A Bit About Me

Amber Cotton: Registered Nutritionist + Weight Loss Health Coach, Salisbury/Wiltshire/Dorset

Hello, I’m Amber

As a peri-menopausal mother of teens, I have first-hand experience of the power of nutrition to help reduce the triggers that cause unwanted health symptoms and weight gain.

I have a keen interest in supporting women like you to optimise your health, particularly focusing on energy, hormone, digestive and weight-loss issues. I will help you to understand more about your health, and to appreciate how your dietary and lifestyle choices can affect your delicate hormone balance, your energy and your weight.

I am passionate about helping women to feel energised, confident and vibrant. I use the Functional Medicine model to support my clients holistically, and I have a food-first philosophy which means I won’t recommend supplements unless I think they are absolutely necessary. I am here to provide you with support and accountability throughout your journey towards better health.

My Areas of Special Interest Include:

  • Female hormone-related issues including PMS, period issues, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), peri-menopause, and menopause

  • Other hormone-related issues including thyroid

  • Day-to-day energy and fatigue issues

  • IBS and gut symptoms

  • Mental wellbeing - ‘brain fog’, anxiety, mood swings

  • Weight loss support

  • Bone health

  • Health Coaching

  • Nutrigenomic/DNA testing to discover how an individual’s inherited health risks can be reduced using nutrition and lifestyle changes

My Qualifications and Professional Registrations

  • I studied at the prestigious Institute for Optimum Nutrition (DipION) and graduated with a distinction.

  • I am registered with, and regulated by, the British Association of Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (mBANT), and am a member of The Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), a UK government body accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care designed to assure standards of practice across all areas of healthcare.

  • I hold a current Professional, Public and Products Liability insurance policy with Balens Ltd..

Recent Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

  • LifecodeGX - Nutrigenomics Practitioner Training Programme

  • BioCare Seminar - Human Nature: Nervous & Endocrine Adaptation in the Modern World

  • Zest4Life - Health Coaching Skills for Nutrition Professionals

  • BioCare Webinar - ‘Menopause - A New Dawn?’

  • Kate Knowler - Webinar series ‘Bloods Interpretation’

  • Lorraine Nicolle - Optimising Bone Health Through Nutrition and Lifestyle

  • BANT 2-day Conference - Optimising Women’s Health in Menopause & Beyond

  • BioCare Seminar - The Gut, Unravelled

  • Lifecode GX - Metabolics Practitioner Training Programme

  • Nutri Advanced - Achieving Hormonal Balance: How to support hormone pathways using nutrigenomics

  • BioCare - Circle of Life Seminar

  • Lifecode Gx - Metabolics & Longevity Nutrigenomics Masterclass

Let’s Talk

Not sure if Nutritional Therapy is for you? If you’d like to find out more about how I can help you get in touch for a chat.