Nutrition / Diet Therapy
Faculty of Natural Health Science
MODULE: Nutrition / Diet Therapy
Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 30 credits.
This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.
DESCRIPTION: This program provides the nutritional therapeutic approaches in the prevention and treatment of common diseases and disorders. Every disease, symptom, discharge, and pain is the result of a chemical imbalance in the body. Therapeutic diets, dietary manipulation and supplementation are used to help restoring the normal physiological function and structural integrity of the body and its organs. Providing the adequate quantity, frequency and quality of micronutrients to our cells and tissues will restore the biochemical balance from which health and well-being spring.
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).
Holistic Nutrition
Diets & Fasting
Digestion & Metabolism
Biochemical Organic Balance
Scientific Nutrition
Nutrition Therapy
Nutritional Assessment
Nutrition & Chronic Disease
Nutrition in Acute Care
Nutritional Intervention
Academic Supervisor: Leonie van Heerden
More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.
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This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.
* Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.
* Specialist (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.
* Expert (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.
* Bachelor's (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.
* Master's (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.
* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.
BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.
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Professionally recognized and validated degrees. International legalization available. Accredited (Non USA CHEA). Non formal and independent education leading to degrees not formally validated by a Ministry of Education.
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Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
Holistic Nutrition
This course explores the role of nutrition for a healthy mind, body and spirit, the role of diet in disease prevention and wellness, the interdependence between eating choices and environmental sustainability, and the principles and practical uses of various alternative nutritional approaches. It also explains how to differentiate whole food supplements versus synthetic supplements.
Instructor: Leonie van Heerden
Diets & Fasting
This course provides an analysis and evaluation of various dietary regimes focusing on nutritional, spiritual and social belief systems concerning food: Vegetarianism, macrobiotics, raw food, food combining, and hereditary predisposition. It explains the benefits of fasting and different approaches to tissue cleansing and detoxification. It finally considers mental, emotional, physical and spiritual issues concerning diets and fasting.
Instructor: Leonie van Heerden
Digestion & Metabolism
This course deals with the digestion, absorption and metabolism of nutrients in the human body and the role of vitamins, minerals and enzymes in these processes. It covers the essential micronutrients in human metabolism and the effects of these substances on the cell and tissues to restore the biochemical balance from which health and well-being spring.
Instructor: Daniel Scott Janik
Biochemical Organic Balance
Every disease, symptom, discharge, and pain indicates a chemical imbalance in the body. A body that is chemically well-balanced will normalize itself. This course focuses on the chemical elements, their structure and their application, including vitamins, enzymes, proteins, starches, prostaglandins, and minerals found in foods in order to understand the biochemical organic balance from which health and well-being spring.
Instructor: Daniel Scott Janik
Scientific Nutrition
This course presents an analysis of disease etiology (causation) from the perspective of the nutrition of the cell and tissues and details the organic deficiencies and malnutrition caused by the typical modern diet which imbalances our biochemistry. It explains how to recognize these deficiency signs and symptoms and identify good nutritional sources and available forms of dietary supplements for good health.
Instructor: Leonie van Heerden
Nutrition Therapy
This course presents the nutritional intervention strategies, counseling skills, and diet modifications that pertain to disease prevention and treatment of common diseases and disorders. It explains the normal nutrition needs of individuals at various age levels, the assessment of nutritional status, the nutritional values of foods and the appropriate dietary modifications to achieve the healing and clinical effect required by an effective nutrition therapy.
Instructor: Leonie van Heerden
Nutritional Assessment
This course reviews the dietary, clinical, and biochemical components in the assessment of the nutritional status of individuals and groups. It deals with the interrelationships of the nutrients and the effects of varying levels of nutrient intake and provides protocols for all situations, including clinical definitions, causative/ contributory factors, protective factors, assessments, and therapy for each condition.
Instructor: Leonie van Heerden
Nutrition & Chronic Disease
This course explores the pathophysiology of chronic disease related to nutrition (e.g., obesity, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, hypertension, diabetes). It deals with the nutritional risk alterations in relation to public health, individual nutrition, and clinical intervention as well as the medical application of nutrition interventions related to chronic disease prevention and treatment.
Instructor: Daniel Scott Janik
Nutrition in Acute Care
This course explores the assessment of the nutritional demands and hypermetabolic response of trauma, surgery, organ failure, burns, AIDS, and neoplastic disease. It deals with the specialized nutritional support and substrate requirements in the acute care setting as well as the medical application of nutrition interventions related to acute care.
Instructor: Daniel Scott Janik
Nutritional Intervention
This course presents the nutritional therapeutic applications in the prevention and treatment of common diseases and disorders. It describes therapeutic diets, dietary manipulation and supplements to help restoring the normal physiological function and structural integrity of the body and its organs by providing its natural components. It explains strategies, counseling skills, and diet modifications to prevent and manage disease.
Instructor: Leonie van Heerden