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Nutrition: Healthy Cooking, Healthy Living 

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Nutrition: Healthy Cooking, Healthy Living
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FutureLearn 
Overview

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

900

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Nutrition: Healthy Cooking, Healthy Living
 at 
FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Duration 4 weeks
  • Weekly study 4 hours
  • 100% online Learn at your own pace
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Nutrition: Healthy Cooking, Healthy Living
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FutureLearn 
Course details

More about this course
  • Healthy eating is key to a good lifestyle and positive mental wellbeing. However, many cooks and chefs are unsure of how to create healthy recipes and meals.
  • On this course, you'll learn what a healthy diet really looks like from top professionals. You'll get an extensive introduction to what a healthy diet looks like in practice, and learn how to practically implement this knowledge into your own cooking straight away.
  • Get an overview of how the digestive system actually functions, the biological factors that impact on our daily food consumption, and how a healthy gut can help the brain.
  • You'll learn about the terminology behind nutrition, and understand the difference between calories and carbohydrates. Explore the importance of fibres, lipids, proteins, vegetables, and vitamins and in which foods to find these macro- and micro-nutrients.
  • You'll have the chance to reflect upon the impact that healthy eating has on wellbeing, and explore aspects of gastro-philosophy alongside noted hospitality experts at the Swiss Education Group (SEG).
  • Finally, you'll explore what mindful eating means, and how to employ different healthy cooking styles.
  • With access to recipes designed by professional chefs to help you design your own healthy cooking, you'll learn how eating right can improve our skin and muscles.
  • By the time you've finished, you'll be able to create a healthy eating plan, bringing your new knowledge into practice at work.
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Nutrition: Healthy Cooking, Healthy Living
 at 
FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Introduction & Nutrition and You

Introduction to Nutrition

Nutrition and You

Macronutrients & Micronutrients

Macronutrients

Micronutrients

Healthy Recipes & You are What you Eat

Healthy Recipes

You Are What You Eat

WellBeing: Sleep & GastroPhilosophy

WellBeing: Sleep

GastroPhilosophy

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