Instructor(s)

Lead Lecturer

Naomi Ferstera

Naomi is PhD candidate with over 20 years industry experience. She is an accredited exercise physiologist and exercise scientist, nutritionist and former high school teacher. Naomi specialises in brain health and dementia, weight loss and obesity, women's health, diabetes and heart disease.

Naomi has trained and consulted with thousands of people over her 2 decades in the industry. She has helped countless people successfully lose weight and switch to a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. Her passion, however, lies in education and she draws on all her experience and knowledge, to bring you the most scientifically up to date and relevant online programs. We promise to always produce fad and gimmick-free programs that are simple to follow and understand. Good health was never meant to be complicated and we want to show you how you can easily change your life!

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Welcome to Your Program

    • Nutrition Principles: Vitamins and Minerals

    • Nutrition Principles: Calories and Macros
  • 2

    Discussion Forum

    • Discussion Forum
  • 3

    Part 1: Calorie and Macro Calculations

    • Using the calorie and macro spreadsheet

    • Calorie and Macro Spreadsheet

  • 4

    Part 2: Nutrition Science

    • Nutrition Science
  • 5

    Energy

    • Lesson 1: Energy

    • Lesson 1a: The Critical Energy Availability Threshold

    • Check Your Knowledge: Energy

    • Relative Energy Deficiency Syndrome in Sports (RED-S)
  • 6

    Calorie Calculations

    • Lesson 2: Calorie Calculations

    • Check Your Knowledge: Calorie Calculations
  • 7

    The Macronutrients

    • Lesson 3: The Macronutrients

    • Check Your Knowledge: The Macronutrients
  • 8

    Macro Calculations

    • Lesson 4: Macro Calculations

    • Check Your Knowledge: Macro Calculations
  • 9

    Tracking

    • Tracking

    • How to use the tracking spreadsheet

    • Validity of Wearables for Estimating Energy Expenditure

    • How to Use My Fitness Pal

    • Adding Food into My Fitness Pal

    • Check Your Knowledge: Tracking

  • 10

    Part 3: BONUS Content

    • Some little extras for you

  • 11

    Intuitive Eating

    • Intuitive Eating

    • Check Your Knowledge: Intuitive Eating
  • 12

    This vs. That

    • This vs. That

    • Check Your Knowledge: This vs. That
  • 13

    Sample Meal Plans and the Recipe PDF

    • Recipe PDF

    • Sample Meal Plans
  • 14

    Part 4: Feedback

    • How did we go?

Inclusions

  • Downloadable Materials

    All our learning materials are yours to keep forever!

  • Short Lectures

    Each topic has a short lecture and PP to help you gain a greater understanding of nutrition science.

  • Online Support

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