Welcome to our 2024 Continuing Education Certificate Courses
All nutrition school graduates welcome! IHN’s courses offer real-time or replay learning in advanced concepts for clinical nutrition applications. Our courses qualify in meeting all upgrading requirements for both the IONC, CANNP and NANP. A Certificate of Completion is offered for each course. IHN’s campus and virtual doors are warmly open to all Holistic Nutritionists as well as Allied Professional Practitioners working in the diverse and exciting field of alternative and traditional medicine. We look forward to sharing an enlightening and enriching experience.
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Applied Iridology in Professional Practice CECIP
Instructor: Robert Tomilson R.BIE, RNCP
Iridology is an accurate, non-invasive method of health analysis through the examination of the iris. The iris consists of tiny nerve fibres known as trabecula that reveal the body’s constitution, inherent weakness, level of health and the transitions that take place in a person’s body according to the way he or she lives. This Dynamic, Comprehensive Certification course offers an in-depth array of iris analysis techniques such as German Constitutional iris analysis,
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Nutrition & Mental Health CENMH
Instructor: Paul Demeda CNP
This course is designed to help practitioners effectively address mental health issues from a holistic perspective. Participants will examine the roles of diet, nutrients, environment and lifestyle as they relate to mental wellness, as well as the 20 key contributors to mental health issues that can be addressed holistically. Mental health issues that will be explored include anxiety, depression, cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia. Participants will leave this course with comprehensive and usable course notes,
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Naturally Designed Pregnancy & Early Childhood CEPEC
Instructor: Alexandra Hurtado BA, CNP, ND
This eight-session course focuses on our body’s natural ability to design and nurture a growing baby. We examine a number of key reasons the body deals with infertility, how to track fertility and enhance it. We look at supplementation, what is safe and what is not. We examine each trimester; look at labour and delivery of a healthy newborn and finally, the stages of feeding.
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Applied Endocrinology CEHAE
Instructor: Linda Bazinet BSc, MSc
In this seven-session course, we will focus on hormones and their role in health and disease. Hormones are important in controlling all body activities including growth, metabolism, coping with stress, sleep cycles, digestion and reproduction. Some hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, melatonin and DHEA are commonly supplemented while others can be stimulated by appropriate nutrition. Many diseases are directly or indirectly affected by hormones including diabetes,
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Supplementation in Clinical Practice CESCP | Spring
Instructor: Baljinder Chhoker BSc, CST, BT
This course will focus on the supplements available on the market and how to determine what to use clinically. With so many supplement companies, similar looking products, what should be used when will be thoroughly covered. We will discuss appropriate products for common health conditions such as inflammation, cardiovascular disease and hormone imbalance, and decipher between the many similar formulations for each. Dosing based on maintenance and therapeutic values will be discussed,
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Supplementation in Clinical Practice CESCP | Fall
Instructor: Baljinder Chhoker BSc, CST, BT
This course will focus on the supplements available on the market and how to determine what to use clinically. With so many supplement companies, similar looking products, what should be used when will be thoroughly covered. We will discuss appropriate products for common health conditions such as inflammation, cardiovascular disease and hormone imbalance, and decipher between the many similar formulations for each. Dosing based on maintenance and therapeutic values will be discussed,
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Clinical Detoxification CECDC
Instructor: Paul Demeda CNP
This course is designed to help practitioners effectively use detoxification to support health and wellbeing. Participants will learn the key mechanisms of detoxification by body organs and tissues, as well as body requirements for safe and effective detoxification. This course will include examination of sources of toxicity; foods, supplements and procedures that support detoxification; and detoxification protocols currently used by health professionals. Course content will be supported with clinical evidence and published research.
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Understanding Lab Diagnostics in Clinical Practice CEULD | Winter
Instructor: Dr. David Duizer, ND
As a holistic nutritionist, you have the knowledge and skills to develop powerful protocols for your clients. However, to make your assessment truly holistic, you must have an understanding of diagnostic and laboratory tests. These tests provide valuable insight into the unique state of each client and offer an objective measure of client progress. This course covers the basics of blood, urine and saliva testing, including tests for liver,
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Understanding Lab Diagnostics in Clinical Practice CEULD | Fall
Instructor: Dr. David Duizer, ND
As a holistic nutritionist, you have the knowledge and skills to develop powerful protocols for your clients. However, to make your assessment truly holistic, you must have an understanding of diagnostic and laboratory tests. These tests provide valuable insight into the unique state of each client and offer an objective measure of client progress. This course covers the basics of blood, urine and saliva testing, including tests for liver,
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