Wendy Hamilton - Nutrition Consultant

Wendy, after training as a Registered Nurse in Lower Hutt , New Zealand (1980-83), went on to complete the Advanced Diploma of Nursing at Wellington Polytechnic (1989), followed by the Intensive Care Nursing Diploma at Wellington Hospital (1991), while working in the Intensive Care Unit (I.C.U.). In 1992 she moved to London and worked in I.C.U.s there prior to training as a Nutrition Consultant at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (I.O.N.) in London (1998-2001).

Wendy now combines her valuable years of nursing experience with a natural approach to health promotion, disease management and prevention. Her goal is to keep people well and out of hospital!  Her passion is identifying and addressing, the nutritional, lifestyle and emotional factors that underlie, cause or contribute to health problems.

Wendy enjoys sharing her knowledge of and passion for good health and nutrition with others. She has written many articles for Healthy Options magazine, spoken on health topics to groups at public meetings and schools, and runs periodic Health Promotion Programmes and Cooking Workshops.

Wendy is on the executive committee of the New Zealand Natural Medicine Association (NZNMA) and is a member of the Natural Health Practitioners of New Zealand (NHPNZ).

Professional Educational Updates
Every year Wendy regularly attends in-depth seminars on topics such as: nutrition / specific nutrients; adrenal fatigue; thyroid health / Hashimotos; gastro-intestinal health; immune system disorders; chronic fatigue; depression; detoxification; Diabetes / insulin resistance; prenatal and pregnancy care, etc.

Summary of Professional Qualifications and On-Going Education

1980-1983	General and Obstetric Registered Nursing Training, Hutt Hospital, Lower Hutt, New Zealand - Received the Florence Nightingale Award at graduation and top of class for Obstetric Nursing
1989	Advanced Diploma in Nursing (A.D.N.), Wellington Polytechnic, Wellington, NZ
1998–2001	Nutrition Consultant Diploma Course, at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (I.O.N.), London England (Dip. I.O.N.) www.ion.ac.uk
2000	Diploma in Iridology, at The Plaskett Nutritional Medicine College, Cornwall, England (www.plaskett-international.co.uk)
2001	Balanced Health Applied Systemic Kinesiology Training, London, England
2002-2005	Worked part-time as Regd. Nurse at Middlemore and North Shore Hospitals, while establishing nutritional private practice once back in New Zealand
2003	Neuro Link Foundation Training, Auckland, NZ
2003	Neuro Link Advanced Training, Auckland, NZ
2004	Advanced Certificate in Fertility and Reproductive Health, Waikato Centre for Herbal Medicine, Hamilton, NZ
2009	Nutrition Medicine in Health & Disease Clinical Workshops, run by the Australian College of Holistic Medicine, held in Surfers Paradise, Australia
2009	Mindd Conference, Sydney, Australia (www.mindd.org) - DAN Training
2010	A.I.M.A. (Australasian Integrative Medical Association) 2 day Conference, Auckland, NZ
2010	Reiki Level 1 Training, Auckland, NZ
2011–2012	Worked part time as Regd. Nurse at Centre for Advanced Medicine (now called Integrative Health Options), Auckland, NZ
2011	Advanced Cardiac Life Support Update
2011	Reiki Level 2 Training, Auckland, NZ
2012	A.I.M.A. (Australasian Integrative Medical Association) 2 day Conference, Auckland, NZ
2013	A.I.M.A. (Australasian Integrative Medical Association) 2 day Conference, Auckland, NZ
2013	Reiki Master 3a Degree Training, Auckland, NZ
2014	A.I.M.A. (Australasian Integrative Medical Association) 2 day Conference, Auckland, NZ
2015	A.I.M.A. (Australasian Integrative Medical Association) 2 day Conference, Auckland, NZ
2015	PSYCH-K Basic Workshop
2015	PSYCH-K Advanced Workshop
2016	A.I.M.A. (Australasian Integrative Medical Association) 2 day Conference, Auckland, NZ
2016	'The Emotion Code' Certified.
2017	A.I.M.A. (Australasian Integrative Medical Association) 2 day Conference, Auckland, NZ
2017	‘Body Code’ Certified

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