Healthy Lifespan Certificate

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Healthy Lifespan Certificate

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Living Well Through Every Season of Life

45 Hours - Live Online (Zoom)

Explore evidence-based holistic nutrition through the many stages of life. CSNN’s Healthy Lifespan Certificate is for curious, health-conscious learners who want to understand how holistic nutrition and healthy living can support well-being through life’s changes, from early life and family life to healthy aging and beyond.

Go beyond the usual wellness advice and develop a deeper understanding of holistic nutrition so you can make sense of the overwhelming information out there. Learn to ask better questions and make more informed choices for yourself and your family. Whether you’ve completed our Introduction to Natural Nutrition Certificate and are ready to explore further, or you’re simply looking to invest in your own learning, this certificate offers an opportunity to explore, connect, and discover more.

Who is this for?

The Healthy Lifespan Certificate is for curious learners who want to explore holistic nutrition and healthy living across the many stages of life.

It may be a great fit if you:

  • Want to develop a deeper understanding of holistic nutrition and healthy living
  • Are interested in nutrition for yourself and your family
  • Want to better navigate the overwhelming amount of nutrition and health information available today
  • Are curious about healthy aging, longevity, and quality of life
  • Are a parent or prospective parent interested in learning more about nutrition through different life stages
  • Have completed the Introduction to Natural Nutrition Certificate and want to further explore other holistic nutrition topics
  • Simply love learning and want to invest in your own knowledge and well-being

The Healthy Lifespan Certificate offers a more in-depth learning experience than our Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Certificate, with additional hours and greater opportunity to explore the relationship between nutrition, lifestyle, and living well throughout life.

Dive deeper into holistic nutrition and the factors that shape healthy living, while also exploring the important area of eco-nutrition where you’ll learn about the connections between what we eat, our environment, and the health of our planet.

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CSNN Calgary

1925 – 18 Ave NE, Unit 115
Calgary, AB
T2E 7T8

+825-395-1526 [call]
 calgary@csnn.ca

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Course Descriptions

Lifecycle Nutrition - Pediatrics

12 Hours

The Pediatric course presents information on how to conceive and raise a healthy child in today’s world – a world in which our children’s health is declining at an alarming rate. Children’s nutritional needs and challenges differ from adults and require a unique approach. Students learn dietary, supplementation, and lifestyle recommendations from pre-conception, through pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding to raising healthy school-age children. This course also discusses ways to naturally manage allergies and food sensitivities, to establishing a healthy intestinal microbiome, healthy weight, the picky eater, and much more.

Topics Covered Include:

  • Key food and dietary guidelines, including vegetarian guidelines, for pre-conception and pregnancy
  • Optimal amounts and types of exercise during pregnancy and the benefits of exercise for mother and baby
  • Dietary advice for dealing with morning sickness, improving glucose tolerance and reducing swelling during pregnancy
  • Dietary and supplemental guidelines for breastfeeding mothers, natural remedies for potential breastfeeding problems
  • When breastfeeding may not be the best choice and guidelines for choosing formula
  • Introduction of solid foods, baby-led weaning, and homemade baby food

Lifecycle Nutrition - Sports Nutrition

12 Hours

This course provides scientifically based information on the relationship between nutrition and sports performance. It covers topics such as how food is used for energy, the importance of each macronutrient (carbohydrates, protein, and fat) in fueling an athlete, proper hydration, sports supplements, and ergogenic aids, as well as how to calculate optimal caloric and macronutrient requirements specific to individual athletes and their goals. In addition, recommendations for plant-based, younger, and master athletes to the competitive athlete. Students also learn how gut health impacts performance and the importance of nutrition for recovery.

Topics Covered Include:

  • The three energy systems used to fuel activity, the type of fuel used by each system and the type of exercise to activate each system
  • Pros and cons of high-carb vs. low-carb diets and why carbohydrate periodization may be beneficial to some athletes
  • Role of protein in sports nutrition, how to calculate individual protein requirements
  • Dangers of low-fat diets, how to calculate individual fat requirements
  • Fluid requirements before, during and after exercise
  • Nutritional adjustments athletes need to make during pregnancy
  • How age affects fitness levels and how to adjust caloric, macronutrient and micronutrient requirements for older athletes
  • Nutritional strategies for maximizing muscle and liver glycogen stores, hydration, and stable blood sugar levels before and during competition

Perspectives on Aging

9 Hours

Embrace aging for longevity. This course presents well researched information emphasizing three tools known to promote longevity and health: (1) a simple, wholesome diet, (2) a daily exercise routine, and (3) the cultivation of strong, loving personal relationships. This course also provides key factors related to cognitive decline as we age and specific nutrition to support cognitive function. 

Topics Covered Include:

  • How attitudes and perceptions of aging affect longevity
  • Cultures, diets and lifestyles that promote healthy aging and prevent premature aging
  • Benefits of exercise and loving, positive relationships with respect to promoting longevity and healthy aging
  • Key factors in the prevention of dementia

Eco-Nutrition

12 Hours

This course provides insight into the environmental effects of the current profit-driven, corporate, industrial system of food production. Understand the links between corporate industrial agriculture, traditional mixed farming, the microbiome of the soil, and health. This course discusses topics such as food security, GMOs, hidden costs of producing cheap food and sustainability with our food chain when feeding the world’s population. Students also learn the impact of having a carbon footprint and how Regenerative Agriculture and carbon sinks can reduce this footprint. 

Topics Covered Include:

  • Why and how the nutrient content and diversity of our food has declined over the last 50years and the possible consequences of this decline
  • Identify some of the many additives, adulterants and poisons in our foods and their possible effects
  • Negative effects that industrial farming has on our environment
  • How to regain control of our food supply