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Introducing The Colourful Kitchen Collection

As part of our 40th birthday celebrations we are delighted to announce the launch of The Colourful Kitchen Collection – a selection of over 80 recipes for optimum health and wellbeing. Pre-order today to ensure you get your copy as soon as it’s available.
Gluten-free lemon drizzle cake and nutty chocolate chip biscuits

These two gluten-free recipes combine different non-wheat flours to make a moist lemon sponge and crumbly chocolate chip biscuits.
Getting to grips with gluten-free baking

Unimpressed with gluten-free baked goods on the supermarket shelves, Hatty Willmoth decides to make her own.
Neurodivergence and ARFID: a nutritional approach to sensory issues

Sensory aversion can lead to dietary restrictions or avoidant restrictive intake disorder (ARFID), and is often linked to neurodivergence, says expert Lisa Smith.

Introducing The Colourful Kitchen Collection

As part of our 40th birthday celebrations we are delighted to announce the launch of The Colourful Kitchen Collection – a selection of over 80 recipes for optimum health and wellbeing. Pre-order today to ensure you get your copy as soon as it’s available.
CPD on-demand | Applying the Latest Nutrition Evidence for People Diagnosed with Cancer

This is a recording of a live course. This course focuses on dietary interventions for people affected by cancer.
CPD on-demand | Cancer: Nutritional support before, during and after treatment and beyond (Three day course)

This is a recording of a live course. ION’s updated three-day course is designed to help practitioners gain confidence in working with clients affected by a range of cancers, and provides a foundation for further understanding and exploration.
CPD on-demand | Nutrigenomics: A Simplified Approach

This is a recording of a live course. The course will define and help the attendees to understand the purpose of each pathway and how the pathway intersect and support each other, alongside providing the causes of gene expression and impact of gene expression.
CPD on-demand | Working with children: From pre-pregnancy to late adolescence (Two day course)

This is a recording of a live course. This course talks practitioners through some of the more typical health concerns that we see in children, and provide support and guidance for how to support children through their younger years.
CPD on-demand | SIBO – The Mysterious Entity

This is a recording of a live course. This course will cover everything a practitioner needs to know in order to successfully support a client with suspected SIBO/IMO/H2S/SIFO.
CPD on-demand | Helping your clients to build a positive relationship with food: Psychology in practice

This is a recording of a live course. This course will define what a positive relationship with food looks like and why it matters.
CPD on-demand | Functional Testing: A deep dive into the Organic Acids test, Mycotox and GPL-Tox panels

This is a recording of a live course. The course will provide information on how to demystify these tests by walking you through all three panels in careful detail so that you walk away feeling confident in your ability to start using them in your practice.
CPD on-demand | Getting to Grips With Functional Testing

This is a recording of a live course. It will focus on a number of popular functional tests such as the DUTCH hormone panels, the GI 360 and comprehensive thyroid panels.
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75 Hard challenge: the ‘mental toughness’ programme taking TikTok by storm

75 Hard promises to permanently change your life, starting from the inside – but can it? In fact, is it even safe to try at all?
The lowdown on low stomach acid

Stomach acid is an important part of digestion. Most of us try to avoid having too much, because it can cause heartburn and acid reflux, but too little stomach acid can also be problematic.
How does nutrition affect your sports performance?

Whether you’re an elite athlete or go to the gym once a week, your body requires fuel when you exercise. We look at exactly what foods you should be eating and when
How nutritional therapy may help with eczema

Eczema can be both mentally and physically debilitating for those who suffer from it. We look at how nutritional therapy may help to manage the condition
Carnivore diet: what if we only ate meat?

Carnivores only eat meat and animal products – some eat only beef, salt and water. They say the diet mimics what our ancestors ate – but does it?
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Everything you need to know about beetroot

Beetroot adds more than a splash of colour to mealtimes; often called a ‘superfood’, it also provides a winning combination of health benefits.
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Key facts

Award
Certificate

Duration
7-9 months

Study time
10-17 hours per week and Touch point sessions

Course code
ED200PTD (online learning), rNTSAC

Entry dates
October: ED201PTD
January: ED202PTD
May: ED203PTD

Tuition fees
£2,900

Key facts

Course codes
C0502FTD (full-time)
C0502PTD (part-time)

Award
Graduate Diploma

Credits
120

Duration
1 year full-time
2 years part-time

Study time
20 hours per week full-time
10 hours per week part-time

Entry month
February

Tuition fees*
£7,875 full-time
£3,940 part-time

£200 per 20 credits RCPL (certified)
£375 per 20 credits REPL (experiential)

£475 registration fee

* For 2022/23 academic year. Fees for subsequent years may increase in line with inflation

Key facts

Entry:
September and February

Location:
Online with optional attendance activities

Duration:
4.5 years part-time or
3 years full-time

Course code:
C0503PTD (part-time)
C0503FTD (full-time)

Fees part time:
£5,250 - per year, years 1-4
£2,625 - year 5

Fees full time:
£9,250 - per year

Awarding body:
University of Portsmouth

* Fees may increase in line with inflation

Key facts

Course codes
C0503PTD (online)

Award
BSc (Hons)

Credits
120

Pathways
Qualified nutritional therapist

Duration
1.5 years part-time

Study time
15-20 hours per week plus time to watch lectures

Entry dates
September, February

Tuition fees*
£5,950 per year
£2,625 year 5

* For 2023/24 academic year. Fees for subsequent years may increase in line with inflation