The IHS Diploma in Nutritional Therapy marries the very best of modern scientific research with age old naturopathic principles; guiding students through the safe and effective use of food, supplements and lifestyle change to assist the body’s own healing and to treat and prevent disease. This comprehensive practitioner course focuses on education and practitioner training to produce competent and confidence nutritional therapists. Recognised by NTOI (Nutritional Therapists of Ireland).

In Year 1, you will gain your Certificate in Dietary Coaching so that you can start to offer clients diet advice immediately. We provide you with comprehensive 12 week custom designed dietary coaching programmes and paperwork so that you can start earning immediately.

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The Certificate in Dietary Coaching: Nutrition and Health (ITEC Accredited) is designed to develop your skills as a dietary coach and advisor. We instruct the student in the principles of healthy eating taking into context the current western issues around diet and ill-health. We look at how food, nutrients, supplements and herbs can be used to support optimum health. This course is ideal for anyone who wishes to have knowledge on diet and nutrition in order to advise clients in formulating healthy eating programmes for weight loss and to improve general health and wellbeing. We provide you with comprehensive 12 week custom designed dietary coaching programmes and paperwork so that you can start earning immediately.

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The Certificate in Dietary Coaching: Sports Nutrition (ITEC Accredited) will instruct the sports and fitness professional in advice for sports and fitness activities; weight loss, muscle building, endurance sports and general health. We look at the problems with current overweight issues and ill-health and examine the barriers to weight loss and fitness. This course is ideal for professionals who wish to add another dimension to physical fitness training advice. We provide you with comprehensive 12 week custom designed dietary coaching programmes and paperwork so that you can start earning immediately.

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The Certificate in Performance Nutrition is best suited for fitness professionals with a strong science and coaching background who wish to ensure the nutritional advice they are giving their clients, or using to improve personal performance, is based on very latest scientific research.

The IHS sports nutrition courses are based on the principles of Functional Medicine which has moved Sports Nutrition beyond a focus on the ratio or protein, carbohydrates and fats consumed, and into a new and exciting era. This approach clearly demonstrates that optimum fitness is not possible without underlying optimum health and that intensive exercise unsupported by tailored dietary and supplement regimes may actually be detrimental to both health and performance.

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The Certificate in Naturopathic Nutrition short course is designed for those health practitioners who wish to gain an understanding of nutrition to enhance their own practice. It is however open to anyone with an interest in the subject. It offers a basic understanding of nutritional biochemistry whilst focusing on the practical use of food and supplements to promote optimum health. This course has been awarded 100 CPD points by the National Register of Reflexologists and the Irish Association for Craniosacral Therapy.
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The Certificate in Diet and Health is an introduction to the practice of using diet, food and nutrition to promote optimal health. It is open to anyone with an enthusiasm and passion for using food and lifestyle to manage health and quality of life. We examine the impact of the modern-day diet on health and explore how farming and processing practices affect the quality of our food. The main focus of this course is on the practical use of food to promote optimum health for yourself and for your family.

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The Certificate in Western Herbs aims to teach basic Western Herbal Medicine to those who are already working in healthcare. It includes information on the principles of herbal medicine and teaches the actions of some herbs commonly used by the general public. After completing this course, students should have enough information to confidently offer recommendations for herbs as an adjunct to their existing practice. Awarded 100 CPD points by the National Register of Reflexologists and the Irish Association for Craniosacral Therapy and 15 CPD hours from the Nutritional Therapist of Ireland.
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The Certificate in Anatomy (ITEC Accredited) is designed to impart student’s with a comprehensive understanding of the anatomy, physiology and related pathologies (diseases) of the human body. It is particularly suitable for those wishing to study health sciences or a related area. These modules form part of the IHS Diploma in Nutritional Therapy but may be undertaken as stand-alone modules or alongside an IHS certificate course.

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The Foundation Course in Human Sciences is best suited those who have studied very little or no science in the past. This foundation course is an excellent way of gaining a basic understanding of Human Biology and Biochemistry before embarking on further studies in the field of human sciences and nutrition.

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