Nutritional Therapy Course

Course overview

Diet has the distinction of being the only major determinant of health that is completely under your control. This course aims to educate you as to the healing and life enhancing properties of natural foods and to the intelligent use of food supplements. Nutritional therapy is both preventative and curative once its principles have been adapted and applied to an individual’s lifestyle. It is recommended that this course is used in conjunction with the BSY Nutrition course or Nutrition and Weight Consultancy course.

Syllabus

Lesson One
- Naturopathy
  - Background
  - The Importance of Quality Nutrition
  - The Digestive Process
  - Epidemiology
Lesson Two
- Diets for Health
  - The Hypoallergenic Diet
  - Cleansing Diets
  - Rotation Diets
  - Macrobiotic Diets
  - The Hay System Food Combining Diet
  - Vegetarianism
  - Fasting and Mono-Diets
  - Low Carbohydrate Diet
  - The Maintenance Diet
  - Maintaining the Acid-Alkaline Balance
Lesson Three
- Advanced Dietetics
  - Metabolic Food Typing
  - Blood Groups and Diet
  - Climate and Nutrition
- The Universal Dieting Obsession
Lesson Four
- Slowing the Ageing Process
  - Ageing
  - Antioxidant Nutrients
  - Free Radicals
  - Supplements
  - Super Nutrition for Super Energy
Lesson Five
- Toxic Overload
  - Detoxification
  - The Fasting Process
  - The Juice Fast
  - The Liver – a Vital Organ in the Detoxification Process
Lesson Six
- The Immune System
  - Immune System Protection
  - Repairing the Immune System
  - Dietary Supplements
  - Food Allergy – the Immune System Connection
Lesson Seven
- Food: the Mood Elevator
  - Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
  - Protein – the Energy Nutrient
  - Sea Food for the Brain
  - Everyone should be a Fruit and Nut Case!
  - Fat is Out
  - Breast is Best
  - Alcohol – Liquid Brain Blaster!
  - Chilli Pepper Euphoria!
  - Food Cures for Stress and Anxiety
  - Onions – No More Tears!
  - Cholesterol – the Double-Edged Sword
  - Fatigue – the Nutrition Connection
  - Mineral Deficiency and Insomnia
Lesson Eight
- The Naturopathic Approach
  - Natural Balance
  - Let the Sun Shine into your Life!
  - Exercise
  - The Organs of Elimination
  - A Balanced Diet
  - Sprouted Foods
  - General Dietary Guidelines and Suggestions
  - The Consultation

Practical training

No practical training is required to complete this course.

Prerequisites

An advisory pre-requisite is Nutrition or Nutrition and Weight Consultancy.

View our Nutrition (Natural Therapy Approach) course.

View our Nutrition (Scientific Approach) course.

View our Nutrition and Weight Consultancy course.

Level

On successful completion of this course you will have received professional training at level 3. This is ideal if you wish to start a practice, or expand a career. Graduates of this course wishing to start their own practice can also obtain professional liability insurance. It has also been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme and graduates will receive the QLS Certificate of Achievement as above. This course has been designed by BSY to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme, endorses high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes.

Certification

On successful completion students will receive dual awards: Award 1- The professional BSY Nutritional Therapy Diploma and will become a Registered BSY Nutritional Therapy Practitioner.

Award 2- Certificate of achievement at QLS Level 3 from Quality Licence Scheme. Registration through BSY is essential with this course.

How the course works

This course is delivered online or via mixed study*.

Online study

Upon enrolment you receive your first course lessons via our unique online learning platform providing you with the learning resources you need to complete the course.

You can study in your own time, at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home. You will be able to progress through your course whenever and wherever you wish – all you need is access to the internet, and a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone.

If you have any questions, or would like feedback or encouragement about your course or your studies then you can contact our friendly tutors by phone, email or post.

At the end of each lesson are a set of questions. Completing these can aid your learning and help you master each step before moving on to the next. Your next lesson will then be provided for you to continue when it suits you. This allows us to continually assess understanding and competence of the subject.

Having progressed through each lesson you can take your final examination at home, and at a date and time that suits you. Then, on successful completion of final examination, you will be awarded both your BSY Diploma and QLS Level 3 Certificate of Achievement.

Additional study options

Mixed Study

As part of your enrolment onto this course you will receive access to our unique online platform which will provide you with online access to your course materials – making them easy to access on-the-go.

Once logged on, you can also request to have the materials supplied in printed format for you to keep, make notes and use for future reference.

*Mixed study option is available to request from within the online platform, a small one-off fee is payable to cover printing and postage costs.

Support

Your tutor will mark your lessons, giving valuable, constructive feedback - helping you to master each step before moving on to the next. You can contact them for support or advice throughout your studies.

You can also contact the support team who are here to help you Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

We are proud of our friendly, caring ethos and aim to do all we can to help you succeed.