Dr. Kirstie Lawton, PhD is a UK based Public Health Nutritionist and Nutritional Therapist, with over 20 years of experience in developing and delivering a wide range of nutrition and lifestyle interventions, both in the UK and internationally. She has also held educational, research-focused and advisory roles for numerous charities, NGO’s and Government entities.
She is founder of Nutrition and the Brain, to review the literature on interventions designed to improve outcomes in those with brain related health challenges, and to develop protocols to support neurological symptoms and diagnoses.
Director of You Nutrition Clinic, Kirstie is an AfN registered Nutritionist, a BANT registered Nutritionist, and a CNHC registered Nutritional Therapist. She obtained a BSc Hons in Public Health Nutrition and a PhD in Nutrition from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, and a DipION in Nutritional Therapy from the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in Richmond, London.
To support her academic role, she obtained a PGCE in Higher Education at the University of London. She is also currently completing an MSc in Neuroscience and Neurodegeneration through the University of Sheffield School of Medicine and Population Health.
In addition to her clinical role, Kirstie is currently the module leader for the level 6 Graduate Diploma in Integrative Functional Nutrition at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in collaboration with Portsmouth University, which was developed to support medical doctors, researchers, allied and complementary healthcare practitioners to understand and incorporate functional nutritional concepts into their current practice. She is also a member of the editorial board for the Nutritional Medicine Institute (NMI) and journal.
Her interest in brain health is based on her own experience with a seemingly undiagnosable range of neurological symptoms, which have improved through diet, lifestyle and nutraceutical support. She is currently focusing her research and clinical work on diet and lifestyle approaches to support those with Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, and Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
She can be contacted through her contact page at https://www.younutritionclinic.com/.