Alex Howard Group

Our Team

Julia Alderman

BSc, DipION, mBANT, NTCC, CNHC

Nutrition and healthy living have always been a huge part of Julia’s life. She has used nutrition to overcome her own health problems and is passionate about giving others the knowledge and support needed to regain their health too. Julia has a background in science with an honours degree in biology, and after graduating she went on to follow the path of nutritional therapy.

On completing her training, Julia worked as the residential nutritionist for a 5-star hotel in Cyprus where she ran a variety of detox programmes for guests from all over the world. She has since held a busy nutrition clinic in central London treating a range of chronic conditions, as well as presenting nutrition workshops and writing articles.

She is also a yoga teacher and teaches 1-to-1 yoga for specific health conditions. Julia’s approach combines her strong scientific knowledge with a compassionate and sensitive approach, so that recommendations are sustainable for even her most sensitive clients.

Our Team

 Jess Thompson
Clinical Director

Jess completed a psychology degree in 1995 followed by a PGCE in primary education and, after a 10 year career in teaching...

Alex Howard
Founder and Chairman

Alex Howard is Founder & Chairman of The Optimum Health Clinic, which he set up after his own 7 year struggle with ME...

Ana Bárbara Pereira

Ana Bárbara’s interest in integrative health and psychology began while dealing with her own chronic illness...

Bebe Kohlap
Practice Manager

Bebe entered into nutrition quite unexpectedly when she went to an open day at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition, just to...

Charlotte Thomson

Charlotte initially trained as a musician and worked as a performer and teacher for several years before embarking on...

Claire Sehinson
Head of Research and Protocol Development

Claire is an educator, researcher and functional medicine trained nutritional therapist. Claire has over a decade of...

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