4 Modules
4 Lessons per module
Each lesson requires two hours to complete (approx.)

What you recieve after successfully completing all 4 modules:

  • Differentiate between key types of scientific evidence
  • Have a basic understanding of the processes responsible for the major diseases afflicting North Americans (heart disease, cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases)
  • Have an awareness of the impact of major dietary factors and disease risk.
  • Have an awareness of large human clinical studies that have evaluated healthful dietary patterns as prevention and treatment for heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases.
  • Have an awareness of human clinical studies that have examined the ability of specific foods (olive oil, almonds, fruit and vegetables, etc...) to modify disease risk factors (cholesterol, blood glucose, blood pressure, etc...).
  • Be knowledgeable in a selection of the most scientifically studied nutritional and nutraceutical supplements. For each supplement, students will have knowledge of uses, cautions, contraindications, drug/ nutrient/ herbal interactions, mechanisms of action, and dosage.
  • Be knowledgeable in a selection of the most scientifically studied herbal medicines. For each herb, students will have knowledge of uses, cautions, contraindications, drug/ nutrient/ herbal interactions, mechanisms of action, and dosage.

Philip Rouchotas MSc, ND
Naturopathic Doctor
Associate Professor, Clinical Nutrition,
Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine

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