Nutritional Therapy
Level 3

 
Title of learning programme Nutritional Therapy Programme
Programme level 3
Duration of learning programme 14 weeks x 10 hours
Total number of learning hours per programme 140*

* Please note that this is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and also how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each module there is a question paper which needs to be completed and returned to your personal tutor.

Structure

 
Module Module Title
1

What is Nutritional Therapy?, Implements of Nutritional Therapy

2

Healing holistically

3 Toxic overload, deficiencies, food intolerance
4

Toxins

5

The requirement for systemic detoxification

6

Acid/alkaline status, hormonal imbalance

7

Improving the immune system

8 The role of supplementation and diagnostic testing
9

Treating specific conditions

10 Degenerative disease, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, obesity and more
 

Learning Outcomes

 

Module 1 – What is Nutritional Therapy?, Implements of Nutritional Therapy.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

  Learning Outcome
LO1

Discuss your reasons for seeking to apply nutritional therapy.

LO2 Summarise improvements that become evident with the application of nutritional therapy.
LO3

Evaluate what plan would produce favourable results when treating someone suffering an over-acidic malady.

LO4   Explain the workings of a rotational eating plan showing what conditions it is best suited to.
LO5 Describe the food types containing substances that assist the function of cytochrome P450 oxidise enzymes in the liver.
 

Module 2 – Healing holistically.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

  Learning Outcome
LO1

Define the concept of Naturopathic medicine.

LO2 Discuss what you will be looking for when taking a case history.
LO3 Describe what will be your ‘view of life’ when you apply nutritional therapy to your client.
LO4 Summarise ‘living foods’ showing how they are normally used and why.
LO5 Identify the important issues when applying natural medicine.
 
Module 3 – Toxic overload, deficiencies, food intolerance.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

List items which are classed as modern pollution.

LO2

Identify conditions likely to be caused by the use of organophosphorus insecticides.

LO3

Summarise the metal contaminant connected to hyperactivity and show which organ is negatively affected by arsenic, mercury and cadmium.

LO4

Discuss what practitioners seek to effect by the detoxification of a client.

LO5

Introduce which route/direction healing takes place.

 

Module 4 – Toxins.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

  Learning Outcome
LO1

Summarise locations in the body by which toxins gain entry.

LO2

Describe the eliminative pathways through which toxins are eliminated.

LO3

Explain how you would view an inflammation of eczema and show what action you would take.

LO4

Define the actions which encourage the elimination of toxins.

 

Module 5 – The requirement for systemic detoxification.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

  Learning Outcome
LO1

Discuss the properties of an acid.

LO2

Summarise how the balance is maintained between acid and alkali.

 

Module 6 – Acid/alkaline status, hormonal imbalance.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

  Learning Outcome
LO1

Describe hormones.

LO2

Analyse which gland releases insulin, the other hormones it produces and what they collectively control.

LO3

Explain where the adrenal glands are situated, their function and which non-foods create stress for them.

LO4

Examine the effects of ‘oestrogen dominance’.

LO5   Discuss the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
 

Module 7 – Improving the immune system.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

  Learning Outcome
LO1

Identify the functions of the immune system and its importance in preventing disease.

LO2

Summarise how genetic disease is caused and where problems occur.

LO3

Describe the effects a viral/bacterial infection has on the immune system.

LO4   Analyse the function of the spleen.
LO5

Introduce reasons why water is important to humans.

 

Module 8 – The role of supplementation and diagnostic testing.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

  Learning Outcome
LO1

Summarise two methods of diagnostic testing.

LO2

Identify six foodstuffs you would remove from a person manifesting signs of food intolerance.

LO3

Define possible reactions to an elimination diet and how they may be overcome.

LO4   Describe the basic type of supplementation the body can utilise most effectively.
LO5

Judge what supplements it would be prudent to take for the adult onset diabetes.

 

Module 9 – Treating specific conditions.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

  Learning Outcome
LO1

Introduce underlying causes of chronic fatigue and name the anti-oxidant which effect patients with chronic fatigue.

LO2

Summarise four indoor and outdoor self-help remedies for hay fever.

LO3

Discuss what can be supplemented to improve immune function during winter and show what foods should be avoided.

LO4

Examine the functions of Quercetin as it relates to varicose veins.

LO5

Evaluate what is necessary to control stress.

 

Module 10 – Degenerative disease, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, obesity and more.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

  Learning Outcome
LO1

Identify causes of senile dementia.

LO2

Examine osteoporosis showing why it is more evident in cow’s milk drinking countries.

LO3   Define what part oestrogen and progesterone play in osteoporosis.
LO4

Summarise three side effects of chemotherapy and how you would relieve them.

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