7 Weeks
Professional - Advanced5 Credits / 1.5 CEU
Lifestyle disorders are on the rise, and so is the demand for preventive healthcare professionals who truly understand them. This course takes you deeper into two critical and often-overlooked areas: gastrointestinal disorders and psychosomatic conditions.
You'll learn how a well-designed nutritional approach can do more than manage symptoms, it can actively prevent and counter the progression of these conditions.
The course goes beyond theory. It focuses on practical application, equipping you to design more effective diet and exercise plans for clients dealing with gastro or psychosomatic disorders.
Whether you're a practising fitness coach, a nutrition consultant, or someone looking to genuinely upskill in the preventive healthcare space, this course helps you deliver a more informed, more impactful coaching experience.
Learning is delivered through recorded lectures by INFS faculty, supported by discussion forums and quizzes to reinforce your understanding.
The duration of the course is 7 weeks, and it is entirely online.
Step into the advanced world of clinical nutrition where the digestive system and the mind intersect. By the end of this specialized program, you will be equipped to:
Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology: Gain a profound understanding of common and complex GI disorders, including GERD, Peptic Ulcers, Chronic Constipation, and Diarrhea, moving beyond symptom management to root-cause understanding.
The Gut-Brain Axis: Master the science of Psychosomatic Disorders, exploring how psychological stress manifests physically in conditions like Asthma, Migraines, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and IBS.
Therapeutic Diet Design: Formulate specialized nutritional protocols and ancillary measures tailored specifically to manage inflammation and digestive distress.
Food Intolerance Mastery: Develop a clinical approach to identifying and managing food sensitivities and intolerances, creating elimination and reintroduction strategies that work for the individual.
Lifestyle Intervention Strategy: Integrate evidence-based lifestyle changes, from exercise variables to stress management, that complement nutritional therapy for holistic recovery.
Advanced Clinical Interpretation: Decode the latest research on the Gut Mycobiome and the role of nutraceuticals, ensuring your coaching is at the cutting edge of preventive healthcare.
Enhanced Coaching Results: Elevate your professional value by confidently handling "difficult" cases where standard fitness nutrition falls short, delivering life-changing relief to clients with chronic clinical needs.
Recorded Lectures
Lifetime access to expert-led recorded lectures, revisit the content anytime, at your own pace.
Workbooks
Module-wise workbooks are available on your dashboard. Skill-based assignments help you move from understanding to real-world application, module by module.
Quiz
Quizzes are available throughout the course to check your comprehension. They do not count toward your final score, and grades are not recorded.
Certificate of Completion
Complete the course successfully and receive your certificate from INFS, with lifetime validity.
Introduction to gastrointestinal disorders like peptic ulcers, constipation, fissures, hemorrhoids, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, food intolerances, and diarrhea
In-depth knowledge of psychosomatic disorders like asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, migraine, and IBS
Integrate nutritional and ancillary measures for the above conditions
Apply the nutritional approach to food intolerances
Explore nutrition and lifestyle interventions for the management of gastro and psychosomatic disorders
Deliver improved results and enhanced coaching experience to clients suffering from the said conditions
Please Note: The medium of instruction is English. The course fee is inclusive of applicable taxes and is non-refundable and non-transferable.
The course is meant for anyone interested in management of most gastrointestinal and psychosomatic disorders. Constipation, GERD, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Rheumatoid Arthritis are some examples of these conditions. You must have some knowledge of diet planning. Enthusiasts actively engaged in planning own nutrition as well as established coaches perfectly fit this criteria.
A working professional can very comfortably complete this course within 5-7 weeks.
It is common to come across the clinical conditions covered in this course for anyone practising in weight management. The course initially explains roots and nature of conditions, then identifies therapeutic targets and it finally teaches you about specialised intervention strategies that have shown promising outcomes in clinical settings. Concisely put, the course is a powerful tool which can enable you to change lives of those affected by these extremely common clinical disorders.
It's a completely online course. The course is enriched with different types of content. This includes expert lecture recordings, quizzes and activity guides.
You will get access to the question-and-answer forum once you enrol in the course. You can post your doubts there. They will be answered within 2-3 working days. There will be opportunities to directly interact with our world-class faculty as well who has hands on experience in dealing with such cases.
The certificate has lifetime validity.
There is only one MCQ exam in this course. If you fail, you can pay nominal re-exam fees (usually 350 INR) and reattempt.
You can reach support@infs.com for any additional concerns or queries.
A nutritionist is not a legally protected title in India and is often used by individuals who have completed comprehensive courses in human nutrition. We don't recommend the use of the title after doing a short course. The dietician title can only be used by those who have completed a dietetics degree. Unless you already have such a degree, don't use the title.
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