Shirley Mcilvenny
The Food Coach Institute, Australia
Biography
Dr Shirley was born in Ireland and trained as a doctor in the UK. After becoming a Family Doctor she traveled all over the world, studying how chronic illness could be solved by healthy nutrition. Now settled in Australia, Dr Shirley was Professor of Education at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine at Bond University, Queensland. Dr Shirley has developed her practice to include nutrition as a healing therapy and also trains food coaches through the Food Coach Institute. Her MD thesis was on Fatigue and she has published over 20 papers on various Family Medicine topics. She received a research grant of $328,000 from His Majesty’s Research Fund to study Type 2 Diabetes in Oman.
Abstract
Abstract : Diet as a therapeutic intervention
