Andrea Cannas – Nutritionist – Functional Medicine

Andrea is a Clinical Nutritionist registered with the Association for Nutrition (AfN), British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) and Cyprus Nutrition Association (ΠαΣΔ). She studied Human Nutrition at Kingston University London and trained to Masters level in Nutritional Medicine at the University of Surrey, an advanced training course in Nutrition Science for health professionals, recognised worldwide. She completed 3 years of assessed clinical practice at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition Clinic in London as a Registered Nutritional Therapist and abides by a professional code of conduct, ethics and performance.

Her research interests focus on mental health nutrition, cancer care and endocrinology. She published a nationwide study in 2022 on “Iodine nutrition of first-trimester pregnant women in Cyprus” in the British Journal of Nutrition doi:10.1017/S0007114522000617 Her passion for therapy using nutrition, evolved through her role at the Brain Bio Centre mental health clinic in London (www.foodforthebrain.org).

She completed additional training on nutrition therapy before, during and after cancer treatment. Using her knowledge, she integrates nutrition science with Systems Biology. She uses a person-centred model to provide evidence-based protocols that target the root causes of disease.