Hi I am Diana Green, a qualified, associate member of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition, one of the leading Nutritional Institutes in the country providing a high standard of education based on up to date scientific research. See my Notes from our Nutritioinst page.
I am also a member of the British Association for Nutritional Therapy (check out BANT at www.bant.org.uk).
Many people ask what inspired me to study nutrition? Well, fortunatley I've had no dramatic life threatening disease or illness that has led me to this field; rather, it is through my lifelong interest in growing and cooking food.
I have always piled my son's dinner plate with vegetables, which he ate happily until he was 9 years old when on finding a caterpillar hiding in his curly kale he asked me, defiantly "Why do I have to eat so many vegetables?" It was then that I realised that "because they are good for you" was no longer an adequate answer, so I embarked on a course in Nutritional Therapy in order to be able to give a logical answer to my son.
Now I can reply that vegetables are packed full of antioxidants and bioflavonoids that protect our bodies from daily exposure to toxins and general wear and tear. That green leafy vegetables such as curly kale are high in magnesium and B vitamins vital for energy production and brain function. And caterpillars recognise this too!
This is, of course, just one of so many things I have learned.
I am delighted to be working with Nas and the Detox-in a box team and am keen to support those considering or undertaking any of the great programmes that Detox-in a box offers.
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