{"id":7487,"date":"2017-10-16T13:17:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T12:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bantuat.org\/?p=7487"},"modified":"2018-09-18T15:45:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T14:45:40","slug":"student-bulletin-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/student-bulletin-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"

This issue looks at life after studying through the webinar on the use of social media once you qualified. \u00a0There\u2019s also a conference review and resulting stress alleviating smoothie recipe.<\/p>\n

BANT Student Network Free Webinar with May Simpkin: Moving forward once you\u2019ve qualified; exploring social media and digital marketing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday 30th of October from 11am-12pm<\/p>\n

The webinar is free and exclusive to BANT student members!<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a>\u00a0to book your place or e-mail Alma at\u00a0studentwebinars@bant.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0by Friday 27th October 2017.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking to run your own business in nutrition once you\u2019ve qualified, digital marketing will be an important tool to increase your exposure and ultimately bring in new clients. There will be so much to consider from the outset. Creating a website, engaging on the various social media platforms and writing digital content are all key in effectively doing your own PR and if you don\u2019t have experience, this can be a difficult place to start. This webinar will guide you and discuss May\u2019s strategy and approach since she qualified with her MSc in 2014 from CNELM.<\/p>\n

About\u00a0May Simpkin<\/p>\n

May is a BANT registered Nutritional Therapist with a Masters Science degree in Personalized Nutrition. She is an experienced clinician, practicing functional medicine from an evidence base, providing the latest research into nutrition. She is also Chair of the Continual Professional Committee at BANT, a role that allows her to stay up to date with the latest training providers.<\/p>\n

She sees clients on a 121 basis in London\/Surrey and runs cooking workshops from her home as well as a yoga health retreat in France twice a year. She has a website which she regularly updates with blogs, recipes and events and has built a mailing list of around 800, mainly clients or those subscribing for a free eBook. She has amassed over 16K Instagram followers in 2 years and is also active on Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n

Instagram: maysimpkinnutrition
\nTwitter: @MaySimpkin
\nFacebook: May Simpkin Nutrition<\/p>\n

There will be a chance to ask questions at the end of the webinar.\u00a0If you would like to ask May any questions prior to the\u00a0webinar, please go to\u00a0www.linkedin.com\/groups\/BANT-Student-Members-Group-4061266<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Review of Cytoplan: Making the best of stress<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last weekend I went to the London County Hall for the Cytoplan conference on stress. The day started well as I was greeted with my choice of gluten-free, dairy free breakfasts in the beautiful venue. There were a couple of fellow students from CNELM there as well as practitioners from other fields such as the 2 physiotherapist at the table. The morning presenter was Dr John Briffa, conventionally trained medical doctor who\u2019s practice holistic medicine for the last 20 years and was a funny and engaging speaker. He focused primarily on the HPA axis, addressing areas such as sleep, diet and breathing as ways to improve symptoms of \u2018adrenal fatigue\u2019. Personally, I would have been happier if he\u2019d discuss it as HPA axis dysregulation, but the outcomes are likely to be the same. He touched on supplementation with adaptogens including withania sommnifera (ashwagandha), vitamins including C and B-complex, minerals including magnesium and other nutrients.<\/p>\n

Lunch was several delicious gluten-free options served with a variety of vegetable and salad options, collected in stylish bento boxes.<\/p>\n

The afternoon speaker was BANT chairman Miguel Toribio-Mateas who focused on the pillars of brain health, which included quality sleep, a healthy diet, regular exercise and stress management. Another excellent, engaging speaker he was able to draw on his experience as a yoga teacher, experimentation with various diets, clinical experience and current research to substantiate his presentation and provide anecdotal examples. He also touched on supplementation with adaptogens including ashwagandha and the nootropic bacopa monnieri (brahmi), key nutrients for mitochondrial function (including vitamin C, magnesium, folate, vitamins B6 and B12) ideally from dietary sources and the importance of a wide variety of vegetables to provide fibre for optimal functioning of the gut-brain axis.\u00a0 Both presenters discussed possible tests that could be used with pros and cons so plenty of food for thought for the future.<\/p>\n

Overall it was a great day, full of excellent information and a fantastic opportunity to connect with other nutritional therapists that I\u2019d previously met at BANT Local Network<\/a> meetings and Functional Forum Meetups.<\/a> One thing that was slightly annoying was that the presenter\u2019s slides didn\u2019t match delegate packs, but we were sent soft copies of the slides after. Also it would have been nice to have received a video recording of the event, as is provided after IHCAN conferences, there was so much information that I wasn\u2019t able to note down. Having said that it was great value for money and thoroughly enjoyable so I\u2019ll definitely be looking out for future Cytoplan conferences!<\/p>\n

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Stress Resilience Smoothie<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Based on nuggets gleaned from the conference, what I had to hand and the fact it was national chocolate week last week I created the following creamy, chocolatey, minty, stress busting delicious smoothie. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have every day this week.<\/p>\n