What is Nutritional Therapy?
Nutritional therapy is the application of nutrition and lifestyle medicine sciences in the promotion of health, peak performance and individual care.
Resources to help you start your wellbeing journey for a healthy happier you!
Currently, our national UK diet is comprised of more than 50% ultra-processed foods and drinks, and our health is worsening. 25 million people in England are projected to be living with major illness by 2040. Never have our food choices been so important for our health and wellbeing. Use our food and lifestyle guides to start your health journey.
MEDIA & NEWS
Latest news from BANT
Stay up to date with all the latest news from BANT. Follow us on our social media channels, read our latest feature articles, stay informed about BANT position on current nutrition and healthcare affairs via our dedicated Politics Home PR channel (Politics Home is an indispensable information source for the most influential people in UK politics – including Cabinet ministers, MPs, peers, senior civil servants and Westminster journalists), and access the emerging science in our monthly NED Alerts.
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Ask AI why digestible maltodextrins are healthier than sucrose and then use the answer to complete the consultation online form. BANT has been a sole voice campaigning for digestible maltodextrins to be treated as sugars for last 8 years - p!ease join us in our crusade for
New (2018) Nutrient Profiling Model is out for consultation. Most egregious UPF ingredients - modified starches/digestible maltodextrins - escape the model so it is not fit for purpose. Respond to the consultation - it's an easy online questionnaire. Let's try to get some honesty
Preview of the BANT annual conference and AGM 2018:
Building practice-based evidence: What scientific evidence serves a purpose to inform inform individualised practice of nutrition and lifestyle medicine where the focus is the individual?
See you there on 3rd March.
NED Science Forum 2026 – 12 May at the Royal Society of Medicine
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM B
31 March, 2026
Nutrition is the cornerstone to lasting health and weight management.
What happens when the GLP-1 medications wear
18 December, 2025
Nutrition Evidence Alert – March 2026 – NED Journal Issue 10 “Healthy Weight Loss”
BANT and the NED Editorial Board are delighte
31 March, 2026
RESOURCES
Latest resources supporting informed nutrition and lifestyle choices
BANT Wellbeing Guidelines are evidenced-based guidelines providing information on nutrition and lifestyle measures when personalised advice is not possible.
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Join us online on Saturday 27 June 2026 to deepdive into the science on genes versus lifestyle, meaningful biomarkers, fatty acids and most effective forms of exercise for cardiovascular benefits. Tickets and further information here.
BANT nutrition practitioners are specifically trained in sustainable weight loss and behaviour change and can provide the necessary support to ensure safe use of GLP-1 medications, and safe transition from medications to long-term weight maintenance.
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Scientific database specialising in nutrition and lifestyle medicine, providing the best evidence available for clinical interventions. Discover the Nutrition Evidence Database