Fiona originally graduated from the University of London gaining a B.Sc. (Hons) in Biology/Biochemistry. She then went on to study at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London, founded in 1986, to receive a DipION.
Fiona is a fully registered Nutritional Therapist with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) and the Nutritional Therapy Council (NTC) which ensure practitioners are trained to recognised standards and are required to undertake continuing professional development (CPD) every year. She is also a member of the British Association of Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapists (mBANT) and bound by their Code of Ethics and Practice.
Fiona came into Nutritional Therapy having developed chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) following a back injury. By using nutritional therapy alongside other therapies she has regained full health and is now keen to help others to optimise their health in order to feel their best and live life to the full.
CNHC Registered The CNHC Register is provided by Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC). The CNHC is a Government-sponsored, voluntary registration body for complementary healthcare practitioners, and its key function is to provide access to a list of practitioners that have been assessed as meeting national standards of competence and practice. http://www.cnhc.org.uk/pages/index.cfm
mBANT
The British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT) is the professional body for Nutritional Therapists. Its primary function is to assist its members in attaining the highest standards of integrity, knowledge, competence and professional practice, in order to protect the client's interests, nutritional therapy and the Nutritional Therapist.
http://www.bant.org.uk/
NTC
Practitioners listed on our register have achieved the NTC Certificate of Competence in Nutritional Therapy Practice; they have been assessed against the National Occupational Standard for Nutritional Therapy, set by Skills for Health
http://www.nutritionaltherapycouncil.org.uk/index.html
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