Improving your overall health and wellness is easy with this free online health and nutrition course. This free online course in Human Nutrition is a comprehensive introduction to the role of nutrition in our growth and development throughout our lives. With the huge rise in diet-related illnesses such as obesity, type II diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, we face important choices in terms of food and nutrition on a daily basis. This course will help you make better choices that will ensure good health and wellness.
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Diploma |
| Course Duration | 10-15 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Discuss the various nutrients that provide the essential components for our bodies • Explain the functions of the human digestive system • Discuss in detail the various groups of carbohydrates • Outline three main types of amino acids • Describe the process of protein synthesis, the levels of protein structure and the various protein functions • Discuss the roles fatty acids play as well as the eicosanoid compounds derived from fatty acids • Explain the various carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism pathways • List and describe various vitamins and minerals such as vitamin C, vitamin E and selenium • Describe the structure and functions of antioxidants |
| Course Code | 1267 |
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