Institute For Optimum Nutrition
The Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION) was founded by British nutritionist and author Patrick Holford in 1984. It was originally in London in the United Kingdom, but moved to Richmond, Surrey in November 2005. The Institute for Optimum Nutrition is a UK registered charity number 1013084. Patrick Holford no longer has any involvement in the direction or running of the ION.
According to its website, ION is an "independent, not-for-profit educational charity whose principal activity is to further the knowledge and practice of optimum nutrition."
ION promotes the practice of functional medicine, which focuses on the patient rather than the disease and on underlying causes rather than symptoms.
The ION runs courses and workshops in nutrition. They publish the Optimum Nutrition Magazine four times a year. They provide lists of Nutritional Therapists in the UK. The professional body representing Nutritional Therapists is BANT - the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy. Nutritional Therapists can also register with the Complementary and Natural Health Council (CNHC) which is supported by the Department of Health.
ION offers a Home Study Course, and a three-year Diploma in Nutritional Therapy (DipION). The DipION course is accredited by the Nutritional Therapy Council, which sets professional standards for nutritional therapy. The Institute is not an accredited Higher Education Institution, the University of Bedfordshire previously validated its DipION as a foundation degree, but withdrew validation in 2010.
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