Nutrition and Health Certificate

Today everyone needs to know some basics of nutrition! The importance of the subject is very real and pressing. Applying the knowledge that you gain form this distance learning course will lead towards a better standard of well-being now, and a prolonging of good health in the future.

This course will teach you basic nutritional principles and help you formulate healthy diets and set out well-informed programmes for yourself and for your family when faced with the bewildering array of nutritional supplements on the shelves today.

 Specifically, this course will help you to:

• Gain a general understanding of the subject;
• Grasp the fundamentals of the cell's need for nutrients;
• Appreciate the role of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals;
• Understand the basics of how these nutrients work in the body;
• Be aware of the enormous health benefits that can come from favourable dietary change;
• Appreciate the merits of particular foods and nutrients.

This course is a must for anyone who is passionate about their health.  It will also be useful to anyone whereby nutrition is a feature of their line of work and so a better understanding of the subject will only enhance the service that they provide.