My background

Nicole is a highly experienced qualified registered nutritionist under the UK's only official body for nutritionists, the Association for Nutrition,  as well as being a state registered dietitian working in NHS hospitals. With over 22 years in the field of science she  is a regular contributor to the media alongside running a private nutrition consultancy in London giving individual advice, menu plans, talks and workshops. She has been the resident nutritionist for Five News since 2004 along with appearances on Sky News, BBC Breakfast, BBC Newsround and the nutritionist compiling recipe and menu plans for contestants of the reality TV weight loss series The Biggest Loser’ on Living TV. She is currently the series dietitian and nutrition science advisor for Channel 4's The Food Hospital. 

With a love and passion for science she took her first honors degree in Physics at Leeds University. Following graduation she became a television producer making radio and television commercials before going back to study two further degree courses in biology with biochemistry and advanced animal physiology on the Open University. She then went on to gain a masters degree in nutrition from King's College London and returned to King's some years later for a post graduate diploma in dietetics. 

Nicole is also experienced in the highly controversial field of complementary medicine, with three years of study in nutritional therapy at the Institute of Optimum Nutrition.

With this wide knowledge base Nicole is one of a few individuals who are uniquely qualified to assess with some credibility not only the sound scientific practices followed by respected medics but also able to shed some light on therapies promoted by those in the alternative field. 

"The nutrition industry is a minefield of advice, some grounded and helpful, some with good intention though little benefit and much that is centred on financial gain. Often it is the most needy that are the most likely to be exposed to unfounded claims.

Many speak as if with great authority and certainty. However, as with everything, the more I've learned the more I know the limitations in our knowledge and what we are yet to fully understand.The human body is an intricately designed marvel to behold. We’ve got some basics we can grasp but the research and study must go on."  

Qualifications: 

- BSc(Hons) Physics,

- BSc level 2 course Biology form and function (with biochemistry),

- BSc level 3 course Advanced Animal Physiology,

- MSc(Nutrition) King's College London,

- 3 year Diploma in complementary nutritional therapy,

- Post Graduate Diploma Dietetics (King's College London)