Nutritional Consulting Practitioner Owner - Optimum Health Vitamins John has been counseling people on how to achieve and maintain better health naturally for 25 years, and started Optimum Health in 1993. His qualifications include a Bachelor of Science degree specializing in Foods and Nutrition from the University of Alberta, and he is registered with the International Organization of Nutritional Consultants as a Nutritional Consulting Practitioner. John is also an ongoing student of the Institute for Functional Medicine. He has completed their training course, Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice, and has been a member since 1998.