CCNM

Clinical Nutritionist (C.N.)

Certificate Program
Format: On-line and Residential
Total Hours: 1273
Completion Time: 18 months
Entry Level

Description
This training will provide a student with clinical nutrition, nutraceutical and dietary education and training.

Graduates of our CN training may apply for certification through AANC.net.
Professional Liability is also available for part and full time Clinical Nutritionists.

Overview… Health Challenges Of The 21st Century.

More research is coming to light about the earliest stages of disease (such as homocysteine metabolism, prostaglandin imbalance, and systems that have become toxic) that precede any symptoms. Conventional medicine has no approach or answers to these prevalent issues..

A) Increased prevalence of new diseases… Alzheimer's, Diabetes, Autism, ADHD, candida, antibiotic resistant bacteria, obesity, and depression.

B) The primary role of Vitamins and Minerals; how they act as the co-enzyme fraction of the apo-enzyme protein complex and their role in DNA and gene expression. Getting nutrients from food vs. supplements.

C) The median age of our population is increasing. Aging baby boomers are more appreciative of maintaining their health because it is both empowering and protective. They also don't want to give their life savings to a hospital.

D) Environmental factors that are relatively new to this century are making it difficult for our bodies to naturally adapt to these changes. As a result, we need to augment our diet with supplements as a strategy to compensate and protect ourselves. These environmental factors below are an existing concern to our health.

Xenobiotic compounds, such as petro-chemicals that appeared during the industrial revolution. They will pass through the Brain Blood Barrier because the BBB is designed to only protect the brain from water-soluble toxins. Fat-soluble toxins are a recent occurrence in our environment. Our bodies haven't had enough generations to adapt to this new threat naturally.
Antibiotics in our food chain is another example of substances that severely affects our immune system and gut flora.
Lack of being breast-fed at infancy cause us to miss out on important immuglobins resulting in allergies and immune deficits.
Stress, a major cause of all disease, burdens the immune system and causes health concerns related to cortisol levels.
Processed foods, do not contain enough fiber and therefore are low in nutritional value
Genetically engineered foods cause numerous health concerns.
Genetic predispositions that are idiosyncratic to one's family history. Supplement programs can be customized to suit unique needs.
Heavy Metals cause numerous health and neurological issues.
Pesticides and fluoridated water affect our nervous systems.
Sugar and soft drinks… flush out minerals causing many other problems.
Air pollution is a known toxin and needs to be address through the proper detoxification and nutritional care.

E) Conventional medicine's approach is sick care; supplements are about prevention, wellness and “health care”.

Conventional Medicine is bankrupting the country.