Functional Nutrition Training
A cutting-edge nutrition deep dive taught by the world's foremost health & wellness experts
Duration: 30+ hours of online lessons
Faculty: 20+ top doctors and experts
Bonus: Exclusive live speaker series
Fulfills continuing education credits for:
PERSONAL TRAINERS GROUP FITNESS INSTRUCTORS
20 of the world’s top doctors & wellness professionals that you won’t find together in one program anywhere else in the world
Cutting-edge lessons packed with leading-edge thinking that are updated regularly to reflect the latest research in the field
Lifetime program access so you can learn at your own pace and on your own time
A comprehensive nutrition curriculum grounded in a holistic approach to wellbeing, with a focus on addressing the root cause of a condition
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Nutrition is the Foundation to Great Health
- Understand food as medicine
How to Stock a Healthy Kitchen
- Understand food labels
- Create a healthy, organic, sustainable kitchen at home
- Source high quality, nutrient-dense ingredients for your pantry including proteins, dairy, fats, grains and sugars
Sustainability: Better Food Choices for a Better World
- The major issues impacting food sustainability today
- Factory farming & GMOs
- Aquaculture, methane & carbon footprints
- How to make more informed food choices
- How to best support the world we live in through your nutrition
Popular Diets: Paleo, Keto, Mediterranean & More
- The most prevalent, functional and all-around healthy approaches to food and eating
- Vegetarian eating models
- Mediterranean eating
- Gluten & Dairy-Free eating
- Paleo, Ketogenic & Ayurvedic eating models
- Healthy eating while pregnant
Food Intolerances & The Elimination Diet
- What food intolerances look like in individuals
- The scientific data that underpins food intolerances
- How to identify the best foods for every person’s individual system
- How to implement an Elimination Diet
The General Healing Diet
- Identify common nutritional deficiencies and their nutritional antidotes
- Identify blood sugar imbalances & know how to correct them with food
- A General Healing diet protocol to support the body & ward off diseases like metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, diabetes, heart disease, fatigue, depression and obesity
- Eliminate toxins
Inflammation: Taming & Repairing the Body's Defense System
- What inflammation is
- Resolving inflammation with functional medicine
- Leading diseases caused by inflammation
- Signs & causes of chronic inflammation
- Essential Fatty Acid Ratio
- Foods that affect inflammation
- How to implement anti-inflammatory lifestyles and eating protocols
Gut Health: Get to the Root of Your Digestive Issues
- Why the gut is so important to overall health and well-being
- The five key roles of the gut
- Leaky Gut Syndrome
- How the food you eat affects your gut
- The Happy Gut Diet
- Detoxification and elimination of waste and toxins
Thyroid Health: Disorders, Treatments & Recovery
- The important role the thyroid plays in our overall health
- Common thyroid disorders
- Current trends in thyroid treatments
- Kitchen cures for your thyroid
- Medical & nutritional considerations for managing thyroid health issues
Brain Health: Disorders & Health Fundamentals
- Brain disorders are rising
- Importance of brain health
- Nutritional approaches to brain health
- How balancing hormones can improve brain health
- How reducing inflammation can improve brain health
- The Gut-Brain Connection
- Toxins and brain health
- The role of calmness & community in brain health
Endocannabinoid System & the Science Behind Hemp
- The Endocannabinoid System (ECS)
- Primary sites of activity for the ECS
- Myths, health benefits of CBD & THC
- The different types of cannabinoids
- Endocannabinoid tone & what it’s important
- How to nourish your EDS through diet & lifestyle choices
Hormone Health: Detecting Imbalances & Resolving Them
- How hormones work including adrenal, thyroid & sex hormones
- The critical role hormones play
- How hormones can drastically alter well-being for better or worse
- Which hormones are found in food & which foods that help regulate hormones
- How to detect hormonal imbalances
Anti-aging: Reducing Inflammation & Enhancing Vitality
- The key to avoiding premature aging
- Inflammaging & the genetic link to aging
- Common signs & symptoms of accelerated aging
- How nutrition plays a vital role in the fight against premature aging
- Digestive health, hormone and lifestyle changes that slow the effects of aging
Heart Health
- The vital role the heart plays in the body & overall well-being
- How the heart function can be enhanced through nutrition
- Heart healthy & unhealthy foods
- Leading-edge heart health studies
- How to implement & sustain a heart-healthy lifestyle
- How to reverse heart disease through nutrition & lifestyle changes
Autoimmune Health
- What autoimmunity is and how autoimmune diseases develop
- The role nutrition plays in autoimmune health
- The role gut health plays in autoimmune health
- How infections and toxins can impact autoimmune health
- Lifestyle changes that improve autoimmune conditions
A Deeper Dive into Autoimmune Disease
- The autoimmune-inflammation spectrum
- Autoimmune diseases of the nervous system and digestive system
- Triggers & perpetrators
- Autoimmune disease in women
- Lab work & genetic testing for autoimmune disease
- Managing autoimmune disease via diet
- Advanced healing tools for autoimmune disease
Veganism
- The history of veganism and modern approaches
- Ethical and environmental considerations around veganism
- How to be a “part-time” vegan to gain positive health impacts
- How veganism improves long-term outcomes for heart disease, diabetes, weight loss and overall longevity
Supplements: What Do You Need?
- What supplements are, when and why to use them
- How to pick the perfect supplement
- How to read supplement labels
- Supplements for specific individuals
- Supplements for digestive & brain health
- Supplement safety guidelines & recommendations
The Plant Paradox
- What lectins are & how our food supply has changed
- The harmful effects of lectins on overall health
- The 7 deadly disruptors
- How to implement a lectin-free diet
Detox
- What toxins are and how they make their way into every aspect of life
- The importance of regular detoxification to eliminate health-diminishing toxins
- Optimizing our natural detox systems
- How to safely do a proper detox
- How to maintain a low-toxin lifestyle after detox
Disease Prevention
- What to do to prevent disease before it occurs
- The Functional Medicine Tree
- The four vital theories to understand when approaching disease prevention
- The field of nutrigenomics and its role in disease prevention approaches
- The specific nutrition & lifestyle protocols to implement for disease prevention
Voices of Experience
In this module, you will hear from the experiences of experts
The Secrets of Longevity
- How emotional and physical health interact
- How to identify foods that help address larger mental health issues
- How the gut-brain connection informs what foods help improve mental health conditions
- How depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, dementia, OCD, insomnia & fatigue can be addressed with specific nutrition protocols
The Surprising Foods That Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD and ADHD
- How emotional & physical health interact
- How to identify foods that help address larger mental health issues
- The gut-brain connection
- How depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, dementia, OCD, insomnia & fatigue can be addressed with nutrition protocols
Implicit Bias in Wellness
- What implicit bias is
- The “whole person” approach to well-being
- Race and nutrition
- Social & structural realities of food access
- Social determinants of health & disease impact on communities of color
- How to prioritize lived experience as evidence for health protocols
- The Nutrition Care Process
Client Case Studies
By the end of this module, you will see case studies with clients
Build the Wellness Business of Your Dreams
- Build a nutrition or coaching business
- Know how to add personal elements to your wellness business to stand out
- Shift into a growth & abundance mindset as you build your business
- Market your wellness brand consistently in a way that will drive growth and deepen your impact
Being a Wellness Entrepeneur
- Select your specific audience and niche in wellness
- Add diversified income streams to your wellness business
- Successfully promote your business in a way that gets results
- Scale your business sustainably to increase revenue, avoid burnout and expand your reach and impact
The Role of Sleep
- The vital role sleep plays in every aspect of our health
- How sleep impacts weight loss and age-related diseases
- The daily routines and lifestyle choices that lead to highest quality sleep
- Optimal sleep cycles & routines for specific chronotypes
Skin Health: How a Healthy Lifestyle Can Slow the Process of Aging
In this module, Dr. Youn shares all of his secrets to youthful aging from the inside out. The lessons are designed to help you understand the five main causes of aging skin and how to slow the aging process with a healthy lifestyle.
How to Develop New Habits That Actually Stick
In this module, Dr. Leaf explains why it can be so hard to stick with healthy habits like exercising more or eating more protein, how to identify your best and worst habits, and provides actionable tips to build healthy habits that last a lifetime. You’ll leave the module with a deep understanding of how long it really takes to build lasting habits (hint: it's not just 21 days as many people think) and where to start.
Heart Disease & Cancer on The Rise: Everything You Need to Know
By the end of this Brain Health module, you will know:
- Why brain disorders are on the rise
- The importance of brain health and its role in our overall health
- Nutritional approaches to brain health
- How balancing hormones can improve brain health
- How reducing inflammation can improve brain health
- The Gut-Brain Connection
- The role toxins play in brain health
- The critical role calmness & community play in brain health
This program is for you if:
You’re new to health and wellness while navigating through an overwhelming amount of conflicting information.
You’re dealing with health challenges like digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, fatigue, or chronic conditions and need practical solutions.
You’re passionate about nutrition and want to complete a credible program without returning to college.
You’re a health coach looking to deepen your understanding of functional nutrition to better help your clients.
You’re a fitness instructor in need of continuing education credits with NASM or AFAA.
You’re a medical doctor lacking training in functional nutrition and eager to integrate it into your practice.
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Skin Health: How a Healthy Lifestyle Can Slow the Process of Aging
After you complete this program
As a mindbodygreen Functional Nutrition Expert, you'll be able to:
Understand how the food you eat is connected to your health and any conditions you are experiencing.
Manage chronic illnesses, autoimmune conditions, digestive issues, hormone imbalances, inflammation, and more using the 'root cause' approach to their clients.
Wellness practitioners, including health coaches, fitness trainers, yoga instructors, acupuncturists, massage therapists, physical therapists, and others, can offer more comprehensive support to their clients.
Medical doctors, nurses, and registered dietitians can offer more holistic care.
Chefs can create nutritious dishes and improve dining experiences.
Feel confident sharing what you've learned with others, as you will gain practical ways to use food as medicine from leading doctors and experts.
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Enrollment Deadline
April 7
Classes Start
April 18
become a Functional Nutrition Expert
30+ hours of online lessons
A comprehensive nutrition curriculum grounded in a holistic approach to wellbeing, with a focus on addressing the root cause of a condition
660+ pages of in-depth study guides
Cutting-edge lessons packed with leading-edge thinking that are updated regularly to reflect the latest research in the field
Taught by 20 of the worlds top doctors & experts
Lifetime program access so you can learn at your own pace and on your own time
*Your rate will be 0%-36% APR based on credit, and is subject to an eligibility check. For example, a $700 purchase might cost $63.18/mo over 12 months at 15% APR. Payment options through Affirm are provided by these lending partners: affirm.com/lenders. Options depend on your purchase amount and a down payment may be required.
Frequently Asked Questions
Functional nutrition is grounded in the premise that food can truly help heal the body and that what we eat plays a major role in addressing chronic disease, inflammation, autoimmune conditions and other mind & body imbalances.
As such, the Functional Nutrition Training includes a deep dive into key body systems to build understanding of how each appears when in and out of balance, and how to help restore optimal functioning - from heart health, brain health, gut health, thyroid health, hormone health and more.
The diversity of our expert faculty, and our supporting program curriculum, is also strategically designed to equip graduates to work across a diversity of contexts & conditions. This well-rounded perspective, versus a single approach or philosophy, is a differentiator for mindbodygreen.
In addition, a live guest speaker event is hosted every quarter, featuring our top faculty and other best-in-class wellness experts.
The best part? You’ll have access to all of the above - and more - for life! If you’d like to learn more about what makes our Functional Nutrition Training stand apart, we invite you to chat with a Program Advisor.
You can select an Affirm plan upon enrollment, or you can learn more about the options available by speaking with a Program Advisor.
Our Health Coach Certification provides students with the foundation of effective health coaching, including various methods of listening, inquiry, reflection, goal setting, mindset shifts and habit creation. While basic nutrition is covered within our Health Coach Certification, students seeking a more in-depth nutrition training would benefit from the Functional Nutrition Training program.
