Known as the practitioners’ practitioner, Antony Haynes has been in private practice for 23 years and is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable nutritional therapists in the country. He was one of the first to implement the principles of functional medicine in the UK.

Who or what has been the biggest influence on your career?

The desire to find the most direct route to better health for the patients I have seen - thanks to all 14,000+ of them! Forever sharpening and focusing the knowledge and the mind.

What’s your most memorable work moment?

As a practitioner, it’s time and again when a patient’s life is changed for the better. Always memorable, and fortunately a repeating one. From a more self-centred perspective, it was the day I saw and held one of my books (The Food Intolerance Bible) published in Mandarin! Of course, I could not read or understand a single word, but it was very…er, cool.

What’s the single biggest challenge in your work?

As a practitioner, it is the ability to identify the most appropriate course of action for a patient to follow in order to achieve their health goals in the swiftest, safest manner.

What’s one emerging trend or research that anyone working in your field should know?

At long last, it’s the appreciation in the conventional biomedical literature that identifies what we have known all along, that food can be the most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.

Do you expect complementary therapies to play a larger role in primary care in the years to come?

Yes, without doubt.

What tips and advice would you give someone who is just starting their career in health care/complementary medicine?

Here are two: read the FULL research paper through, and secondly, choose carefully the sources of information you read because time is the most precious investment we can make for ourselves.

What are the key points you’ll be covering in your Keynote at this year’s camexpo?

I’ll be discussing the scientific, proven underlying causes of auto-immune diseases, which can be corrected and result in improved management of the condition or even a resolution of the condition, dispelling the message that so many are told, which is to “learn to live with it” which I completely reject as utter rubbish.

In addition to your Keynote, why would you recommend practitioners/therapists visit camexpo?

Apart from identifying the exhibitors with very interesting products/services and the seminars and talks of deep interest and relevance, there is always something surprising that every visitor can learn in their time at camexpo.

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Antony Haynes will be discussing Auto-Immunity & The Infection Connection at 2pm on Sunday 27 September in camexpo’s Keynote Theatre.

To book an entry ticket, please visit www.camexpo.co.uk/register-to-visit-camexpo-2015. Use priority code CMXP580 to register for £7.50 before 25 September. Entry to the Nutrition Theatre, Keynote Theatre, Demo Theatre and Business Clinic, is included with all tickets (space permitting).