Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Certificate

Discover a new way to look at food & nutrition from Canada’s largest and leading school of holistic nutrition. A online classroom series that educates you on a overview of nutrition, which helps you understand how to eat well for yourself and your family.

An online classroom series that educates you in a wide variety of nutrition basics. This course is meant to guide you through a variety of topics for simple, actionable nutrition information. Classes run for a total of 21 hours over 10 weeks.

Contact us at edmonton@csnn.ca if you’re interested in joining our next session.

 

The Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Certificate is approved for 4 CECs by canfitpro.

 

 

 

The Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Certificate is approved for 15 CECs by NHPC (Natural Health Practitioners of Canada)

 

1. Proper Digestion & Gut Health
2. Good Carbs/Bad Carbs
3. Demystifying Fats
4. All About the Protein
5. Vitamin & Mineral Essentials
6. Phytonutrients
7. Immunity with Whole Foods
8. Detox What?
9. Basics of a Whole Food Pantry
10. Stress & Mindset

(see below for full course outline)

The full schedules of upcoming classes can be found on our registration page.  Click the REGISTRATION button below to see the schedules.

Teacher, Mandy Gefle, BScN, RN, LHNP

Mandy Gefle specializes in helping clients who struggle with adrenal fatigue, and burnout related to chronic stress. Associated symptoms have a major impact on the individual; both personally, and professionally. 
 

Mandy realized her passion for prevention after her recovery from postpartum depression.  When the support she received from traditional resources only offered pharmaceutical and  psychological intervention, she was determined to develop a program that creates an environment that encourages the body to thrive. This program incorporates improved nutrition, appropriate sleep, and effective stress management. She takes a holistic approach, and integrates easy-to-follow strategies to promote a balanced lifestyle for individuals who feel they have nowhere else to turn.

After completion of all workshops, receive a Certificate of Attendance. For those looking to receive the Certificate of Achievement and Continuing Education Credits, students will need to complete all workshops and take 1 test (passing mark is 75%).

*For more individualized nutrition needs, please consider making an appointment with a CSNN grad. These workshops are only intended for general interest purposes.

Teacher, Emily Macdonald, C.H.N.C.

Emily graduated from CSNN Edmonton on 2023. Emily works as a Holistic Nutrition Consultant contractor in local Clinics around Edmonton and area and her own private practice, Everyday Wellness with Em. 

Emily’s health journey started when she was diagnosed as a Type One Diabetic at the age of 25 and then with Celiac Disease soon after.  This sparked a love for learning how to navigate these diseases and educating others on how simple life modifications can result in beneficial mental and physical health outcomes. Like many CSNN grads, it was her own health journey that brought her to the Natural Nutrition Program.

Emily also holds her Fitness Instructor Specialist certification which she combines to help people on their health journeys with a favorite focus on blood sugar stability and stress reduction.

She has a professional teaching history of User Interface & User Experience design from the UofA Faculty of Extention, RED Academy. 

Teacher, Dacia Mead, C.H.N.C.

Dacia Mead graduated with honors and represented her graduating class as Valedictorian, in 2016, from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition. Since then she has been working in the industry as an owner/operator of her own nutritional consulting business out of Full Spectrum Chiropractic Clinic in Sherwood Park. She has also worked at Urban Organics and with a small local juice company.

Dacia is very passionate about sport and has her Level 1 certification in Exercise Nutrition from Precision Nutrition and her certification in Spin & Kickboxing, which she has been teaching for the past six years, out of Exist Fitness. She works closely with youth sport teams, coaching dryland fitness and giving many nutritional talks on proper fueling for sports performance. Dacia has currently been training in functional fitness and competed at the 2019 Crossfit Games in B.C.

Course Outline

Pricing: $299 + GST
Includes a supplemental workbook

Proper Digestion & Gut Health Basic understanding of the GI tract & functions How and where certain foods are broken down and digested? Optimal digestive habits to have at your dinner table What is the microbiome? Functions of the gut bacteria & it’s connection to health or illness Benefits of diversity & prebiotics Fermented foods	Basics of a Whole Foods Kitchen What is in your pantry? Meal prep Essential culinary herbs Eating on a budget Cookware and method of cooking Improving your home environment – reducing chemical exposure
Good Carbs/Bad Carbs Hidden Sugar & health effects What about artificial sweeteners? Whole grains vs refined grains Different categories of vegetables Fibre with water…	Demystifying Fats Functions of fats Bad fats vs good fats Effects of fat-free living Oils – what to cook with?
All about the Protein Functions of protein What is considered quality protein? How much protein is essential? Meat vs plant-based	Vitamin & Mineral Essentials What are the essential vitamins & minerals? Some of the basic functions of vitamins and minerals in the body What are the main foods high in these nutrients?
Immunity with Whole Foods Basic function of immunity Inflammation – when is it good & when is it bad? Foods & nutrients that support overall immunity	Detox What? Toxic load & illness Routes of detoxification & elimination Foods that support liver function Cleansing the body using whole foods
Stress & Mindset Stress – good or bad How stress effects the body? Benefits of a positive outlook	Phytonutrients A phyto…what?  Why is this important? How eating different colours can benefit health? Eating a rainbow at every meal