About Alinea Nutrition
Dr Alan Flanagan, PhD, founded Alinea Nutrition as an online education hub dedicated to providing impartial, science-based nutrition reviews and analysis. Alan holds a PhD in nutrition from the University of Surrey, where he is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Alan also completed his master’s degree in Nutritional Medicine at the same institution.
Why Evidence Matters
Alan’s undergraduate degree was in History & English at University College Dublin, before going on to law school. Alan qualified as a Barrister in 2009 and spent almost a decade practising law in Dublin, Ireland. In 2015, Alan started an MSc in nutrition at the University of Surrey, motivated initially out of personal interest. During his MSc, however, Alan was bitten by the research bug and moved into full-time research to pursue his PhD.
Alinea Nutrition was born out of frustration with the sheer scale of nutrition misinformation and misrepresentation of science facing people every day, whether healthcare professionals or laypersons. The aim was to empower people with clear, impartial evidence-based knowledge and understanding of current evidence in nutrition.
Alan combines an investigative and logical approach to nutrition science communication, and is dedicated to guiding healthcare professionals and the lay public in science-based nutrition.
Over the past 5 years, Alinea Nutrition has carved out a reputation for thoroughness, integrity, and professionalism, in distilling and communicating nutrition research, allowing you to stay informed and evidence-based with your understanding of nutrition.
Explore Our Features
Explore our features to see how Alinea Nutrition delivers trusted, evidence-based content. Each section is designed to support your learning and help you stay informed in a world full of misinformation.
A detailed breakdown of a single nutrition study, analyzing its design, methods, and findings. New research is reviewed weekly and provided as downloadable PDFs.
In-depth, expert-written articles exploring key themes and specialist areas in nutrition science, authored by active researchers and practitioners.
Bi-monthly Research Lectures diving deep into specific nutrition topics or questions, featuring clear visual presentations of key concepts and data from the studies discussed.
User stories
“Many healthcare professionals face a barrier to staying on top of research: time. Trying to understand research while running a business is hard. Alan is an incredibly effective science communicator and distills complex areas of research to deliver in a format that is engaging and understandable. His breakdown of nutrition science, and putting it in context, means not only do you get research related to practice, but you'll learn to develop your critical thinking skills in the process.”
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