Exploring the Road to Optimal Health
Karen Brooks
- BSc(Hons)
- PGDip
- mBANT
- mCNHC
Learning about diet and nutrition became an all-consuming passion of mine and I decided to give up working in primary education in order to pursue a career as a nutritional therapist. I studied at the renowned NCA college in York on an intensive Masters level course with a focus on using a functional medicine approach and gaining experience in the college Nutrition Clinic.
Like most people I’ve always enjoyed food although didn’t really appreciate its therapeutic value until I had a family and started thinking about the quality of what my children were eating and how this affected them.
What really impacted on me was seeing family members battle with chronic illness and not really having any resolution.
I saw them lose control of their health, take an ever-growing list of medications and their health gradually declining.
This inspired me to seek out a different approach to health – I knew there had to be something better than this. My interest in food and nutrition grew and it was a revelation to me that changes in diet and lifestyle could have such a huge impact on how we look, think and feel.
Learning about diet and nutrition became an all-consuming passion of mine and I decided to give up working in primary education in order to pursue a career as a nutritional therapist. I studied at the renowned NCA college in York on an intensive Masters level course with a focus on using a functional medicine approach and gaining experience in the college Nutrition Clinic.
You don’t need to be at breaking point to deserve support.
Many of my clients come to me after a long period of adapting and pushing through symptoms. I offer a calm, evidence-informed approach to nutrition that focuses on understanding the body, supporting core foundations, and making small, sustainable shifts that can lead to meaningful change.