Learn about whether our level of exercise can be blamed on our genes, to how too little (or too much!) physical activity may affect our lifespan!
Contains the following Continuing Education modules:
- Nutrition and Mental Health
- Folate and Genetics
- Nutritional Epigenetics
- Veganism and Nutrient Deficiencies
- Immunity Nutrition Guide
Nutrition and Mental Health
Low mood, distress, a lack of drive to carry out our usual tasks, poor cognitive performance, depression, anxiety...
What could be contributing to these?
We often look at work-related factors, relationships, family life, life events, and even genetic risk…
But what about nutrition?
What about the foods we eat, how we eat them, and when we eat them?
Dietary triggers of mental health problems have been largely overlooked… until recently!
We’re now seeing more research being done in this space.
And in this training, we dive into the science to uncover the connection between nutrition and mental health.
In this module you will learn…
- Some dietary triggers of mental health problems
- What are neurotransmitters and how can they act as mood regulators
- How the gut and our microbiome influence our mental state
- Which food or drink sources can help reduce anxiety or stress and improve mood
Folate and Genetics
You’ve probably heard a lot about how important folate is as part of a balanced diet, but what does this vitamin actually do in your body? And what can you do if you have “faulty” genes that prevent you from using it properly? Learn why we need folate, and what changes we can make to help mitigate deficiencies!
In this module you will learn…
- Why we should care about folate and folic acid
- How much folate we need to survive
- What happens if we have a gene mutation that prevents our body from using folate properly
- Whether folic acid supplements cause cancer
Nutritional Epigenetics
What would you say if we told you that the “nature” part (your genes) could also be nurtured? Could the foods you eat change your DNA? If so, how? Is our genetic expression fixed from birth? Which kind of foods may give us an added physiological benefit, beyond that of meeting nutritional needs? Begin learning about the latest nutrigenetic discoveries: from whether our genes dictate our health destiny, to how the foods we eat may affect our DNA expression!
In this module you will learn…
- Whether the foods you eat could change your DNA
- What determines who you are: nature vs nurture
- How our genes are switched “on” or “off”
- Whether we’re really doomed by our inherited genes
- What bioactive food compounds are and whether they can really change our DNA
- Whether our genetic expression is fixed from birth
- Which foods may give us an added physiological benefit, beyond that of meeting nutritional needs
Veganism and Nutrient Deficiencies
When you turn vegan, there are 12 nutrients that you might not be getting enough of. Inside you’ll find out what these are, learn why you need them, and which vegan foods contain them, so you can be sure you’re not missing out on anything. Learn about which nutrients vegans might lack, to whether it is unsafe to stop eating all animal-derived foods!
In this module you will learn…
- Which nutrients vegans might lack
- Whether it’s unsafe to stop eating all animal-derived foods
- If there are any nutrients we can’t get from a vegan diet
- Safe sources of the nutrients vegans need
Immunity Nutrition Guide
The immune system is a network in our bodies made up of organs, cells, and chemicals that fight infection. And our nutrition plays a crucial role in supporting our immune system, so that it is better prepared to fight infection, while reducing the severity and duration of symptoms.
For instance, the foods and drinks that we consume can either help our immune cells or hinder their function.
How?
In this module you will learn…
- If good nutrition make us immune to pathogenic viruses or bacteria
- What is the immune system and how does it function
- Some factors hinder immunity and how can we minimise them
- Some factors support immunity and how can we increase them
- What foods can help our immune system so it is better prepared to fight infection
