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online Health, Nutrition and Fitness Certificate Program at Canyon College

COURSE SYLLABUS:  Health, Nutrition and Fitness

Course Title: NHC731 - Health, Nutrition and Fitness
Department: Naturopathic Medicine & Holistic Health Care
Instructor: Aundrea J. Adams, ND, PhD, RN, DD E-Mail | Vita
Credits: 12 Semester Credits

Introduction

COURSE OVERVIEW:

This is a superb distance learning nutrition course filled with nutrition facts and other valuable health information designed to educate anyone interested in living a healthy life from a natural health perspective. Learn how to use natural Alternative Medicine and other natural health methods to care for your own health, your family's health, or start a nutritional consulting health career of your own. The course thoroughly addresses every area of Alternative Medicine required for optimal health wellness. The Alternative Medicine field is one of the fastest growing industries in the world; however, this nutrition correspondence course is beneficial to lay persons as well as health care professionals because much of the content is not found in mainstream traditional medical books, health books, fitness nutrition education courses, or even traditional nutrition courses. Dr Adams is continually revising and updating the nutrition course material to keep abreast of new developments and research in the Natural Alternative Medicine field. To ensure that learning is as simple and effective as possible, all course content is clearly presented in easy-to-understand terms. This 280-page Nutrition Education Correspondence Course includes extensive information on Natural Medicine, Cellular Function, Nutrition, Food Safety, Food Tampering, Clean Water, Clean Air, Natural Personal Products, Conventional Medical Science, And Exercise. The course includes an education in specific nutrients including a list of General Nutrients, Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids, Antioxidants, Acid-Alkaline Balance [pH Factor], Phytochemicals, Digestive Enzymes, Medicinal Herbs and Other Nutrients. It Also Includes An Education In Dietary Supplementation For Optimal Health Wellness, An Education In Healthy Eating, A General List Of Foods And Other Substances To Avoid, Naturopathic Protocols For Various Disorders, Explanations Of Many Different Alternative Therapies, Naturopathic Laboratory Tests, Healthy Pleasure Activities, Useful Physical Fitness Formulas, An Explanation And List Of Drug/Medication Classifications With Their Effects And Harmful Side Effects And Tips For A Successful Nutrition [Natural Health] Business.

Passing an open-book proficiency examination is required. You will have up to 3 months to complete the course.

TEXTBOOK: The following is the required textbook for this certificate course.

Health, Nutrition and Fitness By Aundrea J. Adams, ND, Ph.D, RN
ISBN #: 0961928921

It is available for purchase at a special discount rate for Canyon College
students at $59.95:
Shipping within USA: $59.95 + $11 S&H = $70.95
Shipping outside of USA: $59.95 + $25 S&H = $84.95.

There are no extra books or materials to purchase. Please contact Aundrea Adams at adams@doctorajadams.com for instructions on purchasing the coursebook.

HOW TO CONTACT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

I am very accessible by Email and will communicate with each student as deemed necessary throughout the course. Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions, concerns, feedback, etc. I look forward to working with each student and I am always glad to help. My email address is adams@doctorajadams.com or ajadams@canyoncollege.edu

COURSE CONTENTS:

Natural Medicine [Alternative Medicine]:
  1. The Power Of Nature In Natural Alternative Medicine.
  2. The Principles Of Natural Alternative Medicine.
  3. Causes Of Illnesses.
  4. Consequences Of Synthetic Chemicals.
  5. Understanding Cellular Makeup And Cellular Function.
  6. Natural Nutritional Components Of Cells.
  7. Cells Cannot Handle Foreign Chemicals.
  8. How Disease Begins In Your Body.
  9. Fight Toxins With Natural Alternative Medicine.
Nutrition Facts:
  1. Cellular Nutrition And Natural Alternative Medicine.
  2. Why Nutritional Supplements Are Necessary.
  3. The Problems Of Cut-Rate Manufacturers.
  4. Alternative Natural Medicine Vs. Synthetic Supplements.
  5. The Food And Drug Administration's "RDA" Was Designed For Healthy People.
  6. Factors Not Taken Into Consideration By The FDA.
  7. Alternative Medicine Nutritional Supplements For Optimal Healing and Health Wellness [Designed For Both Healthy And Sick People].
  8. How To Take Nutritional Supplements.
  9. The Best Nutritional Supplements For Health Wellness.
  10. Healing Herbs Used In Alternative Medicine.
  11. What To Look For When Purchasing Herbs.
  12. Nutritional Supplements Do Not Replace Food.
  13. Necessary Foods [Healthy Eating] For Your Daily Diet.
  14. Foods To Restrict In Natural Alternative Medicine.
  15. How To Prepare Foods For Health Wellness.
  16. Eating A Healthy Variety Of Colorful Foods.
  17. The Importance Of Digestive Enzymes Nutritional Supplements.
  18. The Importance Of Hormones.
Food Safety:
  1. Using Food-Safety Measures To Avoid Food-Borne Illnesses.
  2. Important Tips For Food-Handling And Cleanliness In The Kitchen.
  3. Nutritional Supplements That Can Help To Prevent Food Poisoning.
  4. Food Dangers To Be Aware Of When Purchasing And Storing Foods.
  5. The Chemicals Produced In Certain Overcooked Foods Cause Cancer.
Food Tampering:
  1. Tampering With Foods Significantly Reduces Its Nutrition.
  2. Chemicals Used To Tamper With Foods:
  1. Food-Tampering Chemicals Endanger Health, Cause Cancer And Other Serious Diseases.
  2. The Dangers Of Eating Red Meat.
  3. The Dangers Of Drinking Cows' Milk.
  4. Lactose Intolerance.
  5. The Truth About Poultry And Eggs.
  6. Beware Of Toxic Seafood.
  7. The Truth About White Flour, Whether "Enriched" Or Not.
  8. Beware Of White Rice.
  9. Avoid Processed White Sugar.
  10. Avoid The Deadly Chemical Artificial Sweeteners.
  11. Other Sweeteners That Endanger Health Wellness.
  12. Sweeteners That Are Safe.
  13. The Truth About Salt.
  14. The Facts About Fats: The Healthy Fats And The Unhealthy Fats.
  15. Cancer-Causing Processed Meats.
  16. The Dangers Of Food Preservatives.
  17. The Dangers Of Aluminum.
  18. Other Toxic Metals Used In Cooking Utensils.
  19. Toxic Silver Amalgams [Found In Most Tooth Fillings].
  20. The Truth About Microwave Ovens.
  21. The Blessing Of Certified Organic Foods.
  22. The Curse Of The New Genetically-Engineered So-Called "Organic Foods".
  23. What You Can Do About Food-Tampering.
First Things First: Clean Water, Pure Air, Natural Personal Products:
  1. Toxic Chemicals In Our Water Supply.
  2. The Importance Of An Excellent Home Water-Filtration System.
  3. Disease-Causing Toxins And Chemicals Are Absorbed Into The Body Through The Skin By:
  1. The Best Sources For Natural Alternative Medicine...Or Make Them Yourself.
  2. Natural Alternative Medicine Oral Hygiene: Have Whiter Teeth And Stop Bleeding Gum Disease.
  3. The Dangers Of Anti-Perspirant Deodorants.
  4. The Dangers Of Tight Or Underwire Bras.
  5. Certain Personal Hygienic Products Should Be White, Hypo-Allergenic, Made Of Cotton Fibers, 9). And Free Of Any Unnatural Chemicals, Dyes, Inks, And Artificial Fragrances.
  6. The Importance Of Pure Oxygen.
  7. Our Polluted Air Supply.
  8. The Truth About Ozone.
  9. Indoor Air Pollution Vs. Outdoor Air Pollution.
  10. The Dangers Of Radiation Exposure.
  11. How To Reduce Indoor Air Pollution.
Conventional Medicine:
  1. The True Meaning Of Health Wellness.
  2. The Rare Times When Medical Treatment Is Actually Necessary.
  3. The Three Categories Of Medical Doctors.
  4. The Shocking Obituary Statistics Of Medical Doctors.
  5. Medical Schools Do Not Train Doctors In Nutritional Supplements Or Herbal Remedies.
  6. The Shocking Truth Of Medication Side-Effects.
  7. The Shocking Truth Of Medical Negligence And Medical Malpractice.
  8. Colloidal Silver: The Most Powerful Antibiotic Before World War II.
  9. Penicillin: The First Synthetic Antibiotic.
  10. Why Do People In Sixteen Other Countries Live Longer Than They Do In The USA?
  11. The Top Killers In The USA.
  12. Media Deception.
  13. The Relationship Of The Government And Big Businesses.
  14. Enforce Your Rights To Choose Alternative Medicine.
Exercise:
  1. 250,000 Deaths Per Year In The USA Are Attributed To A Lack Of Regular Physical Activity.
  2. Exercise Is Vitally Necessary For:
  1. Physical Fitness Formulas.
  2. Ideal Weight Chart.
  3. Body Mass Index.
  4. Target Body Fat Range.
  5. Waist-To-Hip Ratio.
  6. Apple-Shape Bodies Vs. Pear-Shape Bodies.
  7. Maximum Target Zone.
  8. Two Types Of Exercise:
  1. Muscle Weakening Is Due To Physical Inactivity, Not Old Age.
  2. Basic Exercise Rules.
Nutrition For Optimal Health Wellness:
  1. Foods.
  2. Vitamins.
  3. Minerals.
  4. Antioxidants.
  5. Essential Fatty Acids. [Omega-3, Omega-6]
  6. Herbs.
  7. Hormones [DHEA, HGH].
  8. Digestive Enzymes.
  9. Probiotics.
  10. Green Superfoods.
  11. Protein Amino Acids.
  12. Phytochemicals/Phytonutrients.
  13. 5-HTP.
  14. Colloidal Silver.
  15. CoQ10.
  16. Essiac.
  17. Oral Chelation.
  18. Anti-Parasite Formula.
  19. CLA.
General Foods List for Healthy Eating:

Foods And Other Substances To Be Avoided Or Restricted:

Drugs/Medications: Classifications, Effects, And Harmful Side Effects:

Side Effects Of Synthetic Hormones:

Acid-Alkaline Balance [pH Factor]:
  1. Naturopathic Protocols For Various Disorders.
  2. Brain And Neuro-Muscular.
  3. Cancer.
  4. Candida Yeast Infections.
  5. Female Hormone Balance.
  6. GERD, Acid Reflux.
  7. Heart And Circulation.
  8. Infections, Immune, Chronic Inflammatory.
Pleasure Activities:

Alternative Therapies [Descriptions Included in Course]:
  1. Acupressure.
  2. Acupuncture.
  3. Air Supply Personal Air Purifier.
  4. Alexander Technique.
  5. Antibody (IgE, IgG4) Test for Food Allergies.
  6. Aromatherapy and Methods to use it:
  1. Astropulse.
  2. Ayurveda.
  3. Bathing therapy.
  1. Biomagnetics [Magnetic Field Energy Therapy].
  2. Bio-tracker: [Electrical-Dermal Screening].
  3. Cell Salt Therapy.
  4. Chelation Therapy.
  5. Chi Lel.
  6. Chiropractic Treatment.
  7. Colloidal Silver Therapy.
  8. Colonic Therapy (colon lavage, colon hydrotherapy).
  9. Color Therapy [Chromotherapy].
  10. Crystal Healing.
  11. Dental Amalgam Mercury Removal.
  12. Detoxification Therapy.
  13. Dream Therapy.
  14. Electrical-Dermal Screening.
  15. Electromedicine.
  16. Enemas.
  17. Fasting.
  18. Feng Shui.
  19. Flower Essence Therapy.
  20. Food Detoxification:
  1. Flotation Tank.
  2. Functional Intracellular Analysis.
  3. Glandular Therapy.
  4. Growth Hormone Therapy.
  5. Guided Imagery (Visualization).
  6. Hair Analysis.
  7. Herbal Medicine.
  8. Homeopathy.
  9. Hydrogen Peroxide Therapy.
  10. Hydrotherapy.
  11. Hypnotherapy (Hypnosis).
  12. Iridology.
  13. Juicing.
  14. Kinesiology.
  15. Laughter (Play) therapy.
  16. Light Beam Generator Therapy.
  17. Light Therapy (Solar Therapy).
  18. Lymphatic Therapy.
  19. Macrobiotics Diet.
  20. Magnetic Field Energy Therapy (Biomagnetics).
  21. Massage Therapy.
  22. Meditation.
  23. Moxibustion.
  24. Music and Sound Therapy.
  25. Naturopathy.
  26. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).
  27. Oxygen Therapy:
  1. Parasite and Worm Program.
  2. Psychic Surgery.
  3. Radionics (Radiesthesia, Dowsing).
  4. Rebirthing (Breathwork).
  5. Reflexology.
  6. Reiki [Therapeutic Touch].
  7. Rife Technology [Electromedicine].
  8. Rolfing.
  9. Shiatsu (Massage Therapy).
  10. Skin Scrubbing: See "Body Brushing".
  11. Solar Therapy: See "Light Therapy".
  12. Therapeutic Touch (Reiki).
  13. Urine Therapy.
  14. Visualization: See "Guided Imagery".
  15. Vitamin C Therapy.
  16. Water Purification:
  1. Yoga.
  2. Zapper.
This course also offers valuable tips for a successful nutrition business.

EXAMINATION:

The "Final Exam" will be the only exam for this course. It will be an "open book" exam which is located in the back of the textbook. Upon enrollment, each student will be emailed instructions for taking the online exam. When the course is completed, I will promptly reply with your grade for the course. The grading scale is as follows:

A = 180 – 200 correct answers
B = 160 – 179 correct answers
C = 140 – 159 correct answers
Failure = Below 140 correct answers

STEPS TO TAKE FOR COURSE:
  1. Enroll in the course by clicking the link for Admission Policies, located at the top of this page. Complete enrollment includes tuition submission.
  2. Canyon College will notify your instructor, Aundrea Adams, of your enrollment.
  3. Aundrea Adams will then email you giving you full instructions regarding ordering the textbook and taking the course exam.
  4. When you receive your textbook, begin reading and studying the textbook at your own pace. You have up to 3 months to complete course.
  5. Feel free to Email Aundrea Adams anytime with questions, clarifications, feedback, etc. Email address: adams@doctorajadams.com or ajadams@canyoncollege.edu
  6. Upon completion of the course, I will grade your final examination and submit your grade to Canyon College. I will then Email the final course grade to the student.
  7. After you receive your grade you may request an official grade letter or transcript information from admissions@canyoncollege.edu