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"Josh, you are such an amazing teacher! Your ability to clearly explain and simplify technical pieces is amazing. Working through your courses, I can always count on my questions being answered on the next slide!"
Online professional level certification in advanced functional nutrition and practical strategies for working with your clients.
NOVEMBER 21ST, 2023
Use the power of integrative therapies by bridging the gap between scientific knowledge and practical application.
Master the art of restoring optimal health through targeted interventions involving therapeutic foods, lifestyle modifications, and nutraceutical strategies.
Embark on an in-depth exploration of the intricacies of the body’s systems and learn how to understand the language of the body known as symptomatology.
Stay at the forefront of the field with the latest research, honing your expertise in nutrition and functional medicine, and translating this knowledge into effective clinical application.
introducing
(September 2023 Session)
module 1
Unlock the full potential of your clinical practice and stay at the forefront of the dynamic field of Therapeutic Nutrition and Supplementation.
With a focus on cutting-edge knowledge and practical application, this advanced level course equips you with the expertise to masterfully take your practice and your personal well-being to the next level of optimal health.
Dates: September 7 – October 4, 2023
Class 1: Foundations of Therapeutic Nutrition and Supplementation
Class 2: Minerals and Essential Fatty Acids
Class 3: Glandulars, Protomorphogens, and Amino Acids
Class 4: Enzyme Therapy, Accessory Nutrients, and Drug Interactions
Class 5: Herbal Therapeutics, Medicinal Mushrooms, and Therapeutic Juices
Module 2
In the Digestion and GI Health course you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the digestive system to deepen your knowledge of the intricate processes involved in digestion and gastrointestinal health.
Dates: October 12 – November 8, 2023
Class 1: Anatomy and Physiology
Class 2: Pathophysiology
Class 3: Targeted Interventions For Specific Common Conditions
Class 4: Digestive Healing: An Evidence-Based Approach
module 3
It is estimated that between 25-50% of adults have endocrine imbalances. It is no wonder the numbers are so high when nutritional deficiencies and excesses, reduced physical activity, poor lifestyles, and an increase in environmental toxins are so commonplace. These factors can greatly influence the balance of our hormones.
Hormones are key players in the body’s communication network. They need to be in balance much like all of the instruments in a symphony need to be tuned. When the hormones are “out of tune”, symptoms and disease can ensue such as:
Dates: November 16 – December 13, 2023
Class 1: Advanced Anatomy and Physiology of the Endocrine System
Class 2: Advanced Concepts in Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Management
Class 3: Advanced Assessment and Management of Adrenal Dysfunction and Thyroid Disorders
Class 4: Advanced Strategies for Balancing Sex Hormones and Managing Associated Conditions
module 4
It is becoming more recognized that chemicals play a significant role in everybody’s health. This course emphasizes a two-pronged strategy: first identify and avoid/remove the source of chemicals. And second, facilitate the clearance of toxins that have settled in the body. The only way the clearing can be achieved is with detoxification and biotransformation.
Dates: January 4 – January 31, 2024
Class 1: Understanding the Total Toxic Load
Class 2: The Channels of Elimination and Liver Detoxification
Class 3: In-Depth symptomatology of phase 1 and 2 detoxification
Class 4: Functional Nutrition Strategies for Detoxification
module 5
Mental health and neurological conditions can have multifaceted causes and manifestations, making it difficult to pinpoint the exact underlying factors affecting each individual. Each person may present unique symptoms, making it challenging to develop tailored treatment plans.
In addition, your clients may have coexisting conditions leading to overlapping symptoms and complex interactions. Finding the root cause and creating an effective protocol requires comprehensive assessment and tailored treatment approaches.
In this course, we will examine how to identify a person’s neurological imbalances, and how to restore the health of the nervous system for conditions such as:
Dates: February 8 – March 6, 2024
Class 1: Foundations of Mental Health and Neurology
Class 2: Brain Food and Neurotransmitter Metabolism
Class 3: Addressing Depression and Neuroinflammation
Class 4: Managing Anxiety, Neurodegenerative Disorders, and More
module 6
For certified levels only
The Applied Nutrition in Clinical Practice course offers health professionals a comprehensive training on how to skillfully construct personalized nutritional protocols using a proven 7-step process that has been developed and perfected in my own clinical practice over the last 15+ years.
Designed to address the challenges faced by the clinician who strives to create personalized and client-centered protocols while managing time constraints, this course offers a streamlined approach with a focus on mastering the language of the body, optimizing the research process, protocol creation, the sourcing of relevant research, and providing educational materials for clients.
Includes Your Practice Tool Kit
Key tools for Streamlining Your Practice!
(Certified Practitioner and Advanced Certified Practitioner levels)
Dates: March 21 – April 17, 2024
Here's just a glimpse of what's included in this comprehensive toolkit:
Are you part of a clinic or group, and want to sign up 4 or more people?
Please contact our Admission Advisor at info@joshgitalis.com for more information.
the Canadian Association for Integrative Nutrition (CAIN)
the
Health
Coach Alliance (HCA)
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF NATURAL NUTRITIONAL PRACTITIONERS (CANNP)
International Organization of Nutritional Consultants
This program is offered at three different levels based on the depth of practice you are interested in.
Therapeutic Nutrition and Supplements
Advanced Clinical Focus: Digestion and GI Health
Advanced Clinical Focus: Hormones and Endocrinology
Advanced Clinical Focus: Detoxification and Biotransformation
Advanced Clinical Focus: Neurology and Mental Health
Full transcripts of all pre-recorded classes
Full audio-files of all pre-recorded classes
$2698
Therapeutic Nutrition and Supplements
Advanced Clinical Focus: Digestion and GI Health
Advanced Clinical Focus: Hormones and Endocrinology
Advanced Clinical Focus: Detoxification and Biotransformation
Advanced Clinical Focus: Neurology and Mental Health
Full transcripts of all pre-recorded classes
Full audio-files of all pre-recorded classes
Applied Nutrition In Clinical Practice
Blood Work Intensive Workshop
Functional Lab Testing Workshop
Digital copy of the Blood Test Workbook
3 Case Study Analysis Sessions (Small group coaching)
8 Done-For-You Unbranded Protocol Guides with Monographs
Digital Copy of the Blood Test Workbook
Certification Exam
$5498
Therapeutic Nutrition and Supplements
Advanced Clinical Focus: Digestion and GI Health
Advanced Clinical Focus: Hormones and Endocrinology
Advanced Clinical Focus: Detoxification and Biotransformation
Advanced Clinical Focus: Neurology and Mental Health
Full transcripts of all pre-recorded classes
Full audio-files of all pre-recorded classes
Applied Nutrition In Clinical Practice
Blood Work Intensive Workshop
Functional Lab Testing Workshop
Digital copy of the Blood Test Workbook
3 Case Study Analysis Sessions (Small group coaching)
8 Done-For-You Unbranded Protocol Guides with Monographs
Digital Copy of the Blood Test Workbook
Certification Exam
3 Clinical Sit-In Sessions with Josh Gitalis
3 Debriefing Sessions with Josh Gitalis
3 One-on-One Mentoring Sessions with Josh Gitalis
$7398
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"Josh, you are such an amazing teacher! Your ability to clearly explain and simplify technical pieces is amazing. Working through your courses, I can always count on my questions being answered on the next slide!"
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"Josh presents evidenced-based data in a well-organized, logical, and effective manner and provides plenty of opportunity for feedback and questions to be asked. After taking the GI course, I knew I wanted to complete the certification program-knowing I would walk away better equipped to serve others."
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Josh is almost like a perfectionist whose teaching skills reflect in the Classroom. Even though I’m a pharmacist and have attended various continuing education lessons, I found Josh’s lectures to be amazingly simply and extremely interesting.
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I've taken a number of online courses and Josh's courses surpass them in knowledge, delivery and supported documentation. His course provided up-to-date information that I can use with my current clients and workshop topics. Thank you for providing excellent information.
included for
Blood Work Workshop
Understanding blood work is not as complicated as we believe. We are all able, with minimal training, to read and understand the results of our tests.
In this workshop we will examine:
Functional Lab Testing Workshop
Standard medical testing has been developed to detect end-stage diseases and disorders and acute crisis, and it is exceptional at doing this.
When there are “subclinical” imbalances, and/or if prevention is the goal, standard medical testing falls remarkably short. That is where functional lab testing comes in.
Functional tests look at dysfunction rather than pathology. Some examples are; comprehensive stool analysis, hormone testing, food sensitivity testing, fatty acids profiles, iodine testing, and many more.
In this workshop we will examine:
8 Done-For-You Unbranded Protocol Guides with Monographs
The 8 Done-For-You Unbranded Protocol Guides with Monographs, provides a valuable resource that streamlines your practice and saves you time.
These guides are expertly crafted, comprehensive, and ready-to-use, providing you with well-designed protocols for various health conditions.
You have full control over the protocol templates. You can add things, remove things, or use as is, based on your clients personalized needs.
3x Small group coaching Case Study Analysis Sessions
The Case study analysis sessions provide small group coaching for students at the Certified Practitioner and Advanced Certified Practitioner levels.
During these interactive live classes, Josh Gitalis will share real-life case studies. This will provide you with invaluable insights into the functional nutrition approach and the systematic thought process you’ll learn during the program - enabling you to effectively address the nuances of each individual case.
exclusive
This is an exclusive opportunity to directly learn from Josh Gitalis as he demonstrates the functional nutrition approach through real client interactions. This will include client intake, protocol pick-up sessions, and follow-ups.
His invaluable experience provides a unique glimpse into the practical application of functional nutrition rarely available elsewhere.
Participate in post-clinic debriefing sessions with Josh Gitalis, where you will have the opportunity to integrate your learnings and clinical experiences from each Clinic Sit-In Session, ensuring an understanding of the material and its practical application.
Utilize your dedicated mentoring sessions with Josh to discuss various aspects of your clinical practice and professional growth, including client protocols, practice management, business development, and personal development as a healthcare practitioner.
all levels
Whether you attend the sessions live or catch up on the replay, these interactive mentoring calls offer you a unique opportunity to receive personalized guidance, expert mentoring, and unwavering support throughout your learning journey.
Transcripts are a valuable resource to enhance the learning experience. With transcripts you can efficiently navigate through the course material, build a comprehensive practitioner resource library, and deepen your understanding of the subject matter.
By providing audio files in our online program, we offer our students a dynamic learning experience that engages multiple senses, facilitates deeper comprehension, and enables convenient on-the-go access to our content.
schedule
Attend Live or Go at your own pace
Module 1: Therapeutic Nutrition and Supplements in Practice
Dates: September 7 – October 11, 2023
Module 2: Advanced Clinical Focus: Digestion and GI Health
Dates: October 19 – November 15, 2023
Module 3: Advanced Clinical Focus: Hormones and Endocrinology
Dates: November 23 – December 20, 2023
Module 4: Advanced Clinical Focus: Detoxification and Biotransformation
Dates: January 4 – January 31, 2024
Module 5: Advanced Clinical Focus: Mental Health and Neurology
Dates: February 8 – March 6, 2024
Module 6: Applied Nutrition in Clinical Practice
Dates: March 21 – April 17, 2024
Blood Work Intensive Workshop
Date: April 24, 2024 at 12 pm EDT
The Functional Nutrition Certification program is for you if you are a nutritionist, health coach, culinary nutrition expert, dietitian, naturopathic doctors, medical doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, chiropractor, physiotherapist, personal trainer, yoga teacher, fitness specialist.
Expand your practice to meet the diverse needs of clients with complex health conditions. No longer shy away from opportunities to educate and debate complex cases. In fact, you’ll move beyond generic detox, hormone or weight-loss programs and become renowned for your ability to address the most challenging client cases.
Add nutrition services to your practice to increase client success rates. Our program equips you with cutting-edge knowledge and places the latest scientific research at the core of your practice. With our streamlined evidence-backed protocol development system and clinic resources, you can effortlessly integrate functional nutrition into your clinical practice.
Add in-depth nutrition counseling to your offerings, to maximize client results. Nutrition can provide untapped potential to facilitate faster and more efficient body reshaping, rehabilitation, and repair, for your clients.
You express a strong desire to delve deeper into understanding how the body functions. The vast amount of information available on the internet can be overwhelming, often lacking clarity and coherence.
You feel fatigued from attempting to piece together fragmented knowledge and yearn for reliable, well-organized, and easily comprehensible information based on thorough research. This knowledge would be invaluable to your personal health journey, whether pursued independently or in collaboration with your healthcare team.
Katherine • AdmissionS Advisor
If you have any questions about how investing in the Functional nutrition certification program can benefit you, please call us at 416-895-7335 or email us at info@joshgitalis.com. Katherine, will respond within one business day.
Over 120 hours of video-based content
Over 24 hours of Live Mentoring and Q&A hours
Transcripts and Audio files for all classes
Slides for all courses
Course notebooks/notes
Access to student Facebook group
2-years of unlimited access
Certificate as a Certified Functional Nutrition Coach (CFNC)
Practice Toolkit (questionnaires, forms, handouts, etc.)
Author, nutrition and fitness expert, international speaker, and corporate wellness consultant.
I can't even begin to describe how useful the functional nutrition certification has been in building both my practice and my self-confidence as a nutrition professional.
The Functional Nutrition Certification really dives deep into key areas of health and healing, and provides you with the WHY and the HOW behind the WHAT. After completing this course, I finally have the knowledge and the tools to help me get to the root cause of my client's health concerns and know which key steps to take to support them on their way back to optimal health. Nowhere else have I found a certification that will teach you in detail which functional protocols, specific foods, therapeutic supplements and lifestyle interventions you can use to support specific health conditions and why they work!
I have completed a ton of nutrition certifications, and Josh's is one of the most knowledgeable, intelligent people I have ever learned from. Yet, he has the unique ability to take complicated concepts and make them super easy to understand and fun to learn, which is something that is really rare.
Josh Gitalis Ba(H), CNP, IFMCP
Clinical Nutritionist and Functional Medicine Practitioner
With over 15 years of experience as a clinical nutritionist and functional medicine practitioner, I have dedicated my career to uncovering the origins of disease and developing transformative healing protocols. I firmly believe that the key to unlocking your potential as a practitioner lies in the combination of hands-on experience coupled with continued education.
As an educator, I am passionate about working with health practitioners and clinicians, equipping them with the knowledge and tools they need to understand the root causes of illness and discover effective upstream solutions for acieving their health goals.
My approach to protocol design goes beyond telling my client what to do, I prioritize explaining the "why" behind each recommendation and how it uniquely impacts the body. This is what fosters a therapeutic relationship and invites my clients to re-claim responsibility for their own health outcomes.
Through my Functional Nutrition Certification Program, I empower practitioners to delve deeper, bridging the gap between research and clinical practice to achieve exceptional results with their clients.
our mission
Private Practice
Establishing your own private practice allows you to work one-on-one with clients, offering personalized functional nutrition coaching and guidance.
Online Coaching & Telehealth
With the rise of telehealth and online platforms, Functional Nutrition Health Coaches have the opportunity to offer virtual coaching services to clients worldwide. This allows for flexibility and reaching a larger audience.
Author and Speaker
Writing books, creating online courses, or becoming a public speaker in the field of functional nutrition allows you to share your knowledge and expertise with a wider audience, while establishing yourself as a thought leader.
Integrative Clinics
Many integrative medical clinics or wellness centers employ Functional Nutrition Health Coaches as part of their team. You can collaborate with other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive patient care and support.
Corporate Wellness Programs
Companies are increasingly recognizing the importance of employee well-being. Functional Nutrition Health Coaches can be employed by corporations to develop and implement wellness programs, conduct workshops, and provide individual coaching to improve employee health and productivity.
Healthcare Facilities
Functional Nutrition Health Coaches can work in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, pharmacies, or other healthcare facilities to support patients in their recovery journeys, assist with lifestyle modifications, and provide ongoing guidance.
For practitioners, this is a continuing education certification, to improve their skills as a clinician. It is not a stand-alone accredited program. Most organizations will accept the courses for continuing education credits.
For the Certified Practitioner and Advanced Certified Practitioner, you must complete an open book exam at the end of each module to qualify for certification. There is no final exam for the whole program. A minimum grade of 80% is required to pass each course.
Upon completion of the program and its testing requirements, you will earn a certificate as a Certified Functional Nutrition Coach (CFNC).
For the health enthusiasts, the Honorary level has no testing and is not eligible for certification.
In the Functional Nutrition Certification program, we strive to be leaders in the field, bridging the gap between conventional and holistic health.
Our goal is to share the skills necessary to empower clients to take responsibility for their health and work in therapeutic partnership with you.
Regardless of your current profession, whether you are a medical doctor, nurse, dietitian, health coach, clinician, fitness professional, or a licensed wellness practitioner, having the ability to address a client symptom and reclaim their optimal health, is a crucial skill in advancing the new paradigm of healthcare.
Having said that, the Functional Nutrition certification program is not a licensing program. You will be required to practice within the scope of work of your current profession.
Any lab testing you would recommend to your clients would need to be done within your current scope of practice.
Yes, the Functional Nutrition Certification and individual modules do qualify as continuing education for these organizations.
Each course has an open book exam. There is no final exam for the whole program. The Honorary level has no testing. This is a professional level certification program and will require you to dedicate some time to your studies.
This is what you can expect from each week:
Weekly Module Viewing: 2 hours
Live Mentoring and Q&A: Up to 60 to 90 minutes
Any that is spent beyond this, is up to the participant. You get out as much as you put in!
For our September session, the program runs from September to May.
For our January session, the program runs from January to December with a break in the summer.
Each Thursday a new module and set of videos will be released. You will have 6 days, until the following Wednesday to watch them and prepare any questions for our Live Strean Q&A call.
All of our Live Stream Q&A sessions are held on Wednesdays at 12 pm Eastern Time where we address any question you have about the previous module. You may join us live and come prepared with your questions. Due to the time difference, we realize it may not always be possible to attend live. In this case, you are welcome and encouraged to submit your questions in advance and they will be answered in the live Q&A session.
Weekly Live Stream Q&A sessions are recorded and posted to the portal within 24 hours.
Yes! If you’ve taken any of the courses offered, we will discount your FNC program purchase for the amount of the course(s) you’ve already taken. We do charge a $25 admin fee for each course credit applied. Please email us at info@joshgitalis.com to set this up.
Yes, we offer 3 month and 6 month payment plans for the Honorary, Certified Practitioner and Advance Certified Practitioner levels.
All courses come with downloadable course materials and pre-recorded videos that you can view at your own pace, 24/7.
All live components, including the weekly Live Stream Q&A sessions, the group coaching sessions, and workshops are recorded so that if you are unable to make the session, you can review the material on your own time.
The entire Functional Nutrition Certification Program is offered 100% online. Though content is released week-by-week, the structure of the program affords you the freedom to set your schedule to tune in when it best suits you. This means you can access it from anywhere in the world and study at your own pace while still enjoying the dynamic of engaging with your fellow students.