Nutrition + Systems Biology = Better Care

When studying the human body a roadmap is essential….a guide to help you find your way. What better roadmap than the body’s own systems. Revisiting anatomy and physiology as it relates to nutrition is a systematic —systems by system and pragmatic approach to health and disease. It also raises awareness of the role of nutrition across all medical disciplines, no matter your speciality. Nutrition affects every system in the body.

Earn up to 70 CPEs as you walk through eight body systems. Choose your systems OR take the entire course.

“Systems” training will prepare you to treat any client.

Food and nutrients are absorbed at the cellular level—a.k.a nutritional biochemistry. The ultimate destination of nutrients is to provide energy to the cell. BUT, all the action in between, from when food enters the mouth and its final products enter the cell, at a minimum, requires a foundational knowledge of the systems of the body. Every system in the body is impacted by this fork to cell nutrient travel.

• Effectively applying nutrition knowledge requires a revisit of anatomy and physiology. A strong anatomy and physiology foundation enables a methodical, systematic nutrition assessment. You can’t have the cellular biochemistry part without the anatomy and physiology part.

• Becoming more systems savvy enables a better understanding of how nutrients, supplements and botanicals impact every system.

• Becoming more systems savvy enables you to more accurately assess biomarkers and labs.

• Improved structure and function knowledge of every system enables better understanding of how systems communicate.

• Every system is influenced by the gut microbiome and genes.

​A keen understanding of anatomy and physiology of all systems, not just one or two catapults your critical thinking about nutrition and the entire body.