Courses

Viruses are mutating and becoming resistant to antiviral pharmaceuticals. Global crises and pandemics are happening faster than we can develop medicines to fight them. One answer used for millennia is to make the person’s immune system stronger and less receptive to catching a virus or using certain herbs to fight the spread and severity of the virus.

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This reference covers everything an RDN needs to know about herbs and herbal preparations that influence the gastrointestinal system and function, including elimination by way of urine and skin. This is a comprehensive book on herbs for health professionals. Excellent resource to assess what herbs patients are taking and their safety and benefits or possible harmful effects.

As the body ages, a person’s needs change regarding fitness, physical abilities, and nutrition. This book is for casual and serious athletes and the professionals who help them prepare for everyday walks, as well as more advanced training, competition, and recovery. It also covers how chronic diseases alter a person’s needs.

Sufferers of histamine intolerance often have a hard time getting diagnosed and finding treatment—other than living on pharmaceuticals. This book is designed to help identify the condition and implement strategies (mostly nutritional) to reduce the incidence and manage it.

Wealth of nutrition science! Strong advocate of plant-based nutrition. The author, Michael Greger, MD, maintains a huge database of nutrition studies for his website, NutritionFacts.org, and this book condenses that data into healthy eating guidelines. The book has 134 pages of references that support his recommendations.

The author, Michael Greger, MD, founder of NutritionFacts.org, condenses the most important evidence-based research on the optimal components of successful remedies of obesity. They include: plant-based eating, calorie density, the insulin index, and the impact of foods on our microbiome.

Nutrition wisdom and practical guide to the philosophy and principles of the integrative and functional practice of medicine. Nutrition plays a key role in restoring and maintaining wellness and delaying chronic diseases. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field - 69 contributors. 50 CE hr ONLINE courses!

Many studies reveal that exposure to chemicals and radiation in our everyday environment may increase risk for chronic diseases, asthma, autism, autoimmunity, type 2 diabetes, multiple cancers, etc. Over 87,000 chemicals are now commercially available in the U.S., almost all of which have not been tested for safety. The risk may be particularly high in children and fetuses with developing brains and bodies.

Latest evidence-based GI research and therapies by Dr. Gerard Mullin in Dr. Weil’s Integrative Medicine Series for health care practitioners. One in two American suffer from digestive problems.

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Everyone over 50 years needs this book! Latest research on prevention/delay of chronic diseases, age degeneration, and biochemical changes. For practitioners in outpatient, nursing homes, and other settings.  Therapies can be safer and more cost effective. From the Weil Integrative Medicine Library.

Pain often accompanies acute and chronic diseases; it can affect quality of life and ability to make good lifestyle and nutrition choices. Health professionals need to be familiar with pain physiology, treatments, motivational interviewing, and collaborative treatments. This is a book in the Dr. Andrew Weil Integrative Medicine Library.

Many families use integrative therapies, making familiarity essential for clinicians working with pediatric patients, especially in chronic disease. This book covers evidence-based research in this expanding field for asthma, allergies, ADHD, autism, obesity, etc.

Current 7^th edition with ADA’s newest standards of care! This book covers the newest evidence-based research in intensive diabetes patient care, which has been proven effective in controlling or delaying diabetes consequences, and is now the rule, instead of the exception in care. 

Exciting new book and course by the Original Intuitive Eating Pros! Over 500,000 copies sold since 1995! Self-study 46 CE hours course includes: new 4^th edition book & online test, workbook (2017), audio CDs, and two new webinars by the authors—on IE, eating disorders & psychology. Over 120 evidence-based studies worldwide show the effectiveness of IE counseling. 

Exciting new book and course by the Original Intuitive Eating Pros! Over 500,000 copies sold since 1995! Self-study 46 CE hours course includes: new 4^th edition book & online test, workbook (2017), audio CDs, and two new webinars by the authors—on IE, eating disorders & psychology. Over 120 evidence-based studies worldwide show the effectiveness of IE counseling. 

Winner of Julia Child & James Beard Awards! Recipes and stories, ingredients, techniques, and history, show the breadth of black cooking from slavery, home cooks, chef writers, entrepreneurs, and restaurateurs. 

New York Times Best Seller! This course is a comprehensive review of the evidence-based research regarding cognitive longevity. Sanjay Gupta, MD, CNN medical correspondent, discusses protecting the brain from decline and providing resiliency if it has begun. 

This book offers plant-based nutrition and lifestyle therapies for women with PCOS. For practitioners looking for current plant-based evidence-based research mixed with applied clinical experience this is the course! CDCES approved. 

This topic was requested by RDNs for a new course! Dr. Okun is a world authority on Parkinson’s Disease and how to maintain quality of life for PD patients and their caretakers. Learn therapies for weight management, gastroparesis, drooling, bowel and urinary issues. CDCES, CHES approved.

Intervention with patients who have had a traumatic experience in a health care setting is crucial in preventing psychological issues, as well as help reduce anxiety for future care. It offers in-depth strategies for supporting patients and their families.