**Business Book Awards 2025 Finalist**

‘This book is everything I love.’ – Emma Forbes, TV and radio presenter

In today’s demanding world, achieving optimal health is more crucial than ever. This groundbreaking guide is designed to help you unlock your full potential, optimize your energy, and balance your immune system.

Uncover the eight Pillars of Health with The MitoImmune Method, designed to supercharge your mitochondria and strengthen your immune system. Rooted in functional and mitochondrial medicine, this cutting-edge, science-led approach provides evidence-based strategies to enhance your vitality, reduce toxin exposure, and address the root causes of health imbalances.

With a detailed 14-step anti-inflammatory nutrition blueprint and the essential four Lifestyle S’s — sleep, stress, strength, and social — you’ll have a step-by-step roadmap to optimal energy and immune function. Empower yourself with the knowledge and tools to thrive daily and perform at your peak consistently. Embark on a transformative journey towards becoming your Optimal YOU.

‘If you want to feel better, do better and LIVE better, this book should be a non-negotiable on your nightstand!’ – Chris Ducker, bestselling author of Rise of the Youpreneur

‘Will leave you awe-inspired and ready to take action!’ – Dr Lafina Dia

Nicole Goode is a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner (CFMHC), Registered Nutritional Therapist BANT CNHC and an associate of the Royal Society of Medicine. Founder of The Goode Health Clinic, awarded Best Functional Medicine Clinic for two years running in 2023 and 2024, Nicole is a postgraduate specialist in immune health, energy, autoimmune disease and optimal health. Nicole is host of The Goode Health Podcast and is featured in titles such as Women’s Health, Tatler and Marie Claire.

This book is certainly for any woman looking to thrive in their health. – Amazon 5*

A fascinating book , Nicole is so knowledgeable and well informed. – Amazon 5*

This book gives great insight into what it means to live your life well! Optimal You gives us the guidance and the tools with which to have a good, healthier life! – Amazon 5*

This book is everything I love… endorses my feeling and mantra in life that health is wealth and that we are able with great people guiding like Nicole – to really get in charge of our own optimal health. To put the pieces of the jigsaw together and achieve the healthiest version of ourselves. This book is easy to read and understand, makes sense, and has so much valuable information. Nicole herself is compassionate, passionate and has put together a well thought out programme – I highly recommend this book. – Emma Forbes, British Television and Radio Presenter

A must for anyone experiencing autoimmunity, gut health disorders, burnout and much more. Nicole’s approach to addressing disease and optimising health and longevity is holistic and thorough. She breaks down the complex web of health in a way that will leave you awe-inspired and ready to take action! – Dr Lafina Diamandis, GP and Lifestyle Medicine Doctor

I loved reading this book. This is exactly the kind of book I wish I had read at the start of my own journey to optimising my health as an entrepreneur. It’s full of so much valuable information and lots of helpful tips to start prioritising your health. It’s great to see another practitioner taking a holistic approach and dealing with the root causes of an individual’s symptoms. I highly recommend this book for anyone looking to optimise their health and energy so they can perform at their best. – Lorna Devine, Psychologist, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and High-Performance Coach

Brilliant book. If you want to understand your health better and what you can do to support optimal energy, immunity and longevity this is an absolute must read! – Farzannah Nasser, Functional Medicine Practitioner

Nicole is the real deal. As a serial entrepreneur, working with her to overcome my chronic fatigue and to fi nally optimise my health and energy levels has been a game-changer! If you want to feel better, do better and LIVE better, her book should be a non-negotiable on your nightstand! – Chris Ducker, Bestselling author of Rise of the Youpreneur

Debussy said that, ‘music is the space between the notes’. When you’re seeking to optimise your health, there is a lot of crash-bang-wallop out there. Nicole’s MitoImmune Method offers you the ‘Why?’ and – importantly – simple, bite-sized actions you can take. The result? Space to be able to hear once again the melody of your optimal health. With Nicole’s help, I’ve transformed my autoimmune conditions. – Eric Ho, Executive and Health Coach, Founder of Health for Success

Looking after your health can be confusing and overwhelming. But with Nicole’s MitoImmune Method, I’ve been able to transform my energy and immunity. I can’t recommend this book highly enough! – Will Higgins, Founder Nu Mind and Wellness

Working with Nicole has completely changed my life! Before, I was a 26 year old unable to find the energy to complete daily tasks, let alone socialise! Six months later and I feel like a whole new person – even playing hockey on a weeknight! Nicole’s knowledge and continued support throughout my journey has been absolutely incredible and I cannot thank her enough for helping me understand how my body works and the nutrition I need to help it function properly. I wish I’d found Nicole and her book sooner! – Kimberley Browne, Patient

As a previous client of Nicole’s, this book epitomises her knowledge and passion for optimal health and wellbeing. A comprehensive yet practical book to remind us that optimal health is within reach for everyone, and with a bit more knowledge and understanding, put in a way that anyone can understand, no matter where you are in your health journey you can get started and change your health and your life. – Brook Thompson, Patient

I couldn’t wait to read this book! My general wellbeing was not in a great place when I was put in touch with Nicole. She put me at ease from our first meeting and made me realise that with her help and guidance and my commitment I could get myself back to my Optimal health. – Sally Cotterell, Patient

Nicole’s book is a fascinating and informative insight into all things autoimmune. I have learnt so much about my own health. I certainly didn’t understand before reading this book that many of my health issues were autoimmune related. There is no doubt that knowledge is power and with this book we can all learn so much about how to improve our health! – Jane Downing, Patient

Nicole Goode’s Optimal You lays out eight pillars of health with clarity and depth. From nutrition to sleep, it’s full of practical guidance for living better. The judges felt mental health could have been explored more fully, but overall this is a well-structured, useful, and positive book. It gives readers a clear framework to improve wellbeing in multiple areas of life.

Judges’ remarks from the Business Book Awards 2025

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Part 1: The foundations of optimal health
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Functional medicine
  • Chapter 3: Addressing root causes
  • Chapter 4: The power of personalized plans
  • Chapter 5: The MitoImmune Method
• Part 2: The pillars of optimal health
  • Chapter 6: Mitochondrial health
  • Chapter 7: Immune health
  • Chapter 8: Brain health
  • Chapter 9: Adrenal health
  • Chapter 10: Thyroid health
  • Chapter 11: Gut health
  • Chapter 12: Hormone health
  • Chapter 13: Cardiometabolic health
• Part 3: The MitoImmune Way – your path to optimal health
  • Chapter 14: The MitoImmune Programme
  • Chapter 15: Specific nutrients
  • Chapter 16: Lifestyle – the 4 S’s
  • Chapter 17: Quality of our food
  • Chapter 18: Environmental toxins
  • Chapter 19: Functional testing
  • Chapter 20: What next?
• Appendix I: Resources
• Appendix II: My favourites
• Appendix III: References
• Appendix IV: Create your personalized plan
• Acknowledgements
• About the author
• Index

FORMAT / ISBN / PUBLICATION DATE / RRP

Paperback / 9781788606356 / November 19, 2024 / £14.99

Hardback / 9781788606349 / November 19, 2024 / £24.99

Ebook / 9781788606370 / November 18, 2024 / £7.99

Paperback and eBook Bundle / £16.99

Nicole Goode

Nicole Goode is a functional medicine practitioner, registered Nutritional Therapist (BANT CNHC) and BANT-registered Nutritionist. An associate of the Royal Society of Medicine and a Member of The Institute for Functional Medicine, she is the founder and Clinical Director of The Goode Health Clinic, named Best Functional Medicine Clinic UK in 2023 at the Health, Beauty and Wellness Awards.

As one of the UK’s leading voices on immune health and optimal health, Nicole is a postgraduate specialist in autoimmune diseases, further specialized into thyroid, brain and fatigue conditions and optimizing health and longevity for creatives and ambitious high achievers. She provides bespoke, personalized functional medicine programmes for clients worldwide.

Nicole is also the creator and host of The Goode Health Podcast and regularly features as a guest on other podcasts. She has contributed to health articles in Women’s Health, Marie Claire and Thrive Global, amongst others, and was named a Tatler-Approved Nutritionist.

Nicole has partnerships with worldwide global leaders in functional medicine, including practitioner-only supplement companies and testing laboratories, to assess health and discover the underlying imbalances and root causes of sub-optimal health. Working with clients on their own personal health history, root causes and genetics allows her to achieve long-lasting, effective results for them, enabling optimal health.