It is tempting to classify the study of immunology as the act of peering through a microscope and describing immune cells (‘us’) plus the bugs that inhabit our body (‘them’). However, if we consider widening our lens of examination, a picture of diverse evolutionary symbiosis begins to appear, which brings our intimate relationship with nature into much more significant focus.
Within the context of current human behaviour, Ian Craig dispels the delusion that we should be ‘battling’ with our bugs, but rather that we should be nurturing them as an act of self-compassion. Further, by sharing cutting edge virome and microbiome research, he will explore the topic of exercise immunology through a macroscopic lens of an athlete’s greater personal ecosystem.
About Ian
Ian Craig MSc DipCNE BANT INLPTA is an experienced exercise physiologist, nutritional therapist, NLP practitioner and an endurance coach. He is the founder of the Centre for Integrative Sports Nutrition and course leader for the online Certificate of Integrative Sports Nutrition course, plus he teaches on the postgraduate Personalised Sports Nutrition course at CNELM. Clinically, within a team dynamic, Ian works with sporting individuals and complex health cases at his Scottish home, and online. Additionally, Ian is the editor of Functional Sports Nutrition magazine and he co-authored the Struik Lifestyle book Wholesome Nutrition with his natural chef wife Rachel Jesson. www.intsportsnutrition.com; Twitter @ian_nutrition; FB @intsportsnutrition
