The Optimum Nutrition Podcast

Join us for lively conversations with leading experts from the world of nutrition.

We’ll be delving into our guest’s health journeys and touching on some common health conditions, with the aim of inspiring you to be your happiest and most optimally healthy self.

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Episode 12: The Importance of Nutrition and Diet in ADHD with Dr Alex Richardson

Episode 11: An Integrative Approach to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & ME with Kirsty Cullen

Episode 10: Supporting A Happy Menopause with Jackie Lynch

Episode 9: Understanding and Embracing Your Menstrual Cycle with Le’Nise Brothers

Episode 8: Overcoming Food And Sugar Addiction with David Wolfe

Episode 7: Nutrition Before, During And After Pregnancy with Katie Shore

Episode 6: An Ancestral Approach to Wellbeing with Ryan Carter

Episode 5: How Nutrition Can Impact Your Mental Health with Olga Preston

Episode 4: An Integrative Approach to Cancer Care with Dawn Waldron

Episode 3: Diversity And Inclusion In Nutritional Therapy with Ojarike Udu

Episode 2: LGBTQ+ Health and Nutrition with Daniel O’Shaughnessy

Episode 1: Building Positive Relationships With Food with Nicola Moore

Chef John Lawson on how his brain tumour prompted a new obsession with nutrition

After a brain tumour halted his career, John Lawson, a chef who has worked with the likes of Raymond Blanc and Gordon Ramsay, now puts health at the heart of his food.
Exercise for the brain: all about endorphins

When it comes to the brain-benefits of exercise, we might vaguely throw around the terms ‘endorphin rush’ or ‘runner’s high’, but what do they really mean?
How useful are sports supplements?

Sports supplements can be useful, but should be individualised, paired with a healthy diet, and approached with care, says Katherine Caris-Harris.
Baked beans: reinventing a British favourite

Baked beans are so loved they have their own playground song – but are they as good for us as the song suggests?

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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
ION Team

A list of select ION team members and their functions
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
Long Covid: A nutritional therapy approach (extracted from Optimum Nutrition, Spring 2021)

With symptoms dubbed ‘long Covid’, many people have found themselves experiencing post-viral fatigue (PVF) following Covid-19 infection, including those who seemingly had a mild bout of the virus
5 health benefits of magnesium

Whether you consume it through your diet, pop it in a pill, or luxuriate in it in a warm Epsom salts bath, magnesium is essential for numerous functions in the body.
Speak to an advisor

Book a phone or video appointment to discuss which nutritional therapy course for you.
BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy online open events

Discover from the comfort of your home how studying nutritional therapy with ION will prepare you for clinical practice and open up a range of career options. Find out about our courses and have your questions answered.
April Open Day

Choosing the right course for you is an important decision and visiting us at an Open Day is the best way to discover what we can offer. Join us for our January Open Day to learn about our courses, entry requirements, student support and flexible post-study career options.

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
February

Tuition fees*
£5,250 per year
£2,625 year 5

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