Are you ready to take your passion for health to the next level? An NTA Diploma will help you expand your understanding of how nutrition can restore balance in the body, and get you started in a career as a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner™.
The Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner™ course involves 20-25 hours of study a week over one academic year through flexible, web-based training with 72 hrs of in-person workshops over 3 weekends.
CURRICULUMThis is a professional-level course for both health professionals and non-professionals alike. Our FNTPs are trained to evaluate a client's nutritional needs, support normal function, and identify nutritional deficiencies.
OUR PHILOSOPHYThere are so many nutritional courses out there. We've put together a handy guide so you'll know how the FNTP course compares. We offer a self-paced, yet supportive program even the busiest professionals can complete.
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Modern medicine is very efficient at alleviating the symptoms of disease. But in order to address the underlying reason for dysfunction, we need to address the foundations of health. NTA Functional Nutritional Therapists aim to reconnect people with their bodies, empowering them with the knowledge they need to aid recovery or prevent disease.
A Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner™ (FNTP) is a paraprofessional certified by the Nutritional Therapy Association, Inc.® trained to evaluate a client's nutritional needs, support normal function, and identify nutritional deficiencies.
At NTA AU/NZ we train our Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners to support the WHOLE BEING and delve into total body burden. Our curriculum explores not only the anatomy and physiology of nutrition, but stress, sleep, movement, environmental factors, and emotional wellness. We also provide effective client tools via our culinary wellness modules.
Truly, what makes our practitioners unique is the clinical assessment tools to truly create bio individual protocols and support - no templates, formulas or one trick ponies. FNTP's learn to communicate with the innate intelligence of the body which helps to identify the BODY’s priorities for healing and powerfully reconnects the client back to themselves.
When you delve into your health or that of your clients are you considering all aspects of your stress load? Do you have ALL the tools in your Practitioner toolbox?
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Brisbane & Perth classes commence February
Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide classes commence May
New Zealand class commences September
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"Not only will you be recognised and able to practise and open your own business—which is incredibly powerful—but you'll be able to help yourself and so many people around you.
What I particularly love about studying with the NTA is that you learn the science, the biochemistry and the nutritional information that is essential to living a healthy and happy life and how to build, start and grow a successful and sustainable business.
You'll literally walk away going – I can do this."
Luke Hines, FNTP, Daily with Luke, Nine Best-selling cookbooks, cookware range, public speaker, television presenter | www.dailywithluke.com
"As a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, I guide people towards better health by using a holistic and foundational approach to nutrition. I believe that a properly prepared, nutrient-dense diet full of whole, nourishing foods can help restore health and vitality."
Mickey Trescott, FNTP, Author of "The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook", the world's first guide and recipe book for the Autoimmune Protocol. | www.autoimmune-paleo.com
"The Nutritional Therapy Association teaches sound, foundational, principle-based nutritional coursework in addition to functionally-based techniques that can be used to assess nutritional status and progress on an individual basis."
Nora Gedgaudas, FNTP, CNS, Author of the international best-selling book, "Primal Body, Primal Mind: Beyond the Paleo Diet for Total Health and A Longer Life" | www.primalbody-primalmind.com
"The Nutritional Therapy Association has one of the soundest, most thorough, and most accessible nutrition training programs I've seen. I've gone through several nutrition certifications, and this is by far the one I recommend the most."
Margaret Floyd, FNTP, NTC, CGP, CHFS, Author of "Eat Naked" | www.eatnakednow.com
'The NTA is so much more than a nutritional school. We're on a mission to heal the world and we need more of us to make this message loud and clear. Studying with the Nutritional Therapy Association was a life-changing decision for me. Since I graduated I've had endless opportunities to be part of the community spreading the important message of real food and bio-individual nutrition.'
Leah Williamson, FNTP, AIP, CGP, RWP, Associate Instructor FNTP Program | Nourishing Conversations
"This program has changed my life. is a comprehensive, It's a no-fluff, foundational and holistic approach to nutrition that will empower you with tools to help others to heal and thrive at any age, with any type of genetics. The program is designed to support any learning style—it offers online, visual, audio and hands-on teaching and learning experience. You won't find any other program out there that is science-based, non-dogmatic and that promotes nourishment, body awareness, self-care and self-love. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to help themselves or to become a practitioner."
Irina Itskovich, FNTP | nourishingworks.com
"Since doing the program, I have had the opportunity to help many people improve their health and happiness through my group nutrition programs, workshops and working with clients on an individual basis. It’s very rewarding to see the lasting impact and ripple effect this work has on people’s lives.
Plus, I’ve made so many likeminded, lifelong friends. I’m so grateful for this program and highly recommend it to anyone considering it!"
Fran Dargaville, FNTP, Fran Dargaville Nutrition & Yoga | www.frandargaville.com
"I was a health coach and felt frustrated that I didn't have the tools to really help people improve their health. The NTA course changed that. I've found it incredibly empowering to know how to use targeted food and supplements to help people feel better. I love that it's unique because it speaks to each individual person and their body rather than taking a blanket approach. Along the way, I've also found my tribe, and feel part of a growing movement that prioritises people, their food and our planet."
Nore Hoogstad, FNTP | gutsybynutrution.com.au
"When I first signed up for the FNTP™ program, it was a gamble. I didn't know anyone who'd done it, I didn't know if it would pay off, and I certainly didn't know how we'd come up with the tuition. It was a HUGE leap of faith – and it paid off thousands of times over. My husband and I laugh that we ever questioned the investment!
The Nutritional Therapy Association is, in my opinion, the gold standard of holistic nutrition programs."
Liz Wolfe, FNTP. Author of "Eat the Yolks" and "The Purely Primal Skincare Guide" | www.realfoodliz.com
"It's an intense year of study, but the opportunity to return multiple times as a Group Leader, enabling you to reinforce your knowledge and keep up to date, has been a game-changer for me.
I'm now running a private practice in my hometown of Ballina on the NSW North Coast. I see clients face to face, or online, teach group classes, and give talks at various expos and events. I'm so excited about what my future holds and am so grateful to be able to help people improve their lives."
Katie Dillon, FNTP | Empowered Nutrition
"...the FNTP Certification is becoming well-known and respected in the healing community across the United States and even the world. I was hired to be the nutritionist in a cutting-edge integrative medical clinic soon after graduating from the FNTP program, and my FNTP Certification carried a lot of weight with the doctor who hired me."
Doug Walsh, FNTP, Olympia, Washington
"I enrolled in the NTA's training program because of the solid training, grounded in real food and the pioneering work of some of the world's greatest healers. The integration of knowledge with the practical skills of working with clients has shaped me into a confident and competent professional. It's not unusual for naturopathic doctors, acupuncturists and chiropractors to ask for my advice and opinion. One of my best surprises, though, was a registered dietician who came to me for a nutritional consultation to help support her fertility, acknowledging that her training simply hadn't equipped her to deal with this issue herself."
Sara Russell, FNTP, Your Probiotic Kitchen | www.yourprobiotickitchen.com
"Though I have always been a student of health, NTA has given me enormous confidence to be the teacher of health and wellness I have always wanted to be. I now have FNTP training to enrich what I do. I love that distinction!"
Tosca Reno, FNTP, New York Times Best Selling Author, Creator of the Eat Clean Diet | www.toscareno.com
"My extensive family history of auto-immune disease started me on a journey to discover what I was intuitively starting to understand – that how we choose to nourish ourselves is the basis of our well being.
I began my journey as student of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) and although I learned a great deal about myself, the value of health coaching and a wide array of popular dietary theories, for which I will always be grateful, I found I needed a deeper understanding about the functional power of nutrition on our health. It was when I found the NTA that everything changed, not just for me, but for my family and my clients. I discovered the underlying, multi-layered workings of our health and why FOOD MEANS EVERYTHING."
Leanne Scott, FNTP/Integrative Health Coach | www.purecorenourishment.com.au
