Overview and Courses
This revolutionary online certificate program will help you understand the importance of diet and nutrition to your life. Courses provide research and perspectives to emphasize why following a plant-based diet is optimal for health — including the prevention and management of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and autoimmune conditions.Through three 2-week online courses, you’ll have the opportunity to examine historic and contemporary research; identify the steps for practical application in your life; and be better prepared to engage in productive conversations with friends, colleagues, clients, or patients about the science behind plant-based nutrition. The foundation of the program is based on Dr. T. Colin Campbell’s lectures, experience, and decades of research.
Course list
In this course, you will focus on the effects of plant-based eating throughout a lifetime, including its powerful impact on our day-to-day existence. You will explore the practical application of this lifestyle, including its role in raising a healthy family, enjoying longevity and quality of life, improving athletic performance, and ensuring lasting behavior change.
Much of this application includes dispelling popular myths — that children require dairy, that athletes require supplementation, etc. You will also enhance your understanding of personal behavior and the tools that support positive and sustainable lifestyle change.
In this course, you will examine the China Project, the most comprehensive study of diet, lifestyle, and disease ever conducted. You will take a closer look at diet’s crucial link to chronic diseases worldwide, including cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes, neurological conditions, and autoimmune disorders. Lastly, you will investigate the scientific evidence supporting a whole food, plant-based diet’s ability to prevent and even reverse these chronic diseases.
In this course, you will hone your critical thinking skills then apply them to evaluate the state of health in your community and to navigate messages about health and nutrition.
You will also examine evidence-based principles on the benefits of a whole food, plant-based diet and consider nutrition from an expanded perspective — that is, nutrition as a “symphony” of complex interactions rather than the result of individual nutrients and mechanisms — as you differentiate between reductionist and “wholistic” perspectives in nutrition.
Additionally, you will analyze how diet and the environment might affect gut health through the modification of the microbiota. You will then examine the effect of industry and government on public policy and individual food choices.
How It Works
“Excellent overall curriculum for those new to plant-based and those seeking to solidify or expand their knowledge base. The instructors were available and responsive, classmates were engaging, and content was superb. The bonus is that I could fit the courses into my schedule from a few hundred miles away. Love it!”
“I have a M.Sc., Molecular Genetics, as well as Dip.Ed., but this course is single handedly the best and most important course I have ever taken in my life. The application to daily life is direct, and as far as being a teacher, I feel it is of utmost importance that my students are equipped with this knowledge. It has become an extremely important part of my daily life and I can’t thank Dr. T. Colin Campbell enough for building up this program.”
“The course info gave me a better understanding of Diabetes, and helped me design an eating regime—the resources, database, and access to info was extremely helpful in this process. Useful info, for everyone, not just professionals.”
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