In this course both the science and practice of nutrition is explained in a way that is relevant and exciting with the aim of helping you make smart nutritional decisions. The course has been designed to help you understand some of the nuances of nutrition and provides reasons for the noise and confusion. You will be guided through the fundamental principles of nutrition and some of the current controversies, and will systematically be shown how to negotiate this space to make informed decisions, and to also understand when it may be necessary to seek professional help.
This course is for anyone who is interested in current evidence-based and practical approaches to optimizing nutrition, whether this is for health, general performance or weight management.
- Learn how make informed and smart decisions around food, diets and supplements.
2. Be able to identify nutritional facts versus fiction
3. Understand the context of nutritional genomics and personalized nutrition.
4. Learn how to determine energy needs and how to best obtain fuel via the diet.
5. Weigh up plant versus animal diets.
6. Find out about the risks and benefits of different dietary approaches for weight management including low carbohydrate high fat diets.
7. See how different tools can be used to facilitate the implementation and monitoring of dietary plans.
8. Learn how to interrogate food labels.
9. Understand fundamental food preparation principles.
10. Find out how to create different styles of menus
Each module will have four multiple choice questions. Students will have unlimited attempts to answer these questions. A certificate of completion will be issued once all of the assessments have been completed.
Previous experience and knowledge is not required.
