Healthy Eating & Well-Being

The ITEC Award in Healthy Eating and Well-Being award is open to anybody who would like to assist their clients with a healthy eating plan. This award Course will enable you to the nutrients required for a healthy diet as well as deficiencies, disorders and key illnesses associated with diet.

Understanding how cooking and refining processes affect the nutrient content of our food is essential for a practising complementary therapist and understanding the link between common ailments and nutritional imbalances will enhance your knowledge of your own body and health. You will be confident in evaluating client’s present eating habits in line with current healthy eating guidelines.

The course follows the ITEC Award Level 3 in Healthy Eating and Well-Being syllabus. On successful completion of the training, you will be able to practice professionally and get professional insurance.

• Functions of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins in the diet
• How processing/environmental pollution affects the nutrient value of food.
• Elements of a balanced diet
• The importance of regular eating
• Metabolism, Basal metabolic rate
• Food labelling regulations
• General healthy eating recommendations