Nutrition and Mental Health, a 21st Century Approach

Nutrition and Mental Health, a 21st Century Approach
Chy-Sawel’s Ninth Annual Conference
📅 Friday 19th September 2025
📍 Engineers House, Clifton Down, Bristol
💻 You can also attend virtually / watch the recording
This inspiring event brings together leading experts to explore how nutrition and lifestyle can transform mental health care. It’s also a chance to connect with researchers, clinicians, and practitioners who are shaping the future of holistic approaches to wellbeing.
FAB Research Founder Director, Dr Alex Richardson, will be giving two unmissable talks:
- Omega-3 & Mental Health: Getting the Fats Right
- The Role of Nutrition in ADHD, Autism & Related Conditions
We are delighted that our FAB Collaborator Dr Kevin Williamson will also be in attendance at this Bristol Event, so if our FAB NHS Collaboration is of interest to you, it's a great opportunity to connect with other professionals keen to see evidence-based interventions put into practice. Sign up to stay in the loop & hear about future involvement opportunities.
And, another reminder: our previous event 'Food & Mental Health: New Initiatives for the NHS' with NHS Consultant Nutritionist Dr Kevin Williamson is also available on demand, and FREE to NHS staff, researchers, students & anyone personally affected by mental illness.
Other confirmed speakers at Chy-Sawel's Conference include:
- Dr Mark Horowitz – Psychiatrist, UCL researcher and antidepressant withdrawal expert
- Lucinda Miller – Bestselling author and nutrition lecturer
- Dr Sarah Myhill – Renowned researcher on mitochondrial dysfunction and chronic fatigue
- Jess Angland – COO of Sli Eile, pioneering trauma-informed community recovery
✨ FAB Exclusive: We’re pleased to share an exclusive 10% discount for our community – use code FAB2025 when booking.
(Please note: FAB Research is not organising this event, but we’re delighted to support it and to see Dr Richardson featured among the keynote speakers.)

Programme
09.00 Registration & Refreshments
09.30 Introduction – Sandra Breakspeare
09.45 Dr Alex Richardson – Omega-3 & Mental health -Getting the fats Right
10.40 Refreshment Break
11.00 Dr Sarah Myhill – Mitochondrial dysfunction in chronic fatigue and its links to mental health
12.00 Lucinda Miller – A heathy Gut for Brilliant Brains
13.00 Lunch Break
14.15 Jess Angland - Chief Operations Officer, Sli Eile
14.35 Dr Alex Richardson – The Importance of Nutrition & Diet in A.D.H.D, Autism & Related Conditions
15.35 Dr Mark Horowitz – Sharing his Research & Lived Experience
16.45 Q & A Session
17.30 Finish
Speakers
Dr Alex Richardson
DPhil (Oxon), PGCE, FRSA
World-renowned researcher, educator, speaker and published author; and Founder Director of the UK-based charity, Food and Behaviour (FAB) Research.
Dr Kevin Williamson
Consultant Nutritionist - Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber (RDasH) NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Mark Horowitz
Psychiatrist & Honorary Clinical Research Fellow at UCL.
Expert on antidepressants and withdrawal, sharing his research and lived experience.
Lucinda Miller
Bestselling author of The Good Stuff, I Can't Believe It's Baby Food and Brain Brilliance cookbooks.
She is a popular podcast guest, nutrition lecturer and public speaker. She and two of her three kids live and thrive with ADHD.
Dr Sarah Myhill
Naturopath & renowned researcher on mitochondrial dysfunction in chronic fatigue & its links to mental health
Jess Angland
Chief Operations Officer, Sli Eile
Representing a pioneering Irish Community supporting recovery through social enterprise, trauma-informed care, and supported living.