COMPLIMENTARY THERAPIES -

ComplImentary & holistic courses

Diet and Nutrition

  This course is open for qualified therapists only.

Therapists will find this course both interesting and imformative. After successfully completing this course you will be awarded The Holistic and Beauty Training Company Certificate in Diet and Nutrition for Complementary Therapists.

With diseases and disorders now being attributed to what we eat you will find that this course will be valuable to both you, your family and your clients.

The course syllabus is as follows:

• OVERVIEW OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

• NUTRITION: - FUNCTIONS AND SOURCES

• RECOMMENDED DAILY REQUIREMENTS

• REFINED AND UNREFINED FOODS

• MACRO- AND MICRO-NUTRIENTS

• NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES AND TOXICITY

• LDL’S, HDL’S AND CHOLESTEROL

• LOSS OF NUTRIENTS, CHANGE IN STRUCTURE: THROUGH PROCESSING, COOKING AND STORAGE

• COMMON ANTI-NUTRIENTS SUCH AS CAFFINE

• VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS

• DISEASES AND DISORDERS: INCLUDING ANOREXIA AND OBESITY,DIABETES & HYPOGLYCAEMIA

• FOOD ALLERGIES : FOOD INTOLERANCE : FOOD POISONING

• HEALTHY EATING & BALANCED DIETS