About this Course

The ITEC Diploma in Diet & Nutrition is a training course that will enable professionals to provide healthy eating advice for their clients whom they are already treating for other therapies, or for the purpose of improving health and lifestyle.

Students will study the theory of the main nutrients required for a healthy diet as well as deficiencies and disorders and key illness associated with diet. Additionally they will develop underpinning knowledge and skills required to successfully compose a dietary plan.

YOU WILL LEARN

• To understand & explain the structure and function of the organs and accessory organs of the digestive system.
  
• To understand & explain the process of absorption
  
• To understand & explain the process by which food stuffs are broken down by the alimentary canal during the digestive process
  
• To understand & explain the function & where in the digestive system you would find in the system
  
• To understand & explain the causes of the types of diseases and disorders of the digestive system
  
• To understand & explain the interrelationship of the digestive system with other systems of the body
  
• To understand & explain the function of water in the diet & its effects
  
• To understand & explain the effects of dehydration on the body
  
• To understand & explain the role of carbohydrates in the diet
  
• To understand & explain the role of fats/ lipids in the diet
  
• To understand & explain the role of cholesterol in the diet
  
• To understand & explain the role of protein in the diet
  
• To understand & explain the role of vitamins in the diet
  
• To understand & explain the role of antioxidants
  
• To understand & explain the role of minerals in the diet
  
• To understand & explain the dietary/ nutritional value of certain foods
  
• To understand & explain the role of refined & unrefined foods
  
• To understand & explain the role of common anti- nutrients
  
• To understand & explain the role of environmental pollutants
  
• To understand & explain some of the problems that may be experienced in the digestion of gluten & the various disorders, which may be associated with it.
  
• To understand & explain some of the problems that may be associated with dairy intolerance
  
• To understand & explain the possible side effects of additives
  
• To understand & explain the condition of obesity
  
• To understand & explain the conditions of Anorexia Nervosa & Anorexia Bulimia
  
• To understand & explain the condition of Hypoglycaemia
  
• To understand & explain the condition of diabetes
  
• To understand the importance of the ‘timing if meals’
  
• To understand & explain the ‘common aliments’ related to nutritional imbalance
  

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

Digestive System

• Process of Absorption
  
• Digestive Process
  
• Disorders of the Digestive System
  
• Inter- relationship between the Digestive System and other systems of the body q Effects of Dehydration
  
• Carbohydrates
  
• Fats/ Lipids
  
• Cholesterol
  
• Protein
  

ITEC DIPLOMA IN DIET & NUTRITION

• Vitamins
  
• Antioxidants
  
• Minerals
  
• Dietary/ Nutritional Value of Certain Foods q Refined and Unrefined Foods
  
• Common Anti- Nutrients
  
• Environment Pollutants
  
• Gluten/ Nut Intolerance
  
• Side Effects of Additives
  
• Condition of Obesity
  
• Anorexia Nervosa and Anorexia Bulimia
  
• Diabetes and Hypoglycaemia
  
• Nutritional Imbalance
  

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Spa & Wellness Therapists/Practioner & Consultant
  
• Spa & Wellness Manager
  
• Slimming/Weight Management Centre Therapists & Consultants q Trainers
  
• Fitness Consultant
  
• Fitness Instructor/Trainer
  

Training Hours : 100 hours 

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