Morna gained a BSc from Edinburgh University in the mid-seventies and has worked in the Cytogenetic and Genetic Toxicology fields since then. A family history of illness encouraged Morna to investigate how nutrition and lifestyle could have a positive effect on the family's wellbeing. This led her to study for the Diploma in Nutritional Therapy, Foundation degree level at the renowned Institute of Optimum Nutrition (ION) in London founded by Patrick Holford.

BANT Nutritional Therapists are trained, certified, licenced and insured to use scientific nutritional knowledge in a therapeutic healing way. They look at the body as a whole, because a problem in one system may affect many systems e.g. a problem in the digestive system may have a knock-on effect on the hormonal system and nervous system. BANT Therapists are also obliged to prove their commitment to continual professional development by taking part in the BANT CPD scheme which ensures that they are kept up to date in the latest scientific advancements, developments in nutritional research and the latest new diagnostic tests.