Nutrition Beginners Course
Content

The Nutrition Beginners Course comprises of:

•    Study of nutrition philosophy and methods
•    The influence of Nutrition on health – Making the connection
•    14 Principles of a Nutritionally Balanced Diet
•    Nutritional Support for 12 Common Conditions
•    12 Case studies
•    Self-assessment questions and cases
•    Health Questionnaire
•    Tutor assessment and certificate
•    Memory stick containing lectures on nutrition
•    Two books of nutrition
•    Nutrition products (Supplements and Protein Bar)
•    Voucher for additional nutrition study
•    Vouchers for additional nutrition products 

 

The beginners course

Here is a quick overview of each of the main sections:

Part 1 – The influence of Nutrition on health – Making the connection
The goal of a healthy body and mind is one that we can all aspire too, but how does what we eat and drink really affect this? This section helps you make sense of how what we take into our bodies affects its function at all levels of our being. It also provides a basic understanding of the digestive process and the various specialist diets you may encounter.

Part 2 – Fourteen Principles of a Nutritionally Balanced Diet
Here we examine 14 principles that will support your journey to achieving a nutritionally balanced diet. From the need for adequate levels of water, to superfoods and the overall impact of stress and how this affects our digestion and our nutrient requirements.

Part 3 – Nutrients in Focus
This section looks at the role of the many nutrients we consume through food. Exploring each vitamin and mineral and listing the food sources of it that you can increase though your diet. It also covers the different life stages and how our nutritional needs change as we progress through life.

Part 4 – Nutritional Support for 12 Common Conditions
Here we take a look at 12 common conditions that you, friends or family may experience. We look at the background to each condition and a how optimising our nutritional intake of various nutrients could support them.

Part 5 – Case Studies
This is where you can begin to put the information you have learnt into practice and plan out nutritional suggestions for a range of fictional people presenting with a range of health complaints. These may resemble people that you know, or even yourself, and it gives an opportunity for further learning as you work out a plan to support them

Answers
This section holds all the answers to the self-assessment questions and cases. They should not be looked at until you have attempted the questions yourself first.

Assignments
Once you have worked through the course, having completed all the self-assessment questions, watched the movies and read the books, you will be ready to tackle the assignments. These are optional. Please read the Assignments section to find out more.

 
 

Course Memory Stick

The Course Memory Stick provides a wonderful route for learning. It is divided into 24 chapters that spread across the main course sections. The movies follow the course, so you can watch the relevant movie as you work your way through the material. Nutritionist Mary Sharma, author of the Nutrition Therapist Course, shares lectures on the science, diets, digestion, symptoms, managing health and specific digestive issues.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course books

Neal's Yard Remedies Healing Foods: Eat Your Way to a Healthier Life
Take control of your life and your health through what you eat with Neal's Yard Remedies Healing Foods. This book will show you exactly which parts of ingredients are beneficial for you and how to optimise their super-food potential. Written with the experts at Neal's Yard, experts in holistic, healthy living, featuring over 200 functional foods, from carrots to clementines, with notes to highlight the bits that are best for you and how to get to the goodness fast. Make your way through over 130 "recipes that heal" and take advantage of daily plans to help you eat the right foods to target a particular area of health. Whether you're looking for the best ways to use exotic foods or simply wish to find out which everyday staples will help address a particular health problem, Neal's Yard Remedies Healing Foods will give you all the information you need to use healing foods from around the world.

Gut, the inside story of our body’s most underrated organ, by Guilia Enders
In Gut, Giulia Enders shows that rather than the utilitarian and, let’s be honest, somewhat embarrassing, body part we imagine it to be, the gut is one of the most complex, important, and even miraculous parts of our anatomy. And scientists are only just discovering quite how much it has to offer; new research shows that gut bacteria can play a role in everything from obesity and allergies to Alzheimers. Beginning with the personal experience of illness that inspired her research and going on to explain everything from the basics of nutrient absorption to the latest science linking bowel bacteria with depression, Enders has written an entertaining, informative health handbook. Gut definitely shows that we can all benefit from getting to know the wondrous world of our inner workings. In this charming book, young scientist Giulia Enders takes us on a fascinating tour of our insides. Her message is simple if we treat our gut well, it will treat us well in return. But how do we do that? And why do we need to? Find out in this surprising, and surprisingly funny, exploration of the least understood of our organs.

Tutor marking

The fee for assessment and certification is included in the price of the Nutrition Beginners Course. Successful completion leads to the The School of Health ‘Basic Nutrition’ certificate.

Health Questionnaire

The Nutrition Beginners Course includes a personal health questionnaire that you can use as a starting point to the vitamins, minerals and other nutritional factors that may benefit your overall health.

Nutrition products

In creating this course pack we joined forces with three different partner companies: Conella and Revive for the suppliments and Pulsin for the healthy snack bar. All three companies share the same wellbeing ethos as The School of Health and all care passionately about holistic health and nutrition.

Nutrition Supplements

The Nutrition Beginners' Course includes one 60 capsule supplement from Conella and Super Supplement sachets from ReviveActive.

Conella: Maxi D+K, is a Vegan Society registered product it delivers Vitamin D3 2000iu and K2 25µg- 30-60 days’ supply. Vitamin D plays a role in normal calcium blood levels and is important for the health of bones, teeth muscles, and immune function. Vitamin K maintains normal bones, skin, vision, and reduces tiredness and fatigue.

ReviveActive: was founded in 2011 with a vision to enrich people’s lives with a range of scientifically formulated health supplements that really work. The course comes with Zest Active Super Supplement with 25 active ingredients, including 12 vitamins, 7 minerals, 4 amino acids, Beta Glucans, and Choline.

 

Nutrition Protein Bar

The Nutrition Beginners' Course includes protein snack from Pulsin.

Additional Vouchers

Great savings! The pack comes with four vouchers:

• The School of Health voucher worth £75.00 for additional courses with The School of Health.

• 25% off Conella voucher that can be redeemed against additional nutrition supplements.

• 10% off Pulsin voucher on any of their nutrition products.

• 10% off Revive Active supplements

Full course content

Welcome & Guidelines
Introduction

Part 1 - The Influence of Nutrition on Health - Making the Connection
1.1    How nutrition supports health
1.2    Basic naturopathic nutrition theory
1.3    Our basic composition
1.4    Overview of the digestive process
1.5    How the gut governs health
1.6    Impacts of a modern diet on health
1.7    Specific diets

Part 2 - Fourteen Principles of a Nutritionally Balanced Diet
2.1    Stress
2.2    Water
2.3    Nine a day
2.4    Dirty dozen and clean fifteen - the organic factor
2.5    Seasonal local food
2.6    The need for fibre and complex carbohydrates
2.7    Choosing a processed foods free diet
2.8    Sugar free for life
2.9    It’s just not what we cook, it’s the way that we cook it
2.10  Eat the rainbow
2.12  Superfoods   
2.12  Fats
2.13  Quality protein
2.14  Whole person

Part 3 - Nutrients in Focus
3.1    Macro v micro nutrients
3.2    Maximising nutrients through food
3.3    The role of vitamins and minerals
3.4    Supplement tips, where diet may not be enough
3.5    General life stage nutrition requirements (children to the elderly)
3.6    Maximising digestion

Part 4 - Nutritional Support for Twelve Common Conditons
4.1    Stress
4.2    Constipation
4.3    Coughs and colds
4.4    Blood sugar balancing
4.5    Cystitis
4.6    Eczema
4.7    Acne
4.8    Pre menstrual syndrome (PMS)
4.9    Allergies
4.10  Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
4.11  Poor sleep quality
4.12  Fatigue

Part 5 - Case Studies
5.1    Introduction
5.2    Case check list
5.3    Cases
               
Case 1       Sarah   
Case 2       George   
Case 3       Jenny   
Case 4       Michael   
Case 5       Katie       
Case 6       Billy   
Case 7       Tina
Case 8       Milly       
Case 9       Tony       
Case 10     Margaret
Case 11     John
Case 12     Mandy

Answers
Self Assessment Questions A-I
Self Assessment Cases 3-12

Assignments
Guidelines
Questions
Forms

Health Questionnaire
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