Ian Craig

Ian Craig BSc MSc DipCNE INLPTA is a passionate educator and practitioner in the field of integrative sports nutrition.

With his joint academic backgrounds in exercise physiology and nutritional therapy, and a 20-year journey as a British middle-distance athlete, Ian has been developing the concept of integrative sports nutrition since 2007; it is a fast-evolving discipline that considers both the health and performance of an athlete from an integrative health perspective.

Educationally, within health-based nutrition, Ian is the author of the Struik Lifestyle book Wholesome Nutrition, producer of his online transformative course, 12 Steps to Wholesome Nutrition and regular contributor to the South African TV health talk show Real Health. Within sports nutrition, he is the founder of the Centre for Integrative Sports Nutrition, the world’s first educational platform to train sports nutrition practitioners in a functional way of thinking and practicing. Ian has been the editor of UK magazine Functional Sports Nutrition since 2010, plus he developed and facilitated the Middlesex University’s Personalised Sports Nutrition postgraduate course and the annual IHCAN Functional Sports Nutrition conference, of which he was conference leader.

Clinically, Ian works with a large array of sports-specific cases, plus complex health imbalances such as autoimmunity, chronic gastrointestinal issues, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, all of which are rapidly increasing in incidence, especially in the sporting world. To provide a complete immersion within the lifestyle, behavioural and belief changes necessary to improve the health of his clients, Ian works with a core team of talented practitioners, who collectively practice nutritional, exercise and psychological coaching, natural cookery, and integrative medicine.

Ian gained a BSc in Physiology & Sports Science from the University of Glasgow in his native Scotland, an MSc in Exercise & Sports Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a further BSc in Nutritional Therapy from the Centre for Nutrition Education, validated by Middlesex University in London. He is a professional member of the British Association for Applied Nutrition & Nutritional Therapy (BANT) and the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES).

For more information, visit www.thenutritionalinstitute.com and www.intsportsnutrition.com and tweet him at @ian_nutrition