Nutrition
- Understand what is and what is not food.
- Identify and understand macronutrients and micronutrients.
- Take and examine a diet history.
- Understand digestion, absorption and utilization of food.
- Understand the difference between Calories and Nutrients.
- Read and understand nutrition labels.
- Make good food choices.
- Recognize signs and symptoms of nutritional imbalances.
- Understand the difference between nutritional supplementation, dietary supplementation, nutricutical therapy, and herbal therapy.
- Identify seveeral eating and digestive disorders.
- Modify basic food selection to individual need for weight loss, nutrient deficiency or excess.