Nutritional Consultant Program Curriculum - 45 Credit Hours
The Nutritional Consultant Program will also provide you with applied knowledge on how to properly and safely recommend vitamin or herb therapies for various diseases and disorders from a Holistic perspective.

This Program will teach you the principles of applying Holistic Nutrition in today's health world. As you become a Nutritional Consultant, you will obtain a deep understanding of Weight Management, Healthy Diets, Herbal Supplements, Anatomy, Sports Nutrition and much more.

The material in the Program will give you a foundation that will support your personal growth and enable you to educate others in these life supporting principles.

Program Information
Each Class is divided into textbook chapters or sections of chapters, where each division contains reading assignments, glossary words, one auto graded lesson, and short compositions. Every class contains numerous audio/video lectures and resources and learning aids. Each class contains a challenging open book auto scored midterm and final exam. All auto graded activities allow multiple retakes where only the highest score achieved is counted in your overall class average.

The final class consists of an eBook, developing a business plan based on the area where you are going to be practicing, designing the client intake paperwork you will use as well as client based research assignment project papers.

Classes, Credit Hours, Clock Hours and Prerequisites
Nutritional Consultant Program will take approximately 9-12 months to complete, but you have up to two years to complete the Program, extensions are available if you need more time. If you are a focused, self motivated learner and want to graduate quickly put in more weekly time. We will not hold you to a schedule! The time required to complete the Program is up to you!

The following table represents the Nutritional Consultant Class order. Classes are completed one at a time, in the order given. Each class's prerequisites are met by successfully completing previous classes.

Nutritional Consultant Program Curriculum - 45 Credit Hours
Class	Class Title	Credit Hours	Clock Hours	Prerequisite
AP101	Intro to Anatomy and Physiology	3	45	OR202
HS101	Introduction to Holistic Sciences	2	30	AP101
AP202	Advanced Anatomy & Physiology	4	60	HS101
NC302	Vitamin Therapies	3	45	AP202
HF101	Food and Nutrition	4	60	NC302
NC301	Drug Free Remedies	4	60	HF101
HC110	Foods to Fight Cancer	2	30	NC301
HF102	Nutrition For Weight Management	3	45	HC110
HM103	Vitamins, Herbs, Minerals & Supplements	3	45	HF102
HC111	The Worlds Healthiest Foods	3	45	HM103
HF201	Introduction to Raw Foods	2	30	HC111
DT101	Detoxification and Diet	2	30	HF201
HH110	Fitness and Health	2	30	DT101
HM301	Herb-Drug-Vitamin Interactions	3	45	HH110
HB301	Setting Up a Practice as a Natural Healer	5	75	HM301

Board Certification

Pursuing board approval for natural healing is a prime example of the level of commitment the Natural Healing College has for the students who wish to advance their career through a higher education. Below are the list of independent holistic accrediting agencies for which NHC has gained approval for their programs.

 

American Naturopathic Certification Board, has approved NHC's graduates qualify for the ANCB’s national certification examination. With these exams, the NHC graduates of the Holistic Health Practitioner program & Nutritional Consultant program can now earn a designation Certified Holistic Health Practitioner and Certified in Nutritional Wellness.

American Association of Drugless Practitioner- The Natural Healing College has achieved the AADP approval status; this means that the education that you earn through our programs are authorized and approved by a board of educators and professionals alike. 

NHC holistic diploma students who desire to become Board Certified Practitioners can immediately apply for board certification through the American Association of Drugless Practitioners following their graduation. Once you have achieved the necessary credits for graduation, instructions for application can be sent to you. Current and prospective students may contact us for more information at:

Contact: (888) 764-AADP, http://www.aadp.net/ , Download Application Form 
All the graduates of our Diploma programs are eligible for this certification. Upon submission of the application you must also include official transcripts provided to you by the Natural Healing College. There is no exam to pass because all our diploma programs are already evaluated and approved by aadp. The American Association of Drugless Practitioners Certification Board is the governing body behind this certification.  

The American Association of Drugless Practitioners and the American Naturopathic Medical Accreditation Board were established to ensure that education in natural healing is done correctly, and maintain the highest standard in education practices.