Our bodies are like machines. They need to have fuel and be taken care of in the right way – so we can work harder and for longer. This course will teach you about good and healthy nutrition and how to manage the diet of people with different medical conditions.
A better and healthier diet can help us better manage someone’s Illness and Recovery. We will show how different foods can relate and affect different illnesses. Theraoeutic nutrition involves the provision of nutrients to maintain and restore optimal nutrition and health for people.
Conditions like coeliac disease or malnutrition may require a therapeutic diet to resolve or treat them.
Course Structure:
The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 9 indepth lessons:
1. Introduction to Therapeutic Nutrition
- Therapeutic Nutrition Defined
- Applications for Nutritional Therapy
- Oral Nutrition
- Nausea
- Swallowing Problems
- Weight Loss and Appetite Reduction
- Nutritional Supplementation
- Artifical Nutrition
- Enteral Nutrition
- Hyperalimentation
2. Allergies and Food Intolerance
- Food Allergy
- Foot Intolerance
- Diagnosing Food Allergies and Intolerances
- Dietary Management of Allergy and Intolerance
- Peanut Allergies
- Cow’s Milk Allergy
- Coeliac Disease
3. Diabetes
- Diabetes defined
- Types of Diabetes
- Complications Associated with Diabetes
- Prevention and Treatment
- Monitoring of Diabetes
- Therapeutic Nutrition and Diabetes
4. Heart Disease, Hyperlipidemia and Arteriosclerosis
- Introduction
- Changing Risk Factors
- Dietary Fat & Cholesterol
- Other Dietary Factors
5. Renal/Kidney Conditions
- Glomerulonephritis, Acute & Chronic
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Nephrosclerosis
- Acute Renal Failure (ARF)
- Chronic Renal Failure (CRF)
- Eating the right amount of Energy
- Fluid Restrictions
- Sodium Restrictions
- Diet & Kidney Stones
6. Cancers
- Dietary Factors Associated with Cancer
- Cancer Therapy
- Nutritional Side-Effects and Suggested Dietary Management
7. Digestive Disorders and Diet
- Introduction
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD): Crohn’s Disease, Diverticulitis & Ulcerative Colitis
8. Other Metabolic Conditions
- The Liver
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- The Gallbladder
- Gall Stones
- The Pancreas
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Chronic Pancreatitis
9. Strategic Diet planning for a medical condition
How does a Warnborough Online Course work?
You can start the course whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
If you have any questions please contact us.
