Live Healthier Longer: Evidence-based Nutrition
COM HLT X 440
This course evaluates different nutrition and lifestyle habits of places where people are living longer and healthier than the rest of the world.
Online
Starting at $795.00
As few as 11 weeks
4.0
What you can learn.
- Analyze and compare popular fad diets in the U.S.
- Assess nutrition research studies done in 'longevity hotspots' around the world
- Explore how current research can help you analyze and optimize your nutrition
About this course:
Science indicates that health status is determined 30 percent by our genetics and 70 percent by environmental factors, including diet, exercise, and stress. Among these, dietary intake is one of the largest, controllable factors that affects our bodies, minds, and longevity. Around the world in places like Japan, Italy, France, and Switzerland, people are living healthier and longer than the rest of the world. What can we learn from the research done in these “longevity hotspots” to turn the tide on the leading causes of death in the U.S. and across the globe? This course takes a closer look at nutrition and lifestyle factors from longevity hotspots around the world to examine disease-preventive eating patterns across different ethnic groups and provide in-depth analysis and comparison of popular fad diets in the U.S. Topics include outcomes of recent research in calorie restriction and intermittent and periodic fasting to increase healthspan and prevent age-related diseases. The course culminates with a personal dietary intake analysis to help optimize your nutrition.Spring 2021 Schedule
Available Format(s):
These courses are fully online and have no regular meeting times.
Future Offering (Opens February 01, 2021 12:00:00 AM)
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This section has no set meeting times.
Instructor:
Susan C. Kim
379412
Fee:
$795.00
Notes
Full elective course in Fitness Instruction Certificate. Technology/Equipment Requirements: computer with audio capabilities, microphone with USB port, and video camera.
Enrollment deadline: April 2, 2021. Internet access required. Materials required.
Refund Deadline
No refunds after April 02, 2021
Course Requirements
Book:
The Okinawa Program : How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health--And How You Can Too
by Bradley J. Willcox
©2002
Harmony
ISBN 9780609807507
Book:
Diet, Life Expectancy, and Chronic Disease: Studies of Seventh-Day Adventists and Other Vegetarians
by Gary E. Fraser
©2003
Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780195113242
Book:
The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest
by Dan Buettner
©2010
National Geographic
ISBN 9781426207556
(Optional)
Book:
Nutrition, Binder Ready Version: Science and Applications
by Lori A. Smolin
©2016
Wiley
ISBN 9781119495277
Book:
The Longevity Diet: Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight
by Valter Longo
©2018
Avery
ISBN 9780525534075
ISBN 9780735216204
Book:
The End of Illness
ISBN 9781451610192
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