Optimum Nutrition
bi-annual booklet
Are you passionate about quality food and natural approaches to healing?
Discover our free Optimum Nutrition booklets, packed with practical advice, expert insights and evidence-informed ideas to help you understand nutrition and make more informed choices about your health and wellbeing. Each issue explores a range of topics, bringing together accessible information, expert perspectives and useful tips to help you navigate the world of nutrition with greater confidence.
Available to read online or as a printed copy in select placements, our booklets are designed to make good nutrition knowledge accessible to everyone. And there’s more to discover: sign up to our newsletter for the latest nutrition insights, resources, events and updates from ION. If you’re ready to take your interest further explore our range of nutrition courses, from introductory study and professional development to degree-level nutritional therapy.
Latest issue
In our latest Spring/Summer 2026 issue we discuss:
- Women’s Health – Beat the Bloat: Registered nutritional therapist Melody MacKeown breaks down the root causes of bloating and shares practical lifestyle tips to improve gut comfort
- Graduate Story – Pippa Groves: Follows Pippa Groves’ journey from a career in business development to becoming a wellness chef and gut health specialist after managing a Crohn’s disease diagnosis through nutritional therapy
- Alzheimer’s – The Power of Prevention: ION founder Patrick Holford discusses the potential of targeted nutrients in preventing cognitive decline and slowing brain shrinkage
- Recipe – Mango, Halloumi & Spinach Salad: A quick, nutrient-dense summer lunch recipe complete with dietary swaps for vegan, dairy-free, and nut-free diets
- Case Study – Perimenopause: Details how a 50-year-old woman successfully managed severe perimenopausal symptoms through a combination of targeted nutrition, functional testing, and other techniques
- 7 Simple Habits for Health & Wellbeing: Practical lifestyle advice to improve your life
Previous issues
Browse the back catalogue:
A parasite, a diagnosis and a moment of clarity - turning personal adversity into a thriving career, with Pippa Groves.
A parasite, a diagnosis and a moment of clarity - turning personal adversity into a thriving career, with Pippa Groves.
A parasite, a diagnosis and a moment of clarity - turning personal adversity into a thriving career, with Pippa Groves.
A parasite, a diagnosis and a moment of clarity - turning personal adversity into a thriving career, with Pippa Groves.