The first European IfHI certification and training session took place in Ireland on July 4th 2009, with several practitioners and one member of the public. As reported in a previous post, Dr. Prannie Rhatigan MIfHI organised the seminar in conjunction with the Dublin Nutri Centre, and had run prior introductory sessions with guided study. Nick Bowler MIfHI gave an overview of the GenoType Diet and Tom Greenfield presented a preview of SWAMI GenoType to the group. Most attendees were from Ireland, with one practitioner from the UK, and an enthusiastic member of the public who had been following the Blood Type Diet for a number of years.

All the practitioners took the IfHI certification, which will hopefully result in the first European-certified Level 1 graduates (this is the equivalent of FIfHI certification). The newly certified practitioners should be visible on the IfHI practitioner list soon.

The success of this venture will most likely result in another IfHI training and certification in the UK in 2010.