Nutrition and Mental Health: Advanced Clinical Concepts
Tracking # 20-587878
$14.00
Course overview
Comprised of three sections, the course will begin with an overview of macronutrient intake and mental health, examining recent popular movements such intermittent fasting, carb cycling, and ketogenic diets, and their impact on mental health. In section two, we will look specifically at the role of blood sugar on mental health, and recent research that implicates blood sugar as both an emotional and behavioral regulator. Gut health, and specifically the gut microbiome, and its influence on mood and behavior will then be explored. Lastly, specific diagnoses and the way they are impacted by specific vitamins and minerals will be considered. Section three will deliver specific tools, you, the clinician, can use with your clients to assess, improve, and optimize nutrition to optimize mental health.
Subject areas
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