Nutrition for Stress
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Bad nutrition and eating habits can stress your body and create unnecessary stress in your life.
Your health and well-being suffer through eating poor quality food which is nutritionally deficient. This can start with mild illnesses and lead to more serious diseases such as chronic digestive disorders, heart problems, diabetes and cancers. It can deplete your energy and immune defence system, cause imbalance in your hormones and affect the functioning of your brain and all your bodily systems.
When you are stressed, whatever the cause of your stress, you need the right type of food and drink in your daily diet. It can boost your mood and energy, relieve depression, clear your mind to cope with challenges, prevent long-term illness and increase life expectancy by keeping your heart and body healthy.
It is never too late for some self-help in reducing or eliminating the causes and symptoms of stress and ill health. Medication doesn't always have the solutions, and no medication comes without side effects, some of which create added stress and health problems. Sometimes even a small change in the diet can bring amazing results in the way you feel.
This course provides an insight into the many different nutrients in food which form the foundation of good health, energy and vitality. It guides in getting the best from your food, not only in your personal food choices, but in the way you eat and treat your food. It provides all you need to know to start on your path towards healthy eating, improved health and less stress. It also provides positive ideas for some healthy lifestyle changes to support a healthy diet in improving health, well-being and overall quality of life.
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Self-study distance-learning course with tutor guidance, leading to Certificate in Nutrition for Stress.
COURSE CONTENT:
Module 1
♦ nutritional medicine
♦ food as nature's medicine
♦ 21st century malnutrition
♦ nutrition tailored for you
♦ how stress affects the body
♦ cortisol - our stress hormone
Module 2
♦ our digestive system
♦ food digestion, absorption, circulation, elimination
♦ the body cell
♦ chew your food
♦ from mouth to stomach
♦ the stomach
♦ hydrochloric acid
♦ from stomach to intestines
♦ the healthy liver
Module 3
♦ balancing blood sugar
♦ good food habits in
♦ bad food habits out
♦ benefits of healthy eating
♦ enzymes - the key to life
Module 4
♦ foods to reduce or avoid
♦ water
♦ carbohydrates: pros & cons
♦ fibre
Module 5
♦ fats: the good & the bad
♦ proteins: more or less
♦ fruit & vegetables
♦ vitamins and minerals
♦ vitamins A,D,E,K
♦ vitamin C: the anti-ageing vitamin
Module 6
♦ vitamin B-complex: B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12
♦ inositol, choline, PABA, B15 pangamic acid, B17 laetrile acid
♦ minerals: calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, sodium, potassium, chlorine, sulphur, manganese, iodine, chromium, selenium, cobalt, fluoride
♦ the healing power of colours in food
♦ inspiration to eat healthily
♦ long-term stress relief
