• Evaluation of a client’s food & supplement intake.
• Nutritional Deficiencies and Toxicities.
• Designing a program specifically for each client, taking into consideration such factors as height, weight, age, sex, genetics, level of exercise or physical activity, dietary goals, food preferences, sensitivities to specific foods and, dietary habits.
• Recommending food selection and preparation.
• Recommending food supplements(vitamins, minerals, enzymes, glandular concentrates, proteins, essential fatty acids).
• Educating clients about the benefits of a sound nutritional program to encourage the body to heal itself.

Why seek the Services of an RNCP?
Each stage of life requires different Nutritional Needs. Clients may wish guidance in the following areas:

• Healthy Aging or Increasing Nutritional Requirements due to Illness.
• Understanding the consequences of specific food choices.
• Learning how to make choices more appropriate to their needs as related to genetics, lifestyle and health issues.
• Making sense out of conflicting theories of nutrition.
• Family Nutrition, Weight Normalization, Food Intolerances, Sensitivities and Allergies,
• Sports Nutrition, Illness, Pregnancy & Lactation.

What is the main focus of nutritional counseling?
Ultimately, the cells in our bodies are built from the raw materials we eat. The more suitable our food choices are to our specific requirements, the better cell structures we can build.
Since every person is biochemically unique, individual nutritional imbalances and weaknesses must be assessed. An RNCP will introduce new dietary habits, incorporating the latest nutritional breakthroughs, but it may be difficult to achieve optimal health through food alone. In such cases, RNCPs’ are trained to design personalized dietary supplement programs.

Environmental pollution, metal toxicity, micro organism imbalances, and food sensitivities are among other factors that must be considered in constructing a nutritional program.

A visit to an RNCP will be an educational experience where one will learn to make lifestyle changes that will have a long lasting effect on the quality of life. By law, anyone may call themselves a nutritional counsellor, but only those who have thoroughly studied nutrition and have met the requirements of the IONC are granted the RNCP designation. For further information on the International Organization of Nutritional Consultants: www.ionc.org
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IONC
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