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ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT NUTRITION, A HEALTH NUT OR PERHAPS ON A JOURNEY TO RESOLVE YOUR ILLNESS?
WHAT NUTRITION COURSE IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
ARE YOU STARTING OUT, OR ARE YOU QUITE KNOWLEDGEABLE?
Set aside TWO minutes to take the quiz and find out your options, and what AMAZING CAREER paths could follow.
Audio
Cyndi O’Meara and Jo O’Reilly
Cyndi O’Meara chats with past Graduate Jo O’Reilly about how the knowledge and research skills from completing The Functional Nutrition Course has helped her overcome her health issues.
Cyndi O’Meara and Robyn Wight
Cyndi O’Meara chats to past graduate Robyn Wight about all things business. Robyn also opens up how she struggled at the beginning of the course with learning and studying again after so many years and being an older student. She gives some great ways of how she overcame this and her fears, finished the course and then went onto to complete the Microbiome course.
Cyndi O’Meara and Eleni Kanidiadis
Cyndi O’Meara chats to one of our youngest Graduates Eleni Kanidiadis. Eleni has an amazing segment on 7Two Vasili Garden show called Healthy Habits with Eleni.
Videos
Candice Bauer
Candice Bauer
Rebecca Warke – Omaha Kids
Rebecca Warke – Omaha Kids
Melissa Kovacevic
Melissa Kovacevic
Lucia Rivas-Herry
Lucia Rivas-Herry
Monique Hastie
Monique Hastie
Article
Marnie Perkinson
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We often hear from people who ask us what the difference is between the Functional Nutrition Academy Courses and a degree based Dietician course. Below is an account from a ‘recovering dietician’ who chose to study Functional Nutrition after she completed her degree…. over to you Marnie. “When I finished my Dietetics post grad 23 years ago, […]
Melissa Kovacevic
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Functional Health Canberra’s Game Changing Approach By Melissa Kovacevic As the Founder of Functional Health Canberra, I am an accredited Functional Nutrition Consultant and a Clinical EFT Practitioner (Emotional Freedom Techniques). EFT is a powerful stress management tool sometimes referred to as “tapping” or emotional acupuncture without needles. My mission is to educate and inspire […]
Lucia
Where to start with the gut?
Gut health is the new buzz in all avenues of health these days and has come a long way to just being part of the natural therapies and complementary medicine practitioners scope. For me, it has been a long journey and one that has led me to complete formal studies in nutrition and nutritional medicine. […]
Candice Bauer
Food as medicine
You could say I have always been health conscious however, in the past 5 years or so, my definition of healthy has changed considerably. I grew up in a family of 9 eating quite ‘traditionally’; cereal and milk for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and ‘meat with 3 veg’ for dinner. If we were lucky, on […]
Jo O’Reilly
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Currently I have content on YouTube channel, Instagram, Website, Facebook. I am wife, mother, qualified chef, health coach and during my lifetime have dealt with a variety of health issues with myself and family. Things like heart disease, my husband had a cerebral aneurysm at 31. I have two daughters one at 28 has a […]
Reviews
Hana Feidi
One of the main things this course taught me is that there are other ways to healing your body than visiting the doctor and taking prescription medications. It introduced me to the world of functional nutrition and all it has to offer. It taught me that when you learn more about your body, about how […]
Fiona Knaggs
I have a much deeper understanding of the power of a vitalistic philosophy and approach to health. The Functional Nutrition course has empowered me to think critically about the food I eat. I have been able to confidently implement so many positive changes for my family as a direct result of the education I have […]
Helen Butler
I really enjoyed this course and learnt a lot, even though I have a health professional background. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to understand how nutrition impacts our health and well-being on both an individual and society level. The course structure has variety and is easy to navigate. It’s an empowering experience!
Sue Bell
I highly recommend this course. It gave me knowledge – it taught me so much about nutrition, and it taught me how to think critically about what we hear, see or are told about different diets and superfoods. If you want to learn to make informed decisions about your and your families health then this […]
Andrea Winchester
I have been on a journey of rediscovering my health since a stroke stopped me in my tracks in my early 40’s. I had been seeking a more holistic approach and came across The Nutrition Academy. Through this course I have learnt the value of nutrition on my health and wellbeing. I am so grateful […]
Jane Vickery
A wonderful, evidence based exploration of human nutrition within a holistic framework. The knowledge acquired through this course empowers indivduals to take responsibility for their own health and that of their family.
Georgina Tanner
Life is about choices. The Nutrition Academy course teaches you what choices to make for you, how to interpret real health and pass that knowledge on to everyone else. This is a course that, once you have completed it, it will never be forgotten knowledge. You will carry the baton for health and pass it […]
Lara Schleiger
The Functional Nutrition and Applied Functional Nutrition course is for anyone looking to improve the health of themselves and their family right through to someone who is passionate about improving the health of their wider community. The best part of the course is learning about nutrition from an historical perspective as well as the philosophy […]
Nicole
I undertook this course as a way to further educate myself on nutrition, with a view to becoming a health coach down the track. What I gained from this course is a much deeper understanding of how our health can be impacted by our environment and the foods that we eat. I would recommend this […]