For Registered Dietitians
Learn about Lifestyle Medicine from a Registered Dietitian's Perspective
Lifestyle Medicine is a medical discipline that many registered dietitians are unaware of. Why? Because it's not a mainstream subject in many RD-training programs... yet!
If you are a Registered Dietitian and want to learn more about Lifestyle Medicine, take some time to explore the AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE's website (click on logo below).
Become a member!
Network with LM certified clinicians and other Registered Dietitians!
Join some of their many interest groups to dive deeper!
Lifestyle Medicine Certification
Consider becoming a Registered Dietitian certified in Lifestyle Medicine!
ACLM offers a Lifestyle Medicine certification course for Registered Dietitians.
Click HERE for more information.
Once you earn the certification you will be invited to join the list of Lifestyle Certified Registered Dietitians on the ACLM website, enabling clients and clinicians to find you via their directory.
Plant-based Nutritional Science
Plant-centric eating is the primary pillar of Lifestyle Medicine.
Below are two opportunities to dive deeper into the subject!
Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition
The Center for Nutrition Studies offers a comprehensive course in the science of eating more plants. The course was designed by Dr. T Colin Campbell, a nutritional biochemist who studied the subject for 60+ years at Cornell University. He's also the author of myth-busting books THE CHINA STUDY, WHOLE: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition, THE FUTURE OF NUTRITION and LOW CARB FRAUD.
I completed this course in March 2017- happy to chat with you about it if you want to know more!
Click HERE for more information.
Master Class in Plant-Based Clinical Nutrition
For practicing clinicians, Moving Medicine Forward (MMF) offers a Master Class in Plant-Based Clinical Nutrition. It's a 12-unit series that places the healing power of plant-based nutrition into the hands of every clinician & health professional who wants to help their patients heal on the deepest levels.
I completed this course in December 2021- happy to chat with you about it if you want to know more!
Click HERE to learn more.
Struggling to help clients change?
Consider learning about BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE!
Your empathetic, caring presence and deep nutritional science background may not be enough to enable your clients to successfully apply the information and make the necessary changes.
Learning the psychology/science of how humans change their behavior - BEHAVIOURAL MEDICINE is the answer!
I took the Wellcoaches training and highly recommend it for learning how to support clients through the process of change. Wellcoaches School of Coaching was the first coaching school for health and wellness professionals, founded in 2000. Wellcoaches works in collaboration with the American College of Sports Medicine, the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and is a first-mover in establishing coaching science in the US.
Here is an overview of the process to become a Certified Health and Well-being Coach and what it means to be a Wellcoach.
I'm happy to talk with you to share my experience......and, if you register, please let them know I referred you (provide my name and personal email address when you register)!
Other Healing Modalities
Want to learn more about some of the other healing modalities out there?
The Institute of Integrated Nutrition's Health Coaching Training Program (HCTP) includes education from experts in a number of healing modalities: Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Bio Hacking, Sound Therapy, Feng Shui, Acupuncture, Somatic Coaching, Longevity/Blue Zone Theories, Meditation, Functional Testing, Psychedelics, Energies, Intermittent Fasting and more. These experts provide their contact information, so if a modality peeks your interest, you'll be able to reach out for a deeper dive!
The course will also help you develop/refine health coaching skills you can use with your clients.
I completed this course in July 2023 - happy to chat with you about it if you want to know more!
Click HERE for more information - and be sure to include this code to get the 45% discount! CAROLWHITAKER20