Name: Nutritional Therapy Diploma
Price: 1995 GBP
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Master plant tinctures are sacred, natural extracts derived from powerful Amazonian plants, each carrying unique healing properties. 

Used traditionally in shamanic practices, these tinctures provide a gentle, yet profound way to heal, release emotional blockages, and restore physical vitality. 

When you purchase these tinctures, you're contributing to the preservation of indigenous traditions as the Medicine Woman who makes them donates 50% of the proceeds to the Shipibo community in Iquitos, the true guardians of these medicines. 

The medicine women who makes them, fasts for 2 days before preparing them to ensure there is no external energy influencing the tinctures. The tinctures are also buried with the plant they are made from for 2 weeks to help strengthen their essence. 

Instructions:
1. Dosage & Absorption
Empty Stomach for Optimal Absorption: Take your tincture on an empty stomach, ideally at least 30 minutes before eating or 2 hours after your last meal. This enhances absorption and allows the plant’s energy to work more directly.
Sublingual Method (Under the Tongue): Place the recommended number of drops directly under your tongue and hold them there for about 1-2 minutes before swallowing. This method allows the plant’s essence to enter your bloodstream more quickly and efficiently.
Swallowing & Following with Water: If needed, you can follow with a sip of water or herbal tea, but avoid strong flavours that might interfere with the plant’s subtle energy.
2. Dietary Considerations
Avoid heavy, overly processed, or highly stimulating foods (e.g., caffeine, sugar, alcohol, or spicy foods) before and after taking the tincture, as they may interfere with the plant’s effects.
Simple, grounding meals such as lightly cooked vegetables, whole grains, and herbal teas, support a clearer connection to the plant.
If fasting or eating lightly while working with the tincture, listen to your body’s signals and adjust as needed.
3. Setting an Intention
Focused Approach: Working with one plant tincture for 1-2 weeks with a clear intention allows for a deeper relationship with the plant’s wisdom. Reflect on what you’re calling in whether it’s emotional healing, clarity, protection, or insight.
Intuitive Use: While structured use can be powerful, you can also work with the tincture as needed, trusting your intuition to guide you. It is safe for daily use if you feel called to it.
Journaling & Reflection: Keeping a small journal can help you track any insights, shifts, or emotions that arise during your work with the plant.
4. Adapting the Experience to You
There’s no rigid rule - some people benefit from structured, intentional work, while others find a more fluid, intuitive approach works best.
Pay attention to how your body, emotions, and energy respond. If you feel resistance or discomfort, pause and reflect on what the plant might be showing you.
Trust your own process and know that the relationship with plant medicine is deeply personal.
By approaching master plant tinctures with respect, presence, and openness, you can allow their wisdom to guide you in a way that best serves your journey. 🌿✨

Delivery
All prices include postage packaging and UK delivery and will be shipped once back I'm back in the UK. Please provide your address when you order. 

Expected delivery date: April 16th-18th 2025. 

AVAILABLE TINCTURES: 
(NB: This is the up to date list and has changed since last year - no other tinctures are available at present.) 

Noya Rao - Noya Rao, known as the Tree of Light or Flying Tree, is a revered master plant that guides us toward balance, harmony, and profound self-awareness. It illuminates the path to inner truth, helping us gain clarity, insight, and a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world around us. By working with this plant, we can develop a more organised and focused mind, sharpening our ability to discern what is real versus what is illusion. Noya Rao is known to activate intuitive capacities, expanding our awareness beyond habitual patterns and revealing unconscious assumptions that shape our perceptions of reality. By bringing these hidden beliefs to light, it empowers us to release limiting perspectives, build courage, and shift our worldview. This process of self-discovery is often accompanied by a sense of lightness, mental sharpness, and alignment with our highest truth. On a spiritual level, Noya Rao is often associated with dreamwork, lucid visioning, and profound states of meditation. It is said to help practitioners connect with the higher realms of consciousness, serving as a bridge between the material and spiritual worlds. By working with this master plant, we are invited to step into a state of greater alignment, authenticity, and wisdom, deepening our journey of transformation.
Chullachaqui - Cordia alliodora
Chullachaqui is a powerful plant ally with deep spiritual intelligence, offering a direct connection to the wisdom of the ancient forest. It is regarded as a guardian and protector, working as a bridge between human consciousness and the vast network of master plant spirits. This great tree is known for its ability to ground and stabilise the mind, making it particularly beneficial for those who experience anxiety, mental restlessness, or a sense of disconnection. Chullachaqui's energy brings the body into deep union with nature, helping to root scattered thoughts and emotions so that we can feel more centered, clear, and present. By settling the nervous system, it allows for a profound sense of calm and balance. Spiritually, Chullachaqui is said to open doorways to the wisdom of other master plants, making it a valuable ally for those working deeply with plant medicine. It enhances receptivity to the teachings of the forest and allows for a more harmonious exchange of knowledge between the plant world and the human spirit. This plant teaches respect, patience, and trust, reminding us that true wisdom is revealed through direct experience and deep listening.
Chiric Sanango Flower - Brunfelsia grandiflora
A powerful Master Plant and member of the nightshade family. The name Chiric means "cold," as this plant is traditionally used to remove cold from the bones, warming the body and relieving tension. It is commonly worked with to treat fevers, alleviate arthritis pain, and enhance circulation, while also being known to increase libido by stimulating vitality and flow. On a deeper level, Chiric Sanango penetrates the nervous and muscular systems, aligning the body's core structure and releasing stored tension. It works directly on the brain and neural pathways, facilitating a kind of neural reset that can promote mental clarity, emotional resilience, and a renewed sense of balance.
Bobinsana Flower - Calliandra Angustifolia
Bobinsana is known as a gentle spirit who heals and opens the heart. Deeply connected to the energies of love, compassion, and emotional resilience, she helps dissolve emotional barriers, fostering greater empathy and deeper connections with oneself, others, and the natural world. Working with Bobinsana can bring heightened clarity, emotional balance, and an expanded sense of oneness, allowing unconditional love to flow more freely. Often associated with lucid and vividly colorful dreams, Bobinsana is known to communicate through the dream space, offering guidance, insights, and emotional healing. She enhances intuition, focus, and spiritual clarity, making her a powerful ally for meditation, inner work, and creative exploration.
Marosa – Mauritia flexuosa
Marosa is a master plant known for awakening deep self-love, beauty, and emotional sensitivity. She works on the heart, softening emotional walls and helping us to reconnect with our vulnerability. Marosa teaches us to embrace love without fear, whether it be romantic, self-love, or universal love, helping us open to deeper relationships while maintaining healthy boundaries.
On an energetic level, she harmonises feminine energy, fostering grace, sensuality, and magnetic presence. She is often used to heal wounds from past relationships, dissolve patterns of unworthiness, and enhance our ability to both give and receive love. Marosa also connects us with our inner beauty, restoring confidence and self-worth. Physically, Marosa has purifying properties, supporting the skin, reproductive system, and circulation. She helps to bring lightness to the body, washing away stagnant energy and emotional burdens that weigh us down.
Achiote - Bixa Orellana 
Achiote, also known as Annatto, is a sacred tree revered for its protective, grounding, and cleansing properties. Traditionally used by Indigenous communities, it is believed to create an energetic shield, guarding against negative influences and psychic disturbances. By clearing energetic noise, Achiote helps strengthen intuition, inner guidance, and connection to ancestral wisdom. It is particularly grounding, offering emotional stability and resilience during times of upheaval. Used in shamanic rituals for protection and purification, Achiote’s bright red pigment has been applied to the body as a form of energetic armor. It is also associated with the heart chakra, supporting emotional balance and strengthening personal boundaries. 
Piñon Colorado - Jatropha Gossypiifolia
Piñon Colorado is a potent master plant known for its ability to release heavy energies from the body, clearing stagnation from the organs and energetic field. Traditionally used to purge old memories, emotional blockages, and dense vibrations, it works on a subtle yet powerful level, helping to restore balance and lightness. Beyond its cleansing properties, Piñon Colorado is also revered for its protective qualities, often used to shield against negative influences, energetic damage, and the evil eye. Many turn to this plant for spiritual fortification, creating a barrier against unwanted energies while reinforcing personal strength and resilience. The tincture is best taken sublingually, holding the drops under the tongue for 1-2 minutes before swallowing. With its ability to both purify and protect, Piñon Colorado is a valuable ally for those seeking deep energetic renewal and spiritual safeguarding. 
Ajo Sacha - Mansoa Alliacea
Ajo Sacha is a powerful activator of life force energy, awakening our sexual energy, kundalini, and inner strength. It enhances our connection to self, helping us move through life without fear, without limits, and with a deep sense of purpose. By revitalising the body and mind, Ajo Sacha strengthens resilience and endurance, making it an invaluable ally during times of challenge and transformation. This plant is known for summoning the energy of the warrior spirit (Sinchi Medicina), instilling the qualities of righteousness, love, and truth as we navigate our personal and spiritual paths. It teaches us to stand firmly in our power, to move with integrity, and to face obstacles with unwavering strength.On an energetic level, Ajo Sacha is a potent spiritual cleanser, burning away everything that does not belong to us. It is particularly effective in removing panema, the dense, negative energies that weigh us down, cloud our clarity, and prevent us from progressing in life. By clearing these blockages, Ajo Sacha restores a sense of lightness, motivation, and momentum, allowing us to move forward with renewed vitality.
Lupuna Blanca - Ceiba pentandra 
Lupuna Blanca is one of the most revered master trees of the Amazon, embodying strength, wisdom, and spiritual expansion. This mighty tree is known for its towering presence, and its medicine carries the same qualities—offering us the ability to rise above limiting beliefs, expand our consciousness, and step into our full power. Lupuna Blanca works by helping us release deep-seated fears and conditioning that keep us small. It clears energetic blockages, strengthens the spirit, and enhances our connection to divine wisdom. This plant teaches us to hold our space with confidence, helping those who struggle with self-doubt, insecurity, or fear of stepping into leadership roles. On a physical level, Ceiba pentandra is a powerful ally for the immune system, offering protective and fortifying effects that strengthen overall vitality. It is also deeply grounding, bringing stability to those who feel overwhelmed, scattered, or disconnected from their purpose.
Tamamuri - Brosimum Acutifolium
Tamamuri is a powerful plant ally for deep purification and detoxification, working on both the physical and energetic levels to cleanse and restore balance. Traditionally used to eliminate toxins from the body, it is particularly known for supporting the liver, kidneys, and circulatory system. By enhancing the body's natural detoxification processes, it promotes overall vitality and well-being. Beyond its physical benefits, Tamamuri is also an energetic cleanser, helping to release trauma, negative emotions, and stagnant energy held in the body. Many who work with this plant experience a profound emotional reset, as it clears deeply embedded patterns and opens the space for renewal and lightness. It is especially helpful for those feeling weighed down by past experiences, grief, or emotional stagnation.
Renaquilla - Clusia osea Jacq
Renaquilla is revered for its ability to heal and harmonise relationships, particularly those between partners, family members, and close connections. Its medicine teaches unity, understanding, and emotional reconciliation, making it a powerful ally for those seeking to mend or strengthen bonds. Whether used to navigate conflicts, restore trust, or deepen emotional intimacy, Renaquilla works by dissolving energetic blockages that create distance or miscommunication. On a deeper level, this plant helps individuals see their own emotional patterns more clearly, revealing the wounds and conditioning that shape their relationships. By bringing these unconscious dynamics to light, Renaquilla supports self-awareness and emotional growth, allowing for more authentic connections. It encourages open-hearted communication, vulnerability, and forgiveness, making space for true healing. The tincture is best taken with a clear intention, either before a difficult conversation, meditation, or reflection on relational challenges. Some find it especially beneficial during relationship rituals or ceremonies, as it fosters emotional openness and mutual understanding. By working with Renaquilla, one can cultivate a deeper sense of connection, harmony, and love in relationships.
Chuchuhuasi - Maytenus spp.
Chuchuhuasi is a highly respected master plant, known for its ability to build physical, mental, and spiritual strength. Traditionally used to fortify the body, it is often sought after for its anti-inflammatory properties, pain-relieving effects, and ability to increase endurance and stamina. Many indigenous communities use Chuchuhuasi to support joint and muscle health, especially for those who experience chronic pain or physical fatigue. Beyond its physical benefits, this plant is considered a strict but powerful teacher, guiding individuals to cultivate resilience, perseverance, and inner strength. It is particularly beneficial during times of challenge, transformation, or deep personal work, helping one remain steadfast, disciplined, and unwavering on their path. Its medicine teaches that true strength comes not from force but from consistency, commitment, and alignment with one's purpose. The tincture is best taken over an extended period, as its effects accumulate with regular and intentional use. It can be especially supportive for those feeling exhausted, ungrounded, or lacking direction, as it helps to restore energy, determination, and focus. By working with Chuchuhuasi, one learns the art of endurance, patience, and unwavering dedication, both in the physical and spiritual realms.
Hubos - Spondias mombin 
Hubos is a revered grandmother plant, known for its profound ability to nourish, heal, and purify both the physical body and energetic field. Traditionally used for cleansing the blood and supporting the uterus, it is particularly beneficial for women’s health, aiding in menstrual regulation, postpartum recovery, and overall reproductive wellness. Beyond the womb, Hubos also works on the organs and circulatory system, helping to detoxify and restore balance to the body’s core systems. On an energetic level, Hubos is a powerful ally in the healing of deep-seated trauma and emotional wounds. It has a unique ability to access the memories stored within the body, bringing awareness to unresolved pain and gently guiding its release. Many who work with Hubos experience a profound sense of emotional cleansing, as it dissolves blockages and clears stagnant energies. It is particularly helpful for those seeking to let go of ancestral trauma, past emotional burdens, or subconscious patterns that no longer serve them. The tincture is best taken with a clear and intentional mindset, allowing the plant’s wisdom to work through the layers of physical and energetic imprints. 
Tanti Rao - Justicia pectoralis
Tanti Rao is a gentle yet powerful plant teacher that brings deep peace, energetic alignment, and emotional clarity. Known for its ability to calm the nervous system and balance emotions, it is often used in plant medicine work to help those struggling with anxiety, overthinking, and emotional turbulence. On a spiritual level, Justicia pectoralis enhances awareness, helping us tune into the subtle energies within and around us. It brings clarity to the mind, allowing us to see situations from a place of neutrality rather than reaction. This plant is often used to cleanse and realign the energy field, removing blockages and restoring the natural flow of energy in the body. Physically, Tanti Rao supports the heart and circulatory system, promoting relaxation and emotional equilibrium. It is an excellent plant for those seeking inner harmony, deeper self-awareness, and a sense of lightness in their journey.
Aya Vine - Banisteriopsos Caapi
The Aya vine is a sacred Amazonian plant revered for its profound spiritual and healing properties. Used traditionally by indigenous tribes in ceremonial practices, the vine is believed to open pathways to greater self-awareness, emotional healing, and spiritual awakening. It works as a potent ally in clearing deep-rooted emotional blockages, bringing suppressed fears, traumas, and negative patterns to the surface for release and transformation. Beyond emotional and psychological healing, Ayahuasca vine is known for its capacity to deepen one’s connection to intuition, inner guidance, and the natural world. Please note this product is just made from the vine and does not contain DMT. This tincture provides a gentle yet powerful way to connect with the essence of Ayahuasca in a more accessible, non-psychoactive form. Regular use can help align you with your higher purpose, calm your nervous system, and bring a sense of peace and harmony to your life.
Ayahuasca Vine is contraindicated for persons taking anti-depression or anxiety medications. Typical protocols require a person to be off these medications for at least three months prior to consuming Ayahuasca in any form, including vine tincture. Please note the Ayahuasca vine is just a MAOI and does not contain any psychoactive substances. 


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This course provides in-depth guidance on how nutrition influences diabetes management. Learn practical strategies to regulate blood sugar and improve overall health.

1/2 day course (face to face classroom)
Learn about diabetes
Learn how food affects blood sugar levels
Learn how many calories you actually need
Learn about food labeling and how to use this information to improve your blood sugar levels
Session Contents
Introduction to Diabetes and Relevant Statistics.
What is Diabetes, Different Types of Diabetes, Risk Factors for Diabetes
Affects of uncontrolled Diabetes on the Body
Diabetes Blood Sugar Control
Type 2 Remission
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and Energy Expenditure
How sugars break down
Food Labelling
Essential Nutrients
Balanced Diet
How to Apply this Knowledge in Daily Life
Who Is This Course For?
People newly diagnosed with diabetes
Individuals managing diabetes
Health-conscious individuals focused on prevention
Healthcare professionals and nutritionists
Benefits of this Course:
Expert-led, research-backed information
Practical, real-life meal planning tips
Science-based strategies to improve health
Run with a fully qualified Nutritionist

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Are you looking to create sustainable eating habits that will improve your physique, energy levels and all around health? If you've struggled with yoyo dieting in the past and don't know where to start this is the course for you. Forget about trying the latest juice cleanse, detox, tea diets, celebrity endorsed products, quick fixs which will have you putting the weight back on. 

Instead join this course and I will help you create a healthy and nutritious lifestyle that is sustainable and will have you feeling great. The skills and knowledge that you will learn in this course will be tailored to you and it is something that you can stick with for the rest of your life. 

This course will have a maxiumu of 8 people on it. We will create a community of support with weekly checkins, one to one coaching and a nutrition plan that is tailored to each individuals needs. Yes each individual will have their own program but we will support each other through the 12 weeks together which will help with accountability and support. 

You will be amazed at just how effetive making healthier changes to your diet can be and the long term sustainable eating habits this will create. 

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12 week nutrition transformation. One to one and group support via live webinars and at home preparation. Get your health goals back on track with this guided nutrition course. 

12- Week Nutrition Transformation Course 

LEARN HOW TO BECOME A WEIGHT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT WITH THE CLIENT'S HEALTH & WELLBEING AT THE CORE.





A MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR
As you enter into this study, I want you to be fully aware of what lies before you. If you save people from overweight, you will also increase life-expectancy and/or prevent the onset of serious debilitating diseases. There will also be those clients whose life has been long limited in a psychological sense and you will be able to help them to restore their sense of verve and vitality so they can again live life to the fullest extent. This will be done through learning special expertise both technically and in person-to-person relations. With these words of encouragement, I warmly welcome you to this course of study where the amount of potential job satisfaction is incalculable.

DR. LAWRENCE PLASKETT





Course Duration
12 months
Study Hours
200 hours
Course Content
13 sections
Course Fee
£475



Course Overview
The Plaskett Weight Management Consultancy course will provide you with a detailed, systematic and scientifically-based training, fuller than any other we know of in the field. It will enable you to practise as a well-informed Weight Management Consultant and most importantly, you will be able to help and support individuals in their quest to lose weight whilst maintaining health and well-being.
Learn the Basic Elements of Nutrition
You will gain an understanding of the basic elements of nutrition with a focus on the key nutrients in order to avoid deficiencies when working with weight loss clients.
Create Individualised Weight Loss Programmes
You will develop the confidence to be able to make informed choices from a wide span of weight loss options and avoid the use of rigidly fixed methods, thereby delivering programmes best suited to individual needs.
Become a Skilled Adviser
You will learn the skills to be able to counsel on a one-to-one basis, we believe that this favours the resolution of individual circumstances and problems. You will receive the training to see your clients through every stage of the process, thereby maximising their chances of success.
Expand Practice of Current Health Professionals
In addition to those wanting to set up practice as a Weight Management Consultant, this course is ideally suited to current health & fitness professionals looking to enhance their practice.



BREAKDOWN OF THE COURSE SECTIONS
The Weight Management Consultancy Diploma includes the following 13 sections:
SECTION 1
BASIC SCIENCE SUPPORT
Whilst our main concern will be with weight loss, we need to understand some of the basic aspects of nutrition. These deal with the key nutrients that we have to control to reduce weight. They will also help us to understand how to lose weight without developing deficiencies. 
In Section 1, we begin the study of nutrients and foods by looking at the main bulk nutrients that our diets contain: protein, carbohydrate and fat. Before one can consider individual vitamins and minerals, one has to know about the nutrients that make up most of our diets, namely the bulk nutrients. These are the suppliers of food energy and ultimately help to decide an individual's size. You will need to understand these so as to manipulate them with skill. 
Areas Covered
What are the bulk nutrients?
Chemical elements contained in the bulk nutrients
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Fibre
Fats
The energy reserve role of fat
The lipoproteins of the blood
SECTION 2
UNDERSTANDING THE FIELD & NATURE OF THE PROBLEM
This section introduces the basic ideas of the training. The purpose of this course of training is to enable the student to help others who are overweight or obese to lose weight, and to do so in a professional manner. At the same time, it aims to motivate you and empower you to set up a practice as a ‘Weight Management Consultant’ that will lead to your gaining a good reputation in this field, developing a panel of satisfied clients and bringing you both status and income. 
Since losing weight is not easy, one has to be aware of all the different methods and ramifications that are a part of this intriguing subject. The professionalism comes from knowing a number of different “ways in” to help the clients and also from being able to develop awareness of the individuality of each client.
This will put you in a position to find the best and most successful route to weight loss for each person who consults you. This will mean giving individual advice, not just the same advice to everyone. By recognising individuality we earn the client’s trust and appreciation and we also increase the chances of achieving the fullest possible success by being in a position to find individual solutions to each client’s problem.
Areas Covered
The aims of the work
The clients’ motives
The clients themselves
The clients’ knowledge of nutrition
The place of psychology
The arithmetical equation of body weight
Ways of working
Getting fat is all too easy – we review how it happens
Definition and classification: criteria for weight normality
SECTION 3
THE THEORY OF THE CAUSES OF OVERWEIGHT & OBESITY
In this section we explore 'The Theory of what Causes Overweight and Obesity'. We look at the underlying reasons for this current epidemic scale of the problem in developed societies throughout the world. Understanding this will give you an insight into what needs to be done.
The Weight Management Consultant clearly needs to understand as fully as possible the causes of obesity in order to be able to formulate good advice. It is necessary to understand that, although the ultimate cause is always eating more than the body requires, that factor is modified by many subsidiary factors.
One, that always interests clients, is whether or not one may be predisposed by one’s inheritance to put on and retain weight, so we deal with this question.
Areas covered
Relative effect of genetics and environment
Hormonal disturbance in obesity
Slower than normal rates of energy expenditure
The role of fat cells
Role of the enzyme lipoprotein lipase
SECTION 4
THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF EXCESS WEIGHT
It is well known that being overweight or obese increases the chances of contracting chronic illnesses. This section examines the types of illnesses involved and the way that their incidence is affected by body weight.
From the standpoint of a Weight Management Consultant, the use of this information is to present clearly the vital benefits that your work can bring to your clients in terms of freedom from illness. This knowledge can augment your job satisfaction, especially when you can see the client’s health condition improving as weight comes down. That can be expected to happen sometimes, but of course not always.
So, potentially this information can serve to inform your clients about the degree to which slimming down from an overweight or obese condition can help them to avoid very negative health consequences. By passing on parts of this data to some carefully selected clients, you may perhaps either improve their flagging motivation, or increase their satisfaction level with their early results or with the efforts they are making.
Areas covered
The connection between overweight and ill health
The risk of early death
Illness and death from cardiovascular disease
Illness and death from diabetes mellitus
Illness and death from hypertension
Illness and death from respiratory problems
Illness and death from gallbladder disease
Illness and immobility from arthritis
Illness from gout
Illness and death from cancer
SECTION 5
FIRST PRINCIPLES OF CORRECTING EXCESS WEIGHT
In this section we approach the practical side of the Weight Management Consultant’s job.
The greatest skill required of the Consultant is that of formulating the advice in a way that combines efficacy with client acceptability. The mistake most often made in the approach to weight reduction is to employ only one method yet in pursuing reduction in a person’s weight, it is best to come at the problem from multiple angles simultaneously.
The person’s diet may well have to be the first and foremost approach however, the main alternative approaches involve several different ways of preventing excess food materials from being stored, leading to overweight. 
If control of the diet is the only method one employs, then so much depends upon strict dietary control that the will and the motivation of the client may be too severely tested. However, an approach in which dietary control takes pride of place, but is supported by a number of other approaches, is more likely to find client acceptability and is therefore more likely, ultimately, to be successful.
In this section we list these “prevention of storage” approaches before dealing more fully with the diet.
Areas covered
Strategy of weight control
Reduction of food intake
The use of balanced hypocaloric diets
Strategies for reducing food intake in practice
Using foods intended to increase metabolic rate
Mixtures of the various strategies
SECTION 6
REDUCING WEIGHT THROUGH DIET & DIETARY COMPOSITION
The principal purpose of this section is to understand the scope that we have to reduce food calories in the diet without necessarily reducing the total weight of food consumed. It looks closely at understanding and measuring food energy.
Working in this way with diet is kindest to the clients and makes fewer demands upon their efforts and their will to succeed.
Areas covered
Understanding food energy
The make-up of daily diets
What does the body have to do with tis energy?
Water content of foods
The differing energy contents of food dry matter
Substituting low-calorie for high-calorie foods
The first stage of calorie reduction
Combining diet with exercise
A further stage of calorie reduction
SECTION 7
SELECTING INDIVIDUAL FOODS 

The previous section talks mainly about the first principles of reducing calorie intake while keeping the weight of daily food dry matter level. This is done mainly by varying the extent to which each food class contributes to the overall diet; we simply reduce the proportions of those food classes with the higher calorie content.
This section now looks within food classes to pick out those foods that, individually, have lower calorie content than the average for foods within the class concerned and make the best contribution to an individual client’s diet. This is a further step to calorie reduction without loss of food bulk.
Areas covered
Different foods within any given class have different calorific values
Choosing foods within food classes for calorie reduction
Specific recommendations for individual foods within each class
Care needed in using the information
Calorie contents of the “more suitable foods”
Dietary results from substituting individual foods
The necessary provision of dietary fat
The quality of dietary protein
The quantity of dietary protein
Choosing foods for overall dietary suitability
SECTION 8
BUILDING YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF FOODS INTO DIETS

In the Sections that have gone before, we have noted several key strategies aimed at reducing the client’s intake of calories.
This section gets down to the key job of building and structuring a diet to help each particular client - the aim now is to address the actual prescribing of diets to enable you to build upon the principles already learned and to give the client a workable diet that can achieve his or her aims.
Areas Covered
The adjusting and re-balancing of the food classes
Calculating the food replacements
Targeting individual foods
SECTION 9
FIRST LOOK AT CONDUCTING CONSULTATIONS

This section takes you through managing the consultation, helping you to structure the activity to provide a satisfactory experience for your clients. This is the basis for a good approach to weight reduction. 
The section culminates in the provision of example diet sheets with guidelines according to food classes and guidelines according to mealtimes and considers the benefits of both.
Areas Covered
The consultant’s surroundings and manner
Direction of the early conversation
Collection of the dietary data
Weight-loss ideas come to you during the data collection
Identifying the largest food contributions to overweight
Balancing the food classes
Writing down the guidelines
Substitution of individual foods
Reduction in the food bulk eaten
Integrating the entire diet
Example diet sheets

SECTION 10
COUNTING CALORIES. BENEFITS OF EXERCISE. THE KETO DIET.

In section 10 we cover the method of calculating the calories in everyday life. We look at the benefits of exercise for suitable clients and discuss more specific diets such as the ketogenic diet. 
Areas Covered
Calculating the calories
The benefits of exercise
The ketogenic diet
SECTION 11
PROMOTING GOOD HEALTH. UNDERSTANDING DRUG TREATMENTS. FOLLOW-UP GUIDELINES.

Brings us to the section where we set about designing slimming programmes that are not only effective at weight loss, but also promote good health. To give you an insight into the potential problems, we also look at the drug treatments given for overweight by doctors. We also take you through the guidelines for follow-ups after the first consultation.
Areas Covered
Slimming programmes to promote good health
Understanding drug treatments for overweight
Follow-up guidelines
SECTION 12
USE OF SUPPLEMENTS TO PROMOTE LOSS OF WEIGHT

This section deals with non-food substances, or supplements that with help with weight loss. It looks at how they actually achieve this and discuss their effectiveness and safety implications for the individual. These include some micronutrients, herbs, enzyme inhibitors and sequestering agents.
Areas Covered
Inhibition of fat absorption
Changing body composition
Substances encouraging increased thermogenesis
Appetite suppressants
Enzyme inhibition
Prevention of fat synthesis
Nutrients that may accelerate metabolism
Appendix 1 – some abstracts of key articles
Appendix 2 – summary of modes of action
SECTION 13
MANAGING

This rather substantial last section deals with a fuller and final part on “Managing the Consultations”. This further develops your consultation skills and objective setting in weight management practice.
It also addresses the tricky question of compliance and weight regain and how to avoid it.
Finally, it looks at “Running your Practice as a Business” to ensure that you have a grasp of the business principles that you will need.
Areas Covered
Managing the consultations – basic methodology
Note on progressive reduction in energy needs
Construction of the overall prescription – different components
Running your practice as a business
Appendix (more about why the slimming process slows down)



TESTIMONIALS
Here's what students have to say about the course
Mrs E. Marriott
UK
“The Plaskett course in Weight Management Consultancy has been a really good introduction into the importance of nutrition and balancing food groups to make up a healthy diet plan for those who are obese and wishing to lose weight. It would be good if you want to do it for your own understanding or if you are looking for a step into a professional qualification or practicing yourself. The tutors communicate with you and give you detailed feedback on assignments and the work is achievable within a year, quicker if your apply yourself. There is a lot of information in the course surrounding basic nutrients, composition of foods and on how to set up and run your own practice”.

Plaskett International

Weight Management Consultancy Diploma

Full Price

1/8 Instalment

<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This course is suited to those who are involved in the planning, provision, and assistance of meals for those in care. It provides a solid insight into the basics of good nutrition as well as providing practical guidance for how to put these into practice within a care setting. Learners will also look briefly at Food Hygiene.<br id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This subject forms standard 8 in The Care Certificate.</p><h2 id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What will I learn on this course?</h2><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Identify internal and external factors that can affect a person&rsquo;s diet and fluid intake</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Recognise Deficiency effects on the person</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Discuss what is meant by undernourishment and dehydration</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The importance of Hydration</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Staffs&rsquo; role and responsibilities in maintaining nutrition and wellbeing in their service users</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What is meant by the term &ldquo;eating for health&rdquo;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Identify five food groups needed for a healthy diet</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Five nutrients required to maintain health and wellbeing</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Awareness of supporting professionals and eating aids available</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Understand basic Digestion</li></ul>

This course is suited to those who are involved in the planning, provision, and assistance of meals for those in care. It provides a solid insight into the basics of good nutrition as well as providing practical guidance for how to put these into practice within a care setting. Learners will also look briefly at Food Hygiene.
This subject forms standard 8 in The Care Certificate.
What will I learn on this course?
Identify internal and external factors that can affect a person’s diet and fluid intake
Recognise Deficiency effects on the person
Discuss what is meant by undernourishment and dehydration
The importance of Hydration
Staffs’ role and responsibilities in maintaining nutrition and wellbeing in their service users
What is meant by the term “eating for health”
Identify five food groups needed for a healthy diet
Five nutrients required to maintain health and wellbeing
Awareness of supporting professionals and eating aids available
Understand basic Digestion

Prima Cura Training

Health & Social Care

Social Care

This course is suited to those who are involved in the planning, provision, and assistance of meals for those in care. It provides a solid insight into the basics of good nutrition as well as providing practical guidance for how to put these into practice within a care setting. Learners will also look briefly at Food Hygiene.
This subject forms standard 8 in The Care Certificate.

Nutrition & Hydration Awareness 

<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Come and learn the basics of nutrition in this fun, informative online course.</p><hr fr-original-style="" style="border-color: var(--border-muted); border-style: solid; clear: both; break-after: page; user-select: none; box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The modules covered include</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65);">In this 10 lesson course, you will learn</span></p><ol fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Common food intolerances</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The importance of drinking water</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Blood sugar balancing and food</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The importance of nutrition with hormones</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Myth busting on the popular diets including alkaline, blood group diet and veganism</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What are macronutrients</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What are micronutrients</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Reading food labels</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Understanding NOVA &ndash; the processed food categorisation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Further studying options</li></ol><h2 style="color: rgb(76, 150, 155); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(76, 150, 155);">Learning Objectives</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Your takeaways from the Introduction to Nutrition course will include the ability to:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Understand a macronutrient and a micronutrient</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Critique 5 popular diets</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Know why drinking water is important</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Be able to read a food label</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Describe why food intolerances are important</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Explain the NOVA categories</li></ul><hr fr-original-style="" style="border-color: var(--border-muted); border-style: solid; clear: both; break-after: page; user-select: none; box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><iframe title="Free Introduction to Nutrition Course" width="1060" height="596" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8WYFdzi7-3s?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span></iframe></p><p></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p>

Come and learn the basics of nutrition in this fun, informative online course.



The modules covered include
In this 10 lesson course, you will learn
Common food intolerances
The importance of drinking water
Blood sugar balancing and food
The importance of nutrition with hormones
Myth busting on the popular diets including alkaline, blood group diet and veganism
What are macronutrients
What are micronutrients
Reading food labels
Understanding NOVA – the processed food categorisation
Further studying options
Learning Objectives
Your takeaways from the Introduction to Nutrition course will include the ability to:
Understand a macronutrient and a micronutrient
Critique 5 popular diets
Know why drinking water is important
Be able to read a food label
Describe why food intolerances are important
Explain the NOVA categories










The College of Functional Wellness

Kinesiology

Free Introduction to Nutrition Course

<div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease (2-Day Course)</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course Description:</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">BBO Training has responded to numerous requests for a course focused on cardiovascular disease, following the success of our previous courses, such as Introductions to COPD/Asthma/Diabetes and Minor Illness. In response, we have developed a comprehensive two-day agenda on this critical subject.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">These days are designed to provide a holistic approach to cardiovascular diseases, encompassing Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Stroke, Heart Failure, and Hypertension. Participants will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to perform annual reviews for patients with these conditions.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This course is particularly well-suited for Nurse Associates, Practice Nurses, Nurse Practitioners (NPs), Emergency Nurse Practitioners (ENPs), Paramedics, and Pharmacists. Dr. Tamara Cunningham, an experienced GP Trainer, will lead these interactive online sessions.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Day One</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">09.15 - Coffee and Registration</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">09.30 - Introduction and Course Objectives</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">09.45 - Setting the Scene:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;- Screening, Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Symptoms</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">10.30 - Q-Risk Assessment</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">10.45 - Coffee Break</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">11.00 - Diet &amp; Cardiovascular Disease:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;- Healthy Eating</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;- Range of Dietary Approaches</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;- Weight Management Services (PH25)</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">11.45 - Benefits of Activity for Cardiovascular Disease</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">12.30 - Lunch</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">01.30 - Hypertension - A Review of NICE Guidelines (NG136):</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;- Targets</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;- Risk Assessment</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;- Medications</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;- Assessing Target Organ Damage</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">02.45 - Lipid Modification - A Review of Nice Guidelines (NG181):</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;- How Lipids Affect Cardiovascular Risk</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03.15 - Case Studies</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03.30 - Action Plan, Evaluation, and Resources</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03.45 - Close</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Day Two</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">09.15 - Coffee and Registration</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">09.30 - Heart Failure - How to Perform a Safe Annual Review (NG106)</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">10.45 - Coffee Break</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">11.00 - CHD - Performing an Annual Review and Including Assessment of Angina</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">12.30 - Lunch</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">01.30 - Stroke - Secondary Prevention and Management of Long-Term Complications</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">02.30 - Case Studies - Group Work to Consolidate Learning</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03.30 - Competencies, Training, and Resources</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03.45 - Close</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Key Learning Outcomes for Both Days:</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1. Explain the basic physiology of cardiovascular disease.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">2. Perform risk assessments with patients and discuss modifiable factors such as diet and exercise.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">3. Describe the targets for blood pressure and cholesterol and how these affect primary and secondary prevention of CVD.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">4. Describe the basic anti-hypertensive and cholesterol-lowering medications involved in CVD.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">5. Name the major complications that may arise in people with a long duration of CVD and measures that may limit or prevent them.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">6. Describe the key advice to patients regarding Heart Failure and recognition of when to escalate/refer.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">7. Perform a safe review for stroke, CHD, and HF, recognizing how to work within your professional limits and when to signpost.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">8. Provide examples of referral pathways to other services, e.g., weight management, secondary care, activity, and psychological services.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">9. Explain the key components and process of an annual review and a self-management plan.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Join us for this comprehensive 2-day course via Zoom and enhance your ability to provide effective cardiovascular disease care within primary care settings.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p>

Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease (2-Day Course)Course Description:BBO Training has responded to numerous requests for a course focused on cardiovascular disease, following the success of our previous courses, such as Introductions to COPD/Asthma/Diabetes and Minor Illness. In response, we have developed a comprehensive two-day agenda on this critical subject.These days are designed to provide a holistic approach to cardiovascular diseases, encompassing Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Stroke, Heart Failure, and Hypertension. Participants will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to perform annual reviews for patients with these conditions.This course is particularly well-suited for Nurse Associates, Practice Nurses, Nurse Practitioners (NPs), Emergency Nurse Practitioners (ENPs), Paramedics, and Pharmacists. Dr. Tamara Cunningham, an experienced GP Trainer, will lead these interactive online sessions.Day One09.15 - Coffee and Registration09.30 - Introduction and Course Objectives09.45 - Setting the Scene: - Screening, Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Symptoms10.30 - Q-Risk Assessment10.45 - Coffee Break11.00 - Diet & Cardiovascular Disease: - Healthy Eating - Range of Dietary Approaches - Weight Management Services (PH25)11.45 - Benefits of Activity for Cardiovascular Disease12.30 - Lunch01.30 - Hypertension - A Review of NICE Guidelines (NG136): - Targets - Risk Assessment - Medications - Assessing Target Organ Damage02.45 - Lipid Modification - A Review of Nice Guidelines (NG181): - How Lipids Affect Cardiovascular Risk03.15 - Case Studies03.30 - Action Plan, Evaluation, and Resources03.45 - CloseDay Two09.15 - Coffee and Registration09.30 - Heart Failure - How to Perform a Safe Annual Review (NG106)10.45 - Coffee Break11.00 - CHD - Performing an Annual Review and Including Assessment of Angina12.30 - Lunch01.30 - Stroke - Secondary Prevention and Management of Long-Term Complications02.30 - Case Studies - Group Work to Consolidate Learning03.30 - Competencies, Training, and Resources03.45 - CloseKey Learning Outcomes for Both Days:Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:1. Explain the basic physiology of cardiovascular disease.2. Perform risk assessments with patients and discuss modifiable factors such as diet and exercise.3. Describe the targets for blood pressure and cholesterol and how these affect primary and secondary prevention of CVD.4. Describe the basic anti-hypertensive and cholesterol-lowering medications involved in CVD.5. Name the major complications that may arise in people with a long duration of CVD and measures that may limit or prevent them.6. Describe the key advice to patients regarding Heart Failure and recognition of when to escalate/refer.7. Perform a safe review for stroke, CHD, and HF, recognizing how to work within your professional limits and when to signpost.8. Provide examples of referral pathways to other services, e.g., weight management, secondary care, activity, and psychological services.9. Explain the key components and process of an annual review and a self-management plan.Join us for this comprehensive 2-day course via Zoom and enhance your ability to provide effective cardiovascular disease care within primary care settings.



BBO Training

Clinical

Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease

<div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Introduction to Diabetes (2-Day Course)</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course Description:</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">These two days of comprehensive training are designed for nurses, nurse associates, pharmacists, paramedics, and other Allied Healthcare Professionals (AHPs), and experienced healthcare assistants (HCAs) who are new to or fairly new to the field of diabetes care. If you&#39;ve recently started seeing patients with diabetes, or are planning to; this course is tailored to provide you with the fundamental knowledge and skills required to confidently care for individuals with diabetes. The primary focus is on adults with Type 2 diabetes, although key recommendations and signposting for patients with Type 1 diabetes will also be covered.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Diabetes presents a significant healthcare challenge, costing the NHS &pound;10 billion each year and impacting patients and their families. Primary care professionals play a pivotal role in managing the ever-increasing numbers of people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Good diabetes care is crucial and aligns with national and local policies supported by robust NICE guidance.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">These interactive days of learning will incorporate various methods, including case studies, to help you progress from basic knowledge to a more confident and positive approach in reviewing and managing patients with diabetes.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Day One</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">09.15 - Coffee and Registration</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">09.30 - Introduction and Course Objectives</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">09.45 - Setting the Scene:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;&nbsp;- Screening, Diagnosis, and Pre-Diabetes</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;&nbsp;- Pathophysiology and Symptoms</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;&nbsp;- Remission in Type 2 Diabetes</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">10.45 - Coffee Break</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">11.00 - Diet &amp; Diabetes:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;&nbsp;- Healthy Eating</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;&nbsp;- Carbohydrate Awareness</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;&nbsp;- Range of Dietary Approaches</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;&nbsp;- Weight Management Services</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">01.00 - Lunch</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">02.00 - Benefits of Activity</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">02.15 - Foot Care and Diabetes</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">02.45 - Organising Structured Diabetes Care in Practice:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;&nbsp;- QoF and the Annual Review</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;&nbsp;- Care &amp; Support Planning</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;&nbsp;- 8 Care Processes and 3 Treatment Targets</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03.15 - Case Studies</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03.30 - Action Plan, Evaluation, and Resources</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03.45 - Close</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Day Two</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">09.15 - Coffee and Registration</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">09.30 - Review Progress Since Day 1</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">09.45 - Non-Insulin Medications</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">10.45 - Coffee Break</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">11.00 - Medication Management</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">01.00 - Lunch</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">02.00 - Complications Associated with Diabetes</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">02.45 - Hyperglycaemia, Hypoglycaemia, and Management of Illness</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03.15 - Blood Glucose and Ketone Monitoring</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03.30 - DVLA and Diabetes</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03.45 - Competencies, Training, Resources, and Close</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Key Learning Outcomes for Both Days:</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1. Explain the physiology of diabetes and differentiate between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">2. Discuss methods for diagnosing diabetes and provide information to individuals newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">3. Describe approaches that support achieving remission in Type 2 diabetes.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">4. Explain basic advice related to a healthy diet, various dietary approaches, and carbohydrate awareness.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">5. Discuss the modes of action of commonly used non-insulin medications.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">6. Identify major complications that may arise in individuals with long-standing diabetes and measures to limit or prevent them.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">7. Describe key advice for patients regarding the recognition and appropriate treatment of hypoglycaemia.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">8. Discuss DVLA guidance concerning driving and diabetes.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">9. Explain the risks of acute hyperglycaemia and provide advice to patients on self-managing illness periods.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">10. Provide examples of referral pathways to other services such as weight management, secondary care, podiatry, structured education, activity, and psychological services.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">11. Describe the process of routine foot review and factors influencing diabetic foot risk status.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">12. Discuss local recommendations for the appropriate use of blood glucose and ketone monitoring.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">13. Explain the key components and processes of an annual diabetes review and a self-management plan.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Join us for this comprehensive 2-day course via Zoom and enhance your ability to provide effective diabetes care within primary care settings.</div><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p>

Introduction to Diabetes (2-Day Course)Course Description:These two days of comprehensive training are designed for nurses, nurse associates, pharmacists, paramedics, and other Allied Healthcare Professionals (AHPs), and experienced healthcare assistants (HCAs) who are new to or fairly new to the field of diabetes care. If you've recently started seeing patients with diabetes, or are planning to; this course is tailored to provide you with the fundamental knowledge and skills required to confidently care for individuals with diabetes. The primary focus is on adults with Type 2 diabetes, although key recommendations and signposting for patients with Type 1 diabetes will also be covered.Diabetes presents a significant healthcare challenge, costing the NHS £10 billion each year and impacting patients and their families. Primary care professionals play a pivotal role in managing the ever-increasing numbers of people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Good diabetes care is crucial and aligns with national and local policies supported by robust NICE guidance.These interactive days of learning will incorporate various methods, including case studies, to help you progress from basic knowledge to a more confident and positive approach in reviewing and managing patients with diabetes.Day One09.15 - Coffee and Registration09.30 - Introduction and Course Objectives09.45 - Setting the Scene: - Screening, Diagnosis, and Pre-Diabetes - Pathophysiology and Symptoms - Remission in Type 2 Diabetes10.45 - Coffee Break11.00 - Diet & Diabetes: - Healthy Eating - Carbohydrate Awareness - Range of Dietary Approaches - Weight Management Services01.00 - Lunch02.00 - Benefits of Activity02.15 - Foot Care and Diabetes02.45 - Organising Structured Diabetes Care in Practice: - QoF and the Annual Review - Care & Support Planning - 8 Care Processes and 3 Treatment Targets03.15 - Case Studies03.30 - Action Plan, Evaluation, and Resources03.45 - CloseDay Two09.15 - Coffee and Registration09.30 - Review Progress Since Day 109.45 - Non-Insulin Medications10.45 - Coffee Break11.00 - Medication Management01.00 - Lunch02.00 - Complications Associated with Diabetes02.45 - Hyperglycaemia, Hypoglycaemia, and Management of Illness03.15 - Blood Glucose and Ketone Monitoring03.30 - DVLA and Diabetes03.45 - Competencies, Training, Resources, and CloseKey Learning Outcomes for Both Days:Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:1. Explain the physiology of diabetes and differentiate between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.2. Discuss methods for diagnosing diabetes and provide information to individuals newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.3. Describe approaches that support achieving remission in Type 2 diabetes.4. Explain basic advice related to a healthy diet, various dietary approaches, and carbohydrate awareness.5. Discuss the modes of action of commonly used non-insulin medications.6. Identify major complications that may arise in individuals with long-standing diabetes and measures to limit or prevent them.7. Describe key advice for patients regarding the recognition and appropriate treatment of hypoglycaemia.8. Discuss DVLA guidance concerning driving and diabetes.9. Explain the risks of acute hyperglycaemia and provide advice to patients on self-managing illness periods.10. Provide examples of referral pathways to other services such as weight management, secondary care, podiatry, structured education, activity, and psychological services.11. Describe the process of routine foot review and factors influencing diabetic foot risk status.12. Discuss local recommendations for the appropriate use of blood glucose and ketone monitoring.13. Explain the key components and processes of an annual diabetes review and a self-management plan.Join us for this comprehensive 2-day course via Zoom and enhance your ability to provide effective diabetes care within primary care settings.



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