I am a Certified Nutrition and Wellness Counselor which means I completed a 6 month course that was developed by an accredited school and scored a 90% or higher score on the 300+ question certification exam. 

Another  qualification I think is important is that I have struggled with weight management and  have sucessfully maintained a weight loss of more than 50 pounds for more than one year. 

Click on PICTURES for before and after photos of me.

During the 6 month course, I studied the following:

 1]Give educated guidance to clients seeking nutritional advice on weight management, and who wish to enhance their health, and fitness performance.

2]Effectively communicate with clients in order to help them reach their desired goals.

3]Apply fundamental skills regarding counseling strategies and protocol, complemented by action-based worksheets and practical case studies, for the benefit of the client.

I studied the following subject areas : [this information is publically available on various websites that offer nutrition and wellness courses]

1. Major functions of macro-nutrients, micro-nutrients, as well as oxygen

2. Practical food sources of the macronutrients

3. The effects of food choices on physical fitness and health

4. Principals of energy balance

5. Various weight control diets needed to meet appropriate weight goals

6. Methods used to assess nutritional status

7. Distinguishing sound nutritional information from unreliable nutritional information

8. Appropriate behavior change modifications and dietary approaches for different ages and populations

9. Foundations for wellness nutrition based on current scientific research

10. Role of diet in causing and preventing various diseases, particularly chronic diseases

11. Formulating and designing personalized meal plans for my clients [and myself as well]

12. Common myths and fallacies concerning diet

13. The art of understanding nutrition

14. The pursuit of an ideal diet

15. Carbohydrates: sugar, starch and fiber

16. Lipids: fats and oils

17. Proteins and amino acids

18. Vitamins

19. Water and minerals

20. Alcohol

21. Weight management

22. Nutrition and fitness

23. The life cycle: conception through the later years, food safety, and the global food supply

24. Nutrition resources

25. Introduction to the human body

26. American Dietary Guidelines and Recommendations

27. Canadian Dietary Guidelines and Recommendations

28. Aids to calculations

29. Food Exchange Systems

30. Table of food composition

31. Laying a foundation for good health

32. Beyond the physical causes of health

33. Stress and health

34. Characteristics of an optimum diet

35. Japanese and Mediterranean diet

36. Water and fat soluble vitamins

37. Tips to manage your weight

38. Food shopping, health food store navigation, and buying organic

39. Vitamins, minerals and supplements

40. Food labels

41. Cooking tips

42. Eating out

43. Importance of physical activity

44. Aerobic, strength, flexibility, and balance training

45. Making positive changes

46. Effective counseling relationships

47. Nutrition counseling skills

48. Counseling interview

49. Goal setting

50. Designing a plan of action

51. Dietary assessments

52. Energy determinations, physical assessments, and documentation/charting

53. Strategies to promote change

54. Making behavior changes last

55. Role of a nutrition counselor in physical activity counseling

56. Ending the counseling relationship

57. Evaluation

58. Professionalism in the helping relationship

59. Group counseling

60. Lifestyle management

61. Documenting and assessing counseling sessions

62. Cultural foods, ethnic differences, food preferences, dietary needs among consumers

63. DRIs, healthy fats, organic foods, athletes and supplements, nutrition and cancer

64. Food selection and preparation

65. Healthy food and lifestyle

 

DISCLAIMER:

I am not a physician. I hold no medical licensing.

I am a Nutrition and Wellness Counselor, who has completed a course purchased from an  accredited school.

I am not licensed to give medical advice.

My goal is to help facilitate an individualized program will help each client to achieve an optimum sense of well-being using widely available food sources, and I advise my clients to seek out the advice of licensed physicians with regards to any medical problems they think or know that they  may have.

Any advice given by me is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease.

My ability to give non-medical nutrition advice without a dietetics licensure or registration is subject to the interpretation of laws by state and local government.

State laws regarding the practice of nutrition, wellness and holistic medicine vary from state to state.

To learn more about consultants of nutrition, wellness, and holistic methods, go to

http://www.cdrnet.org/certifications/licensure/index.htm

http://www.healthkeepers.net

 

 

 

 

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