About Jack
Find out more about nutritional therapy practitioner Jack Ruston…
MEET JACK RUSTON
I am a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, a graduate of the NTA (the Nutritional Therapy Association), a member of The Federation Of Nutritional Therapy Practitioners (FNTP) in the UK and the National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NAP) in the US.
I help people make the connections between their food and any symptoms they may be experiencing, which might be anything from fatigue, irritability, hunger and cravings to IBS, heartburn, autoimmunity or an inability to lose fat.
I guide my clients through strategies to optimise their eating and lifestyle, sidestepping those issues that so many of us normalise, that we just accept as ‘the way we are’ or as an inevitable sign of ageing.
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Whatever you want to achieve, I will be with you every step of the way. Click here to contact me and start your one-to-one nutritional therapy journey.
What brought me here?
I live by the principles I share with my clients, and in doing so have been able to dramatically change my own health. But it wasn't always this way:
Throughout my adult life I have suffered with some significant digestive issues, seemingly endless food intolerances and a sense that my gut was out to get me. These problems became increasingly severe as I moved through my 30s and into my 40s. Eventually it got to a point where it severely affected my quality of life. I'd sometimes wake up in the night, vomiting, or be unable to leave the house in the morning due to IBS symptoms. I wasn’t easy to live with so it wasn’t just me that was suffering.
I did everything I was supposed to do, eating a diet high in whole-grains and fibre, fresh vegetables and fruits and low in saturated fat. I took probiotics and endless other supplements that were supposed to help me. I was working long, unsocial hours as a recording engineer and training excessively, as if to assert control over a body that just wouldn’t play ball. At that time I didn’t understand the ways in which our stress response affects the digestive process. The healthcare system couldn’t help, alternative therapies and strict exclusion diets seemed beneficial at times, but the benefits never seemed to last, so I decided to learn more.
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My journey led me deep into the research of nutritional science. I discovered a vast gap between the conclusions of the best-quality research and the spurious claims of the food and pharmaceutical industries. Furthermore, I discovered that the panels that devise our ‘food pyramid‘ – the guidelines we’re given on how to eat – are made up of representatives of these industries and researchers funded by them.
As a passionate, life-long cook I began to create videos and recipes for ‘Ruston’s Boneyard', my online cooking channel. I wrote a book – The Ruston’s Boneyard Guide To Steak – exploring every possible facet of steak cookery. The Boneyard was based around the low-carb lifestyle – ketogenic and paleo ways of eating – all approaches that I had explored in troubleshooting my own issues, with varying degrees of success.
Before long, I began to receive requests for nutrition advice from followers, friends and acquaintances. While I have always been happy to talk about my own approach to food, I didn’t feel comfortable with the idea of telling other people what they should eat, with no proper academic grounding in the subject. And so my passion for nutrition led me back to school, to the NTA’s Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP) qualification.
I now work with clients, both on a one-to-one basis and via our The Diet & Lifestyle Project community, helping them achieve their goals and improve their life through guidance that is fully based on my own experiences.
