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A new series bringing you an informed guest every episode to discuss various topics in the world of nutrition and science.

Episode 2: Optimising your metabolic health

Did you know that if you have metabolic syndrome, you are five times more likely to be hospitalised from COVID-19?

In the latest of our free webinar series, Heather Rosa, Dean of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition, speaks to Dr Aseem Malhotra, cardiologist and Sunday Times bestselling author of The 21 Day Immunity Plan.

Dr Malhotra shares his journey towards becoming a prominent healthcare campaigner, warns about the dangers of processed food, and explains why, as a nation, we need to focus on optimising our metabolic health.
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    Institute for Optimum Nutrition ION
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    Heather Rosa
    Dean, Institute for Optimum Nutrition
    Heather Rosa became Dean of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in October 2014. She is passionate about standards of education in nutritional therapy. With her she brings 15 years of experience as a Course Leader and Principal Lecturer in higher education. At the University of Westminster lead the first degree in Nutritional Therapy. Key additional roles included research supervision, working to embed academic integrity, leading learning and teaching, and quality enhancement. Heather is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

    Heather has a thirty year association with ION as it is where she trained as a nutritional therapist. At that time the ION diploma was revolutionary… the first course of its kind in a Complementary Medicine approach to nutrition. Now this approach is quite familiar to the public, in newspapers, magazines and on television.

    Heather was involved in the setting of National Occupational Standards, the Nutritional Therapy Core Curriculum and its review. For services to nutritional therapy education and standards she was awarded Fellowship of the professional body BANT. Heather is also an external examiner, accreditation officer, and education advisor to the professional body and other education organisations.