The Naturopathic Nutrition Diploma

Course details

The Naturopathic Nutrition diploma course provides high quality training which equips graduates to build successful practices. It is carefully structured. Each study unit builds on the previous one, allowing students to develop their confidence and skills, and reach their full potential as nutritionists.

The course is delivered in 3 levels (I, II and III). A student has to complete one level before progressing to the next.

Level I – Biomedicine

Level II – Nutrition

Level III – Nutrition

The Course Syllabus

Level I – Biomedicine

The aim of Biomedicine is to get students to understand how the body works, most common diseases, medical diagnostics, differential diagnostics and red flag symptoms. This way a future practitioner understands medical conditions, especially dangerous conditions and is able to decide what he can treat and when to refer to a specialist.

Medical Doctors, Dentists, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Pharmacists, Midwives, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, etc, may not be required to take Biomedicine – please contact us for more information and to see if you qualify for direct enrolment. Graduates with an ITEC diploma (e.g. massage, aromatherapy, reflexology etc.) will need to do the Biomedicine year in order to get a CNM diploma.

Syllabus

• Medical Terminology
• Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology of all Organ systems
• Infectious diseases
• Pharmacology, Laboratory, Examination methods
• Differential diagnostics
• Red flag symptoms

Level II – Nutrition – Building Blocks of Nutrition

The aim of Nutrition is to get students to understand the basics of Nutrition and learn how to take cases by observing live case taking of patients, following a standard CNM format.

Syllabus

• History and Philosophy
• Basics of Nutrition (Proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates)
• Naturopathic Nutrition
• Cleansing/detoxification
• Various diets
• Foods, superfoods
• Chinese principles

Level III – Nutrition – Nutritional Therapeutics

The aim of Nutrition is to teach students how to deal with most common diseases and become confident in treating patients in supervised clinics.

Clinics are of paramount importance to CNM. This is where students learn how to take cases themselves, create nutrition plans and apply their knowledge. Clinics are supervised by a qualified Nutritional Therapist.

Syllabus

• How to treat various conditions such as: Cardiovascular, muscular/skeletal problems, digestive diseases, skin, allergies
• Diseases of life stages: baby/child, women, men, elderly
• Sports Nutrition and exercise
• Laboratory tests
• PR/Marketing, clinic management

Nutrition Course intake dates:

Typically, students enrol for the Autumn (Oct) or Spring (Feb) intakes. However, since our Biomedicine course is built on a modular system, new students can join the course at various points throughout the year.