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Public interest in diet has never been greater as can be judged from the media. You can hardly take up a magazine or a newspaper without finding the latest super-diet. Yet, all this information tends more to confuse than inform and this is where the holistic dietician comes into their own. This course will enable you to make out a personally tailored diet (which cannot be had from any book) suitable to the individual’s needs which you will also be able to continually monitor for them This course offers a Holistic approach which undoubtedly is the most effective. Many of the people who avail of your services will need to be taught relaxation to enable them to obtain maximum absorption of nutrients. If this aspect is overlooked it may lead to very poor results. Therefore, with this in mind, the course includes thorough training in relaxation and some basic psychotherapy to help you understand the part the mind plays in the production of energy. You will find yourself as a Holistic Dietician often making use of this combination of relaxation and right diet for maximum results. This will greatly expand your scope. Holders of the Holistic Dietetics Diploma are qualified for membership of the Irish Health Culture Association. The course covers dietary systems based on · the glycemic index (i.e., how quickly blood sugar is released by a particular dietary pattern), including consideration of the popular Dr. Atkins programme. · the acid-alkaline balance, an older concept that has been the subject of much new and valuable research in recent years · the pro- or anti-inflammatory properties of foods, which is becoming recognised as an important factor in the development of many of the “diseases of civilisation” · the life-force concept, including enzyme nutrition, which underlies the traditional dietary recommendations in yoga and naturopathic medicine, and on which several nutritional healing systems for serious illness are based. · anti-aging / rejuvenation nutrition. This includes a study of Students are also taught the advantages and limitations of nutritional supplements, including vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients. |
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For practice as a consultant in the fields of Holistic Medicine, Health Culture, Fitness, Life Extension, Retailing and Athletic Nutrition.
SCOPE: The course teaches the student how to make out diets for health, energy, weight loss, weight gain figure/physique, beauty, good looks, sports performance, balanced family diets. Run over 7 weekend seminars between November and June plus a 9 day seminar Friday 6 to Saturday 14 March
The course is aimed at those who wish to be self-employed in private practice or who wish to obtain employment in a health store, sports complex, health studio, beauty salon or with food supplement companies. It will be the perfect complement for those who are already in aerobics, yoga, physical education or sports training.
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Next Diploma Course Commencing 7 weekends plus a 6 day seminar between November and June, plus a 9 day seminar in March 2009
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66 Eccles St Dublin 7 Ireland |
