Courses

Only three percent of CKD patients see a dietitian earlier than one year before dialysis when nutrition intervention could make a bigger impact. Kidney research has started to show benefits and guidelines have started to change to support recommending more fruits and vegetables for people with chronic kidney disease, reducing associated diseases like type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension.

Obesity and eating disorders often defy logic for health practitioners working with patients.  The authors are experts in addictions and specifically, processed food addiction. This book contains evidence-based research supporting the diagnosis of addiction and a deep-dive into how processed foods become addictive. They share strategies to overcome the cravings for processed foods. 

This book and its course focus on biodiversity’s crucial role in food systems, adequate food supply, health and well-being, and the fate of the natural environment. The author and 37 contributors give practical recommendations for moving forward. 

Popular book with a nutrition focus on health of the mother and baby! For practitioners looking for current prenatal evidence-based research mixed with applied clinical experience this is the course! Over 930 citations to explain and back up guidelines. CDCES, CHES approved. 

New York Times Best Seller! Chosen Best Culinary Book of 2017 by over 19 publications. Learn how to master four simple elements to determine flavor, texture, and to balance flavor in order to make food delicious.

New editors! Twenty years of excellence! Updates in all major areas of pediatric nutrition, including physical assessment, MNT interventions, burns, weight, integrative medicine, and genetic disorders. Resource for specialty exam reviews for RDNs and MDs.

Popular book on baby-lead weaning (BLW): when what, and how! For practitioners looking for current evidence-based research on BLW and the 26 favorite natural solid foods to start with, how to keep food safe, foods to prohibit because of choking risk, and how to navigate, recognize, and prevent food allergies or sensitivities.

Excellent book! A silent health crisis is impacting 33% of Americans—nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. If your liver becomes overwhelmed, it can lead to fatigue, weight gain, liver disease, diabetes, and autoimmune disease. Written by an expert integrative RDN, nutrition manager at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute along with a hepatic physician.

The author, Layal Liverpool, a virologist, immunologist, and science journalist, reveals the fatal stereotypes that keep people of color undiagnosed, untreated, and unsafe, and she tells us what to do about it. The Covid pandemic taught us that it disproportionately affected people of color.

A powerful guide to strengthen the gut-immune system with nutrition, fitness, sleep, stress reduction, breathwork, and meditation, plus the potent antiviral
effects of nature. Learn how to help your body resist viruses and recover from infection.

Autoimmune diseases are now more common than cancer in the US. This book & course cover at least 8 of the most common auto immunities and how to control symptoms naturally to optimize a person’s quality of life. Diet type, food allergies, and food variations are all individual depending upon the person and their diagnosis. Evidence-based.

This course offers new research on the causes and treatments for autoimmune diseases. Written by Harvard-trained Dr. Sara Szal Gottfried, MD from integrative and functional lens, she addresses the root causes and the lifestyle advice for lifelong healing. Emerging research shows that up to 80% of patients experienced significant emotional distress before getting sick.

Thought-provoking, beautifully illustrated book on 10 additional years of research on the Blue Zones where people around the world live the longest—including lessons learned, top longevity foods, and the behaviors that extended quality life. And Buettner reveals an all-new blue zone—the first man-made using his Blue Zone Project, which has improved the health of over 5 million Americans.

Excellent book from the Australian dietitian and fellow researcher who created the low-FODMAP diet! They are world-renowned researchers on celiac and IBS. The book covers the physiology of GI issues, determining triggers, and teaches how to implement the low-FODMAP diet with menus and 180 pages of recipes.

Everyone loves this book! This course is a one-stop resource for everything you need to develop, write, and produce recipes, or adapt recipes for better health /religious/allergy/plant-based/gluten-free/low FODMAP. Practitioners at all levels of experience will find pearls to succeed in this book. The Academy offers an additional 7 CPE hours for book buyers.

Marion Nestle, PhD, answers, how healthy is fish being sold at the fish counter? What factors should we be concerned about? Sustainability? Methylmercury? Microplastics? Food safety? This book is a master class on what fish you ought to buy for dinner.

Popular author! Recent research shows human intestinal microbiota influences metabolism, appetite, hormones, inflammation, and insulin resistance. Losing weight is more than cutting calories. Learn how to lose weight for good!

Wonderful resource! A comprehensive course for dietitians, physicians, and other health professionals on the nutrition medical nutrition therapy and integrative therapies for person’s with thyroid disease.

New York Times Bestseller! Use nutrition to rebalance hormones as a young woman through menopause. Covers low thyroid or progesterone, high androgen and cortisol levels, PMS, ovarian cysts, and hot flashes. Excellent resource! 

From Registered Dietitian, author, video cooking instructor, and clinician, Madhu Gadia, offers wonderful, healthy Indian recipes with cultural context, nutritional analysis, history, and serving suggestions.