With growing numbers of\u00a0 \u2018insta-nutritionists\u2019 who have done short online courses, healthy eating bloggers, YouTubers and healthy eating recipe book writers, \u00a0how can you be sure that you are getting safe nutritional advice? Whilst pretty pictures of colourful foods are a lot of fun, ultimately nutrition health advice is something you should only trust real professionals with.<\/p>\n
BANT, The British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy, recommends that you choose a Registered Nutritional Therapist who has undertaken training at an accredited course<\/a> thereby ensuring necessary training to understand the theory and practice of nutritional therapy. BANT-member Registered Nutritional Therapists are regulated by the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC). The CNHC holds an Accredited Voluntary Register (AVR) for the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA). The PSA oversees statutory bodies and accredits organisations holding voluntary registers for health and social care occupations in the UK. By choosing Registered Nutritional Therapist, registered with the CNHC, you can be confident that they are properly trained, qualified and insured.<\/p>\n Nutritional therapy is the application of nutrition science in the promotion of health, peak performance and individual care. It is a progressive approach to health optimisation.\u00a0 Registered Nutritional Therapists are recognised by the Professional Standards Authority\u00a0to be as competent as other traditional healthcare providers.\u00a0 It has been recognised that they can make a difference by working together with healthcare providers as part of multidisciplinary teams under NHS commissioning.<\/p>\n BANT Registered Nutritional Therapists take into account individuality that enables personalisation of dietary advice based on the most up-to-date research available. They do not suggest \u2018one-size-fits-all\u2019 advice following the health trend of the moment.<\/p>\n Looking for a BANT Registered Nutritional Therapist is easy; just click on the link for a full listing of our Registered Nutritional Therapists area by area: https:\/\/practitioner-search.bant.org.uk\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n – Ends –<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the PDF version of this statement.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n