrants responded with very clear messages and information that we fed back to RSPH and PSA. You can read the report in full here.

CnhC artiCle Features in new statesman healthCare supplementClinicians and managers from NHS trusts around the UK were the featured guests at the launch of the New Statesman magazine Spotlight policy report on healthcare, which included a CNHC article.

CNHC Chair Michael Watson welcomed guests and contributors to last month’s event, which featured comments by Norman Lamb MP, the former health minister and now chairman of the Commons Science

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and Technology Select Committee, and Lisa Cameron MP, the Scottish National Party’s spokeswoman in Westminster on mental health.

The event was great opportunity for guests from NHS trusts and charities who use CNHC-registered practitioners to meet and share experiences of how complementary therapies are integrated with mainstream medicine for a wide range of patients.

CNHC Chief Executive Margaret Coats contributed a piece on the benefits that complementary therapies could provide to NHS patients and health professionals, especially in a time of stretched resources. The supplement also featured the CNHC poster ‘Choose with Confidence’ on the back cover. The New Statesman Spotlight policy supplement on healthcare is available here.

supervision update

There’s loads happening at the moment in supervision! This is an exciting time for Supervision with groups starting soon in six new areas of the UK, and the launch of Online Supervision to all BANT members.

Supervision has so much to offer every practitioner, from the newest to the most experienced, so if you are ready to get started but haven’t had the opportunity to do so, read on to find out more.

new groupsMany BANT members have already been in touch about when groups will be coming to their parts of the UK. So we’re delighted to announce our six new BANT Accredited Supervisors are starting groups in:- Central Surrey- Wales- Bristol- Swindon- Hereford- Milton Keynes/Northamptonshire- Edinburgh over the next few weeks.

here’s what two of our new supervisors have to say about their new role:“Prior to setting up my private practice, I worked in public health and the social sector. Within these realms it was compulsory to undertake supervision and I’m so glad that I did. I found it beneficial not only in reflecting on my own practice, but also in helping me to take care of myself and to be in the right frame of mind for seeing a large number of clients. I was overjoyed to hear that this service is offered through BANT and am really looking forward to being a part of and bringing my experience to it” Felicia Jones

“I have recently trained as a BANT supervisor and am really looking forward to sharing these skills with NTs in my area. I am passionate about the need to maintain professional standards in the Nutritional Therapy industry, and also to provide much needed support to NTs who often work alone. I am impressed with how wholeheartedly BANT is driving this initiative and I am proud to be a part of it” Beatrice Cutler

online supervision launChOver the past year we have been successfully piloting online group supervision for our members.

The pilot has shown how online supervision can meet the needs of members who can’t access an in-person group, and since supervision is so important for practitioners’ success and development we are very happy to offer this alternative.

Please bear in mind, however, that meeting in person brings a depth to supervision and to the relationships attendees develop between themselves that isn’t so easy to achieve online, so BANT recommends attending in-person if possible.

what is supervision? Supervision is a structured process of regular professional support that aims to support a practitioner’s personal and professional development, through discussion and reflection (Despenser 2011).

Clinical supervision is often confused with the kind of management supervision found in the workplace. However, it is very different – in supervision, the individual’s skills are not assessed, their practice is not supervised, and they are not observed in clinic. Additionally, the sessions are completely confidential, so there is no reporting to anyone externally.

how bant supervision worksThe BANT scheme is group-based. Trained, accredited supervisors facilitate groups of registered nutritional therapists (RNTs) during two-hour sessions spaced throughout the year in three terms. Sessions cost £30 each, and you can log two hours of Active CPD per session. The scheme is based on ‘classic’ supervision as used by counselling and psychotherapy. There is a substantial body of literature to back up supervision’s usefulness to practitioners in the helping professions (e.g. Hawkins et al 2012).

During the sessions, the supervisor doesn’t tell participants what to do, or judge their performance in any way. Rather, they will facilitate attendees to reflect deeply on their work, through a process of discussion using an open questioning model.

seCure your plaCeTake a look at the CPD page to find the right group for you. You can also email Helen Monk at supervision@bant.org.uk if you have any questions or if you are looking for an online place.

bant supervision supervision – 6 new groups opening and online enrolment open to all.

regional branches and local networks

The second Scotland Regional Branch Meeting Pain Management Perspectives: A Functional Approach took place on Saturday 23rd September, 2017. It provided another opportunity for Scottish members to learn from experts in nutrition and related fields at a convenient location within Scotland.

The enthusiastic group of attendees from all parts of Scotland made networking a joy and a source of confidence for the future of nutritional therapy. They included an encouraging number of students and new practitioners.

dr Carolyn dean md, nd, author of The Magnesium Miracle described the role of magnesium in pain and inflammation in an exclusive pre-recorded presentation from her home in Hawaii. The latest (2017) edition of her book was on sale as well as her best-selling product Remag at a generous discount to delegates.

dr. andrew dowson, founder and former Director of the NHS Headache Service at King’s College Hospital, London and now Edinburgh University lecturer and Clinical Lead for the headache section of the Pain MSc. discussed the causes of migraine and headache as well as prevention and pain relief strategies. The irrepressible dr. John roberts explained, with the practical collaboration of his audience, the importance of the mouth in systemic health, the relevance of bite, skeletal changes, birth experience, breathing pattern, chewing, posture and even night time loo visits! Dr Roberts organised the first International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT)(UK) and in 2003 set up

the Integrative Health and Dental Practice in Huddersfield, blending aspects of holistic and dental care.

mark Conrad of Scenarworld (part of Nutrivital) presented an overview of Scenar pain management, hand-held devices. The technology originated from Russian space exploration as a drug-free healing mechanism and from the point of view of the human body as a bio-electric organism and healing by promoting cell regeneration and renewal. The company offers practitioner training in Scenar technology integrating it into clinical practice.

There was an abundance of product literature, supplement samples and conference discounts. We are grateful to Harry and Dilly Kular of Nouveau Health, Cytoplan, MyDNAHealth, Nutramedix and Rio Health, Vitae International, Botanica Health, and Dr Carolyn Dean for their generous support, and also to MyDNAhealth and MotionPotion for sending personal representatives and Scenarworld for their contribution of both speaker and product literature.

The pre-ordered gluten free lunch and healthy snacks provided by The Place hotel were the perfect complement to a truly inspiring, enlightening and enjoyable day. A recording of the event will be available to members on the BANT website. Look out for an e-blast in your inbox soon.

For more information on this event and other Regional Branch Meetings please contact BANTNetworks@bant.org.uk.

sCotland regional branCh meeting pain management perspeCtives: a FunCtional approaCh

membership

bant has negotiated discounts for its members with the following companies: • myDNAhealth

mydnahealthmydnahealth are an award-winning genomics company, continually researching genes and developing DNA tests and nutrigenomic supplements for nutritional and healthcare professionals. The interpreted DNA reports provide genetic information alongside an assessment of a person’s environment/lifestyle to determine overall risk scores covering 27 health and wellness areas.

bant member disCounts and oFFers spotlight on new disCounts and oFFers this month

mydnahealth are offering bant members several discounts:• A single Comprehensive DNA test for £150 (retail £199, trade

£175), for those members wanting try out a DNA test. The test includes the Essential Fatty Acid Metabolic Pathway (valued at £45), Lifestyle Assessment Report, fully interpreted and easy to read DNA Report and telephone support from the Practitioner Support team

• An exclusive ongoing discount on the Comprehensive DNA Test with the Coeliac & Gluten Intolerance DNA profile at £175 (retail £249, trade £210), which includes a Lifestyle Assessment Report, fully interpreted DNA Report and additional practitioner support notes

• 20% discount (£10) on BANT accredited Nutrigenomic Clinical Applications workshops (usually £35-£45)

• Access to free educational webinars • Access to free practitioner portal to access educational and

technical resources (member needs to register for a practitioner account)

For more information please visit the BANT website.

bant announCes a new member beneFit Category bant is delighted to announCe its new wellness & liFestyle member beneFit Category

We are delighted to announce our new member benefit category which will focus on benefits for your own personal lifestyle and wellbeing! We work in the health profession and recognise the need for the self-care of our members. For this reason we have created a brand new Wellness & Lifestyle Member Benefit category which is aimed at looking after you. This category will give you access to discounts from a variety of organisations that enable you to improve your own wellbeing.

Our first offer in this category is a fantastic discount from Movement for Modern Life, an online yoga platform featuring a variety of classes to suit different needs.

watch this space for more discounts in the wellness & lifestyle category over the coming months. movement For modern liFeMovement for Modern Life is the UK’s Leading Online Yoga and wellbeing site. Recommended by Vogue

magazine as the ‘Netflix of Yoga’, the best teachers from the UK and beyond can now be in your home, in your time. Movement for Modern Life have a huge stock of videos on yoga, meditation, mindfulness, Pilates, qigong and movement, which are specifically searchable for helping with sore back and shoulders, sleeping, increasing productivity, to classes created to counteract tech neck and shoulders, or simply helping with everyday movement. There is unlimited access to hundreds of different classes.

BANT has secured exclusive discounts off annual and monthly subscriptions: 50% discount off the Annual subscription at £65.94 (regular price £131.88) plus a no commitment 14-day free trial, or a 30% discount off the Monthly subscription at £11.19 per month, or £29.38 per three months (regular price is £15.99 per month/£41.97per three months).

For more information please visit the BANT website..

bant volunteer news

volunteer Centre stage welCome to our volunteer Centre stages – giving you an insight into the bant volunteering experienCe oF one oF our own Committed volunteers!

dr. nitsa kiliari Nitsa is the guiding light of BANT’s European arm, since starting to volunteer in 2010 whilst undertaking her Doctor of Professional Studies – Nutritional Medicine qualification with Middlesex University. This was following the completion of a BSc Nutritional Medicine at Thames Valley University in London, now known as University of West London. In the volunteering realm Nitsa wears two hats whilst being

based in sunny Cyprus. Firstly, as the BANT European Regulatory Coordinator and secondly as the Chair of the BANT Cyprus Branch Committee. Here we take a closer look at what Nitsa has been involved in to date!

There is a small but growing contingency of nutritional therapists based around Europe that Nitsa supports, both through highlighting the aims and objectives of BANT and by devoting a large amount of time to promoting regulation of Nutritional Therapy within European countries outside the UK.

She strongly believes that volunteering is an important action for members to help and engage with and she actively encourages members to devote time to supporting BANT and, therefore, their industry. Without the dedicated Maltese BANT volunteers, statutory legislation would not have been achieved in Malta. This critical feat, which has now opened the door for statutory legislation to be achieved for nutritional therapy in other European countries, is salute to BANT's volunteer engagement.

what led nitsa to volunteer with bant?Nitsa is incredibly enthusiastic, and embraces the opportunity to meet with colleagues in person and via Skype meetings, presentation and webinars.

She explains, “I am an activist by character, but the trigger to join BANT and started volunteering was an attack I had from the Dieticians’ Leadership in Cyprus who filmed by using a secret camera and then defamed me on a TV Channel as charlatan dietician”.

This fuelled her motivation to help raise the profile of professional nutritional therapists, particularly in Europe. Nitsa believes that as a result of BANT volunteer’s hard work the profession has progressed significantly over the last decade. Like in any situation it is not a single person who invokes change, but together by pooling resources, ideas and drive improvements can be made.

how muCh time does nitsa donate to bant? Different roles across the BANT workstreams require varying time commitments, often within a role the time required can vary from

month to month, or is subject to the stage of a project. Nitsa revealed this is exactly the case for her, she told us it is not possible to put an actual figure on it, the work flow changes to reflect if there is timed action needed towards regulation for example.

In addition to undertaking and hosting webinars and presentations Nitsa also attends the regular European and Local Network meetings. Altogether this is an incredible effort put in by Nitsa - she went on to tell us that if she lived in the UK she would probably be even more involved with volunteering with BANT. However, we think Nitsa is doing an amazing job promoting BANT and Nutritional Therapy in Cyprus and across Europe and we are very grateful for her continued efforts and hard work.

your most memorable volunteering experienCe?It was as a result of one of Nitsa’s webinars discussing Regulation that a Maltese colleague reached to find out more, ultimately leading to Malta being the first European country to obtain Statutory Regulation of Nutritional Therapy as a separate, distinct, category away from Dieticians - within the Professions Complementary to Medicine. Nitsa explains;

“Doriette Scicluna sent me an enthusiastic email telling me that she was greatly inspired and encouraged from the content of the presentation. She asked me to provide her with all of documents mentioned in the presentation which supported the existence and practice of Nutritional Therapy, as well as the steps I took during my long struggle in Cyprus for statutory regulation (not finalized yet). So, I did, and I supported the Maltese team, Doriette and Christine Busuttil, all the way towards the materialization of our aims which took about a year of real struggle! I am so proud of them, they did great work.”

This is a wonderful example of what is possible with the mutual support of members, BANT volunteers and BANT, the organisation. Thanks to the continued hard work and dedication of volunteers such as Nitsa, Nutritional Therapy is gaining increased recognition, not just in the UK but across Europe, as a respected profession.

If this has made you want to learn more about volunteering with BANT get in touch with the Volunteering Team. Why not take a look at this month’s opportunities below or send an email to michelle.chester@bant.org.uk with your CV and a short introduction of where you would like to volunteer.

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volunteer oF the monthThis month our Volunteer Hero is Kate Delmar-Morgan.

Kate is a valuable and long-standing volunteer sitting on the Professional Practice Committee as well as being one of a growing number of BANTs Supervisors. In addition, Kate runs her own practice as well as lecturing at ION in Child Nutrition.

Another shining example of a volunteer who has multiple roles

and responsibilities within BANT to hugely benefits members. Kate's continued hard work, going above and beyond to support volunteer colleagues and the members has not gone unnoticed. Her dedication to Nutritional Therapy, seeking to drive and uphold standards is a constant source of motivation for others and so we want to say a very big thank you!

Role title Information Expected time commitment

Length of role No. of positions

direCtor postsDirector project or workstream BANT Director – strong corporate background or project

management 4 hours/week Ongoing 1

Chair and Committee rolesPPC committee member Reviewing PPC queries 2-4 hours/week Ongoing 2

Regional Branch Committee Members Organising & facilitating area wide regional meetings 1-2 hours/week Ongoing numerous

regional network rolesLocal Network Co-ordinators Organising & facilitating regional meetings 1-2 hours/week Ongoing numerousCommuniCations rolesCommunications assistant Supporting the communications manager 2 hours/week Ongoing 1

Media database Creating and updating an active list of journalists 1-2 hours/week Ongoing

Feature writers Writing features for the BANT enews Variable Various numerous

Reactive Support Responding to media requests on behalf of BANT 2-4 hours/week Ongoing 2 –Midlands & North

Events Support Representing BANT at trade shows and conferences 6 days/week Ongoing numerousCentre oF exCellenCe rolesCOE Indexers Critical appraisal of research papers following a functional

medicine matrix2-3 hours/week Ongoing numerous

student network rolesTeam administrator Administrative tasks for the team – webinar registration,

minutes etc1-2 hours/week Ongoing 1

Training provider liaison Qualified or student NT to develop relationship with training providers

2 hours/week Ongoing 2

proJeCt rolesGP engagement document editor Writing cohesive collateral for the GP engagement project,

drafting, formatting2-4 hours/week Until September

20171

If you are interested in any of these positions drop Michelle Chester an email to schedule a time to chat through our opportunities michelle.chester@bant.org.uk

vaCanCy oF the month Arguably one of the most exciting projects that BANT is working on right now is development of the Nutrition Evidence database. This resource gives BANT nutritional therapists a unique opportunity to access peer reviewed, relevant, nutritional articles all in one place. However, we can only make this database successful by continuously adding to it, which will feed our members’ knowledge thirst.

We are looking for volunteers from an academic background, who are comfortable with reading, digesting and critiquing journal articles, webinars and other mediums. Masters’ students may find this role particularly helpful to develop your research skills alongside your studies.

If you would like to be involved in this exciting project please contact michelle.chester@bant.org.uk

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Communication

The British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT) is proud to announce the launch of its brand-new Nutrigenomics Learning Zone module. An in-depth article on nutrigenomics and the module, by Daniel O’Shaughnessy, BANT Communications Director and author of the module itself, is available to read in last month’s BANT eNews: http://bant.org.uk/bant/pdf/BANT_LAUNCHES_NUTRIGENOMICS_LZONE_MODULE_BANTNEWS_OCT2017_ISSUE_101.pdf

Personalised healthcare is at the beginning of a genetic revolution with the decoding of the wealth of information that lives within us. Nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics and epigenetics are emerging sciences that are already having an enormous impact on all our lives and have a fundamental effect on the way we manage our own and our client’s health.

Nutritional therapy and nutrigenomics are fundamentally linked and BANT nutrition practitioners are finding themselves at the

cutting edge of scientific knowledge and its application in practice. Genetics and nutrigenomics can be very sensitive subjects and it is vitally important that nutrition practitioners understand the whole picture, what test they should be recommending, how this translates to gene expression and how to explain it to their clients appropriately, safely and legally.

In 2014 BANT launched its Register of Nutrigenetic Counsellors, following a commitment to the Human Genetics Commission to set up an advanced practice register covering nutrigenetic counselling, following the HGC’s ‘Genes Direct’ reports in 2003 and 2007. To date registration has been based on experience and training in the use of genetic profiles/tests. The NgC Register is a gauge of quality for nutritional therapy clients and more information about how to become listed on the register can be found here: http://bant.org.uk/about-nutritional-therapy/nutrigenetic-counsellor-register/

To further demonstrate BANT’s commitment to education and excellence, the organisation has launched a brand-new Nutrigenomics Learning Zone module, to further support members in their learning and qualification in this important topic. The module can be found in the BANT Learning Zone: https://bant.org.uk/centre-of-excellence/education/learning-zone/ alongside the existing learning modules: The Principals of Functional Medicine; Functional Testing 1 and Functional Testing 2.

Further learning tools will be launched by BANT in the future, supporting the organisation’s commitment to furthering the education and professionalism of its members.

bant launChes its brand-new nutrigenomiCs learning zone module

date media rnt artiCle summary bant reFerenCe artiCle link16 October 2017

Daily Mail Marta Anhelush

As BioCare Clinical Nutritionist, Marta Anhelush, explains, modern food processing and depleted soils mean that even the best diet rich in fruit and vegetables may not provide enough nutrients to support optimum health.Each one of us can be deficient in different nutrients but there are some that are more common than other. It may be difficult to test your levels for many of those vitamins and minerals, so it is useful to know some of the signs and symptoms of potential deficiency.

BioCare Clinical Nutritionist, Marta Anhelush, shares deficiency guide

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4984418/Test-reveals-vitamins-deficient-in.html

16 October 2017

Healthista and Daily Mail

Christine Bailey

If you struggle with feelings of depression, loss of motivation and enthusiasm, or if you have difficulty finding joy in everyday life it's time to rethink your diet. Our diet and lifestyle can have a profound effect on our mood and research reveals there's a direct link between what we eat and how we feel.

Christine Bailey, a nutritional therapist based in London, is the author of new book, The Brain Boost Diet Plan

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4977800/The-3-day-happiness-diet.html

24 October 2017

Healthista May Simpkin

5 Healthy Foods Nutritionist Can’t Live Without May Simpkin … is bound by the code of ethics in clinical practice and has met the strict criteria required for BANT, the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy and the CNHC, Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, which is the council recommended by the UK Department of Health for complementary and natural healthcare services. She is also Chair of the Continual Professional

https://www.healthista.com/5-healthy-foods-nutritionist-cant-live-without/

TEDx TalksPublished on 22 Apr 2015__

When Wendy Pogozelski began studying the primary literature in the field of nutrition, she was shocked to find enormous differences between the nutrition advice she’d found in the mainstream vs. the research and clinical results she was reading about. She connected with other researchers, doctors, biochemists and professors who had similar concerns and has become part of an international effort to help students, consumers and patients understand the science behind nutrition. Dr. Pogozelski has been working with an international group of scientists and clinicians who are trying to bridge the gulf between scientific research and nutrition education.

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serves 4 ingredients• 170 g chickpea flour• 400 ml sparkling water• 80 ml extra virgin olive oil• Sea salt and freshly ground pepper• 1 tbsp rosemary leaves, finely chopped• Extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil for frying the pancakes

method1. Put the flour in a mixing bowl. Add the water and whisk it in until smooth.2. Add the oil and whisk it in. Add pinches of salt and pepper and the rosemary.

You will have roughly half a litre of batter. Leave to infuse for 20–30 minutes.3. When you are ready to make the pancake, heat a swirl of olive oil in a 25 cm

frying pan. When hot, put a ladleful of the stirred mixture in the pan and turn the heat down a little. Cook for a few seconds until you can ease the pancake loose with a spatula or fish slice and turn over to cook on the other side.

4. Cook the pancake a further few seconds and remove from the pan. Both sides should be a golden brown.

5. Serve with a favourite topping.

recipe of the month

soCCa panCakesfrom Fleur brown’s book ‘beat Chronic disease’

Credit: Brown F (2017) Beat Chronic Disease, 1st edn., London, Hammersmith Health Books.

These are delicious pancakes commonly eaten in the South of France. They are made from chickpea (gram) flour, water and olive oil.

They are ideal for the Elimination Diet and also if you find you have problems with wheat or gluten after trying them out during the reintroduction phase. Chickpea (gram) flour is widely available in supermarkets and Indian grocery stores. These pancakes are also egg free, so again, ideal for the elimination phase or if you are intolerant to eggs.

The pancakes are great for a weekend brunch or for a quick weekday supper. You can top these will all sorts of things, such as a fried egg, goat’s or cheddar or other cheese (if ok with these), roasted tomatoes, fried bacon and mushrooms and wilted spinach, guacamole, a bean or lentil stew or a myriad of other foods that may capture your imagination!.

Susan Scott, BANT member and business psychologist, has written ‘How to Prevent Burnout’, the second in the ‘Young Professional’s Guides’ series.

The book starts with a comprehensive overview of stress response leading to ‘burn-out’. This is written in a comprehensive way, including a detailed overview of the HPA axis and relevant hormonal responses leading to adrenal fatigue. The book goes on to include excellent nutrition information including blood sugar balancing, foods for healthy sleep, as well references to specific nutrients and adaptogenic herbs to support adrenal health.Susan Scott is not just an NT she is also a business psychologist and it, therefore, goes without saying that she also includes excellent and important information on factors, other than nutrition, which affect adrenal health: good sleep hygiene, exercise and stress and personality traits that may accentuate reactions to stress and lead ultimately to adrenal fatigue.

The book is written in fun and engaging language, steering the reader through easy to understand concepts including how the body responds to stress. It is interactive with quizzes, check-lists and self-assessments throughout, leading the reader to their own action plan at the end.

How useful is this book for an NT?: All NTs know how key adrenal fatigue is and how often we come across it in our practices. This book contains all of the relevant information in one easy to read tome. The questionnaires, self-assessments and quizzes are things that we can adapt to use in clinic with our clients.

How useful is this book for a client?: Extremely useful. As we all know the concept of ‘adrenal fatigue’ is not one that is widely known by the general public. This book will support any information provided during a consultation. It will allow the client to have useful reminders of the information they have been given.

book reviewbeat ChroniC disease

BANT member, Fleur Brown, has done an excellent job of distilling the essence of nutritional therapy and how it can help someone with chronic illness.

The first part of the book explains functional nutrition and health, using a mixture of introductory information and client case histories to illustrate how nutrition practitioners work to resolve chronic conditions with their clients, using the functional nutrition model.

The book has mini-questionnaires to help clients come to their own health conclusions and it covers all of the important bases including common over the counter and prescription medicines, vitamin and mineral levels and functional testing. The second part of the book takes the reader through an elimination diet and reintroduction phase. Fleur includes very useful hints and tips, as well as usable materials such as a weekly menu planner, recipes, recommended supplementation and functional testing. Even the bicarb test gets a mention!

The end of the book has a list of useful resources. Where clients can get tests done themselves, sheets to download and complete and, of course the most important, a link to BANT and its members!

The book is excellent, very comprehensive and fully referenced.

Who would it be useful for? BANT student members would probably find it really useful on their initial journey into practising nutritional therapy, particularly when they start clinic. Established NTs might wish to give it to their clients as a support, particularly those clients who have many questions about the process.

The publication of this book demonstrates that functional nutrition is going mainstream, that there is a demand from the general public for other solutions. It provides people with the tools to start the journey to health themselves and if they find it too arduous they have a helpful link to find a BANT practitioner. Thank you.

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TRIAGE THEORY ALL STARTS WITH INDIVIDUAL NUTRITIONAL OPTIMIZATION 

ONLINE ‐ JAN 2017  

FMU Presents Kirstin Keilty, MS, CNS 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT WEBINAR PROGRAMME 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.25 

COST (£): Free 

REGISTER:  www.functionalmedicineuniversity.com/public/1242.cfm   

 

MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND COGNITIVE AGEING 

ONLINE ‐ FEB 2017  

Miguel Toribio‐Mateas 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT WEBINAR PROGRAMME 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBFnHiCyGZM&feature=youtu.be   

 

MENOPAUSAL MELTDOWN ‐ HOW TO PREVENT AND SUPPORT (PART 1) 

ONLINE ‐ MARCH 2017  

Dr Ronda Nelson 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT WEBINAR PROGRAMME 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.25 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/centre‐of‐excellence/education/webinars/bant‐

webinar‐programme/bant‐webinars‐2017/dr‐ronda‐nelson‐presents‐

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MENOPAUSAL MELTDOWN ‐ HOW TO PREVENT AND SUPPORT (PART 2) 

ONLINE ‐ APRIL 2017  

Dr Ronda Nelson 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT WEBINAR PROGRAMME 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.25 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/centre‐of‐excellence/education/webinars/bant‐

webinar‐programme/bant‐webinars‐2017/dr‐ronda‐nelson‐presents‐

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MENOPAUSAL MELTDOWN ‐ HOW TO PREVENT AND SUPPORT (PART 3) 

ONLINE ‐ MAY 2017  

Dr Ronda Nelson 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT WEBINAR PROGRAMME 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.50 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/centre‐of‐excellence/education/webinars/bant‐

webinar‐programme/bant‐webinars‐2017/dr‐ronda‐nelson‐presents‐

menopausal‐meltdown‐how‐to‐prevent‐and‐support‐part‐3   

 

NUTRIGENOMICS IN PRACTICE ‐ HISTAMINE 

ONLINE ‐ JUNE 2017  

Emma Beswick of LifecodeGx 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT WEBINAR PROGRAMME 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 0.75 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgcbBVm7cbU&feature=youtu.be   

 

HOW TO ACHIEVE BUSINESS SUCCESS IN NUTRITIONAL THERAPY 

ONLINE ‐ JULY 2017  

Mark Shields 

This webinar explores some key principles and top tips on how to achieve 

business success in nutritional therapy. 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT WEBINAR PROGRAMME 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  youtu.be/AS‐7J7s‐9G8   

 

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NUTRITION EVIDENCE DATABASE BY BANT 

ONLINE ‐ AUGUST 2017  

Miguel Toribio‐Mateas and Emma Hendricks 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT WEBINAR PROGRAMME 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  youtu.be/DJ7Hk_B6hA0   

 

BUILDING MUSCLE ‐ FOR FUNCTION VS. FOR SHOW 

ONLINE ‐ SEPTEMBER 2017  

Cain Leathem 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: SOLGAR 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  www.solgaracademy.co.uk   

 

FRAMEWORK TO MAKE SENSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF ME & CFS 

ONLINE ‐ SEPTEMBER 2017  

Alex Howard 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT WEBINAR PROGRAMME 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  youtu.be/rfK4UBe6gW8   

 

EFFECT OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EVENTS & THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH CFS 

ONLINE ‐ OCTOBER 2017  

Niki Gratrix 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT WEBINAR PROGRAMME 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  youtu.be/d86dDTZdM8s   

 

UNDERSTANDING THE GENETICS OF COELIAC DISEASE 

ONLINE ‐ OCTOBER 2017  

Dr Eve Pearce, PhD (Medicine), DipION, mBANT, CNHC; Clare Daley (from 

Cytoplan), BSc (Hons), PgDip Nutritional Therapy, mBANT, rCNHC 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: MY DNA HEALTH 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  partners.mydnahealth.co.uk/educational‐material/   

 

NUTRITION SUPPORT FOR IMMUNE HEALTH 

ONLINE ‐ NOVEMBER 2017  

David Crooks DipION 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: SOLGAR 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  www.solgaracademy.co.uk   

 

PERSONALISED SPORTS NUTRITION ‐ ONLINE COURSE 

ONLINE ‐ NOVEMBER 2017  

Elizabeth Scott‐Moncrieff; Ian Craig; Alex Manos; Caroline Hansen; Dr David 

Beales; Dr Leo Pruimboom; Tom Fox; Dr Joanne Larkin; Anna Marsh; 

Henrietta Paxton; Pete Williams 

For full pricing structure see website. 5% discount for full module access with 

or without assessment for BANT professional members 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed DVD / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: CNELM 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 54.00 

COST (£): 800 for full module access with assessment 

REGISTER:  cnelm.co.uk/courses/cpd/   

 

THE EMERGENCE OF 21ST CENTURY ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCIES 

19 November 2017, 9AM ‐ 6PM, Holiday Inn Carburton St, London  

Professor Malcolm Hooper; Dr. Judy Mikovits; Dr. Joseph Jemsek; Professor 

Garth Nicolson; Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt; Dr. Armin Schwarzbach 

Students £70 

Discount code HINN20 for 20% discount 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed Seminar 

EVENT ORGANISER: ACADEMY OF NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE (AONM) 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 7.00 

COST (£): 115 

REGISTER:  waking‐to‐a‐new‐dawn.eventbrite.co.uk   

 

BANT SUPERVISION GROUP 2 

20 November 2017, 10.30AM ‐ 1PM, The Tree Room, 12 Trinity Street, 

Colchester CO1 1JN  

Fiona Mealing 

ACTIVITY: BANT Supervision 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT SUPERVISOR ‐ FIONA MEALING 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 30 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐supervision/meet‐the‐

supervisors/#Fiona_Mealing   

 

BANT SUPERVISION GROUP D 

20 November 2017, 11AM ‐ 1PM, Biolab Medical Unit, 9 Weymouth St, 

Marylebone, London W1W 6DB  

Lisa Patient 

ACTIVITY: BANT Supervision 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT SUPERVISOR ‐ LISA PATIENT 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 30 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐supervision/meet‐the‐

supervisors/#Lisa_Patient   

 

PERSONALISED NUTRITION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH 

22 November 2017, 9.20AM ‐ 5PM, The Armada House Conferences and 

Events Centre, Bristol  

Lorraine Nicolle BA (Hons), Dip.BCNH, MBANT, MCIM, MSc ; Shoela Detsios 

BSc (Can), ND (Aus); Justine Bold BA (Hons), Dip.BCNH, MBANT; Katie Sheen 

FdSc, DipION, MBANT, NTC, CNHC 

Delegates receive a £30 product voucher after attendance at the seminar 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed Seminar 

EVENT ORGANISER: LAMBERTS 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 6.00 

COST (£): 44.95 

REGISTER:  www.lambertshealthcare.co.uk   

 

GUT ADAPTATION 

22 November 2017, 10AM ‐ 4PM, Slepehall Hotel St Ives, Cambridge  

Alessandro Ferretti Dip ION mBANT NTCC CNHC 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed Seminar 

EVENT ORGANISER: BIOCARE 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 4.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  www.biocare.co.uk/education   

 

GUT ADAPTATION 

22 November 2017, 10AM ‐ 4PM, Centre for Nutrition Education (CNELM), 

Wokingham  

Alessandro Ferretti Dip ION mBANT NTCC CNHC 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed Seminar 

EVENT ORGANISER: BIOCARE 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 4.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  www.biocare.co.uk/education   

 

TOXAPREVENT 

23 November 2017, 10.30AM ‐ 12.30PM, Cardiff  

Dilly Kular, Nouveau Health 

ACTIVITY: BANT Local Networks / Regional Branch Meetings 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT LNC ‐ SAMANTHA LEWIS 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐local‐networks/local‐

network‐coordinators‐list/#Samantha_Lewis   

 

TOXAPREVENT 

23 November 2017, 7PM ‐ 9PM, Body‐Balance Nutrition, Wrantage, 

Taunton, TA3 6DA  

Dilly Kular, Nouveau Health 

ACTIVITY: BANT Local Networks / Regional Branch Meetings 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT LNC ‐ ELIZABETH BRAY 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐local‐networks/local‐

network‐coordinators‐list/#Elizabeth_Bray   

 

HOLISTIC PRACTICE AND NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS (WEBINAR) 

23 November 2017, 7PM ‐ 9PM, Cheshire  

Damien Etherington, Precision Health 

ACTIVITY: BANT Local Networks / Regional Branch Meetings 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT LNC ‐ RUTH TANSEY 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐local‐networks/local‐

network‐coordinators‐list/#Ruth_Tansey   

 

BANT SUPERVISION GROUP B 

24 November 2017, 11AM ‐ 1PM, Biolab Medical Unit, 9 Weymouth St, 

Marylebone, London W1W 6DB  

Lisa Patient 

ACTIVITY: BANT Supervision 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT SUPERVISOR ‐ LISA PATIENT 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 30 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐supervision/meet‐the‐

supervisors/#Lisa_Patient   

 

PERSONALISED APPROACH TO HORMONAL MAYHEM ‐ THE MENSTRUAL 

YEARS 

24 November 2017, 9.30AM ‐ 2.45PM, St Georges Centre, 60 Great 

George Street Leeds LS1 3DL  

Shoela Detsios, BSc (Can), ND (Aus.), mCNHC, FHEA 

Non‐BANT members ‐ £10 

ACTIVITY: BANT Local Networks / Regional Branch Meetings 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT NORTH REGIONAL BRANCH 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 3.50 

COST (£): 0 for BANT members   

 

FEMALE HEALTH SERIES INFERTILITY 

27 November 2017, 10.30AM ‐ 11.30AM, ONLINE  

Jo Gamble ‐ Nutritional Therapist and Behavioural Therapist 

Book all four in series and pay only £60 

 

Students receive 20% discount 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed Webinar / Web‐based Media 

EVENT ORGANISER: NUTRI ADVANCED LTD 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 1.00 

COST (£): 20 

REGISTER:  www.nutri.co.uk   

 

PERSONALISED NUTRITION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH 

28 November 2017, 9.20AM ‐ 5PM, The Royal Society of Medicine, 

London  

Lorraine Nicolle BA (Hons), Dip.BCNH, MBANT, MCIM, MSc ; Shoela 

Detsios BSc (Can), ND (Aus); Justine Bold BA (Hons), Dip.BCNH, MBANT; 

Katie Sheen FdSc, DipION, MBANT, NTC, CNHC 

Delegates receive a £30 product voucher after attendance at the seminar 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed Seminar 

EVENT ORGANISER: LAMBERTS 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 6.00 

COST (£): 44.95 

REGISTER:  www.lambertshealthcare.co.uk   

 

BANT SUPERVISION GROUP 

28 November 2017, 2PM ‐ 4.30PM, Birmingham ‐ Central venue to be 

advised  

Dalbinder Bains 

ACTIVITY: BANT Supervision 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT SUPERVISOR ‐ DALBINDER BAINS 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.50 

COST (£): 30 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐supervision/meet‐the‐

supervisors/#Dalbinder_Bains   

 

HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER 

28 November 2017, 6.30PM ‐ 9PM, Boxworth Village Hall, Boxworth 

CB23 4LY  

Marie Edgar, Cambridgeshire Psychotherapist 

ACTIVITY: BANT Local Networks / Regional Branch Meetings 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT LNC ‐ ANN PINKNEY 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐local‐networks/local‐

network‐coordinators‐list/#Ann_Pinkney   

 

STRESS AND ADRENAL HEALTH 

29 November 2017, 10AM ‐ 12PM, Soho Room, Bourne End Library, SL8 

5SX  

Amer Jawad, Lamberts 

ACTIVITY: BANT Local Networks / Regional Branch Meetings 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT LNC ‐ HELEN BRADBURY 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐local‐networks/local‐

network‐coordinators‐list/#Helen_Bradbury   

 

PRESENTATION BY INVIVO 

30 November 2017, 10.30AM ‐ 12.30PM, Juliet's Café, Tunbridge Wells  

Tanya Borowski, Invivo 

ACTIVITY: BANT Local Networks / Regional Branch Meetings 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT LNC ‐ CAROLINE SHERLOCK 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐local‐networks/local‐

network‐coordinators‐list/#Caroline_Sherlock   

 

GUT ADAPTATION 

2 December 2017, 10AM ‐ 4PM, Holiday Inn Carburton St, London  

Alessandro Ferretti Dip ION mBANT NTCC CNHC 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed Seminar 

EVENT ORGANISER: BIOCARE 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 4.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  www.biocare.co.uk/education   

 

GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CASE REVIEW 

5 December 2017, 7.30PM ‐ 9.30PM, Cote Brasserie Cobham High St  

Clare Jeffries 

ACTIVITY: BANT Local Networks / Regional Branch Meetings 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT LNC ‐ CLARE JEFFRIES 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐local‐networks/local‐

network‐coordinators‐list/#Clare_Jeffries   

 

BANT SUPERVISION GROUP 

6 December 2017, 10AM ‐ 12.30PM, Central Manchester Neal's Yard 

Remedies  

Dalbinder Bains 

ACTIVITY: BANT Supervision 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT SUPERVISOR ‐ DALBINDER BAINS 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.50 

COST (£): 30 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐supervision/meet‐the‐

supervisors/#Dalbinder_Bains   

 

BANT SUPERVISION GROUP 1 

7 December 2017, 1PM ‐ 3PM, Holy Trinity, The Church Centre, Sheen 

Park, Richmond TW9 1UP  

Carmel Buckley 

ACTIVITY: BANT Supervision 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT SUPERVISOR ‐ CARMEL BUCKLEY 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 30 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐supervision/meet‐the‐

supervisors/#Carmel_Buckley   

   

 

BANT SUPERVISION GROUP 1 

7 December 2017, 6.30PM ‐ 8.30PM, Holy Trinity, The Church Centre, 

Sheen Park, Richmond TW9 1UP  

Carmel Buckley 

ACTIVITY: BANT Supervision 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT SUPERVISOR ‐ CARMEL BUCKLEY 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 30 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐supervision/meet‐the‐

supervisors/#Carmel_Buckley   

 

BIOCARE PRESENTATION 

7 December 2017, 10.15AM ‐ 12.15PM, Sandridge Village Hall, St Albans  

Chris Newbold, Biocare 

ACTIVITY: BANT Local Networks / Regional Branch Meetings 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT LNC ‐ TRACEY HARPER 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐local‐networks/local‐

network‐coordinators‐list/#Tracey_Harper   

 

BANT MEMBERS CATCH‐UP ‐ PRE‐CHRISTMAS FUDDLE 

7 December 2017, 10AM ‐ 12PM, Tollerton, Notts, NG12 4EP  

Eva Humphries and Heather Mountney 

Members bring one dish 

ACTIVITY: BANT Local Networks / Regional Branch Meetings 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT LNC ‐ EVA HUMPHRIES & HEATHER MOUNTNEY 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 0 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐local‐networks/local‐

network‐coordinators‐list/#Heather_Mountney   

 

BANT SUPERVISION GROUP 

8 January 2018, 1PM ‐ 3.30PM, York ‐ Central venue to be advised  

Dalbinder Bains 

ACTIVITY: BANT Supervision 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT SUPERVISOR ‐ DALBINDER BAINS 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.50 

COST (£): 30 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐supervision/meet‐the‐

supervisors/#Dalbinder_Bains   

 

BANT SUPERVISION GROUP 

9 January 2018, 2PM ‐ 4.30PM, Birmingham ‐ Central venue to be 

advised  

Dalbinder Bains 

ACTIVITY: BANT Supervision 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT SUPERVISOR ‐ DALBINDER BAINS 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.50 

COST (£): 30 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐supervision/meet‐the‐

supervisors/#Dalbinder_Bains   

 

BANT SUPERVISION GROUP 

18 January 2018, 2.30PM ‐ 4.30PM, Neal's Yards Remedies, Totnes  

Elizabeth Bray 

ACTIVITY: BANT Supervision 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT SUPERVISOR ‐ ELIZABETH BRAY 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 30 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐supervision/meet‐the‐

supervisors/#Elizabeth_Bray   

 

DETOXIFICATION 

20 January 2018, 9AM ‐ 6.30PM, Royal Society of Medicine, London  

Alison Astil‐Smith D.O., D.I.B.A.K. 

ACTIVITY: BANT Listed Conference 

EVENT ORGANISER: METABOLICS 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 8.00 

COST (£): 100 

REGISTER:  www.metabolics.co.uk   

 

BANT ONLINE SUPERVISION GROUP 

22 January 2018, 10AM ‐ 12PM, ONLINE  

Carmel Buckley 

ACTIVITY: BANT Supervision 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT SUPERVISOR ‐ CARMEL BUCKLEY 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.00 

COST (£): 30 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐supervision/meet‐the‐

supervisors/#Carmel_Buckley   

 

BANT SUPERVISION GROUP 

31 January 2018, 10AM ‐ 12.30PM, Neal's Yard, King Street, Manchester  

Dalbinder Bains 

ACTIVITY: BANT Supervision 

EVENT ORGANISER: BANT SUPERVISOR ‐ DALBINDER BAINS 

TYPE OF CPD: Active 

CPD HOURS: 2.50 

COST (£): 30 

REGISTER:  bant.org.uk/members‐area/bant‐supervision/meet‐the‐

supervisors/#Dalbinder_Bains