About us
healthpro was founded in 2008 by current company Director Harriette Lynch to facilitate excellence in nutrition and exercise service provision. Since then, the combined expertise of Harriette and co-Director, Dr Alan Kennedy, has resulted in the companies' current standing as a leader in nutrition and dietetic consultancy, personal and group exercise fitness training, and physical and psychotherapeutic services. Through www.healthpro.ie, the company also provides a wealth of additional evidence-based, best-practice health promotion services and information for public benefit.
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Harriette Lynch BA BSc RD
healthpro founder and Director Harriette, is a registered dietitian with the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (INDI) and a member of the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS). Since her conferral with an honours degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Chester, Harriette has accumulated over thirteen years of dietetic practice and has developed particular expertise in the treatment of eating disorders, for which she is nationally recognised. She also has clinical expertise in the dietary management of Coeliac and Crohns disease. Harriette is also the holder of a National Qualification in Exercise and Health Studies and Personal Training from the National Training Centre (NTC), Dublin, and has extensive experience as a group exercise leader and personal trainer. Informed by her passion for endurance exercise, with numerous marathons and triathlons (including IRONMAN distance) to her credit, she also offers expertise in optimal conditioning and nutritional intake for such events.
Dr Alan Kennedy BSc PhD SENR
Alan holds a BSc (Hons) Human Nutrition from Liverpool John Moores University and a postgraduate qualification in Sports and Exercise Nutrition from Leeds Beckett University. He is also a member of, and a consultant to, the Sports and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENR) (http://www.bda.uk.com/senr). In addition, Alan is a PhD graduate of Trinity College Dublin, conferred in 2012 following successful completion of research in the discipline of Pharmacology.
As a Sport and Exercise Nutritionist, Alan works with a wide-ranging portfolio of clients across strength, speed, power, and endurance disciplines, helping to achieve optimal nutritional intake to maximise health and performance using proven, evidence-based approaches. As a lifelong endurance athlete himself, Alan also has a keen appreciation of the difficulties and challenges that athletes face in meeting their nutritional needs, both in and out of competition and training. To overcome these barriers, he develops a personalised nutrition matrix, uniquely tailored to the individual requirements and circumstances of each athlete.
Alan is Course Director of Precision Performance Nutrition, a personalised sports nutrition course designed to help athletes develop individualised nutrition strategies to optimise recovery and performance (https://www.healthpro.ie/exercise/courses/precision-performance-nutrition).
