Our educational courses may be taken individually and when any five courses are completed, you will earn Certification as a Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP). 

I feel I have learned so much from the Dietary Wellness Course, and have really enjoyed taking it.  Having owned a vegetarian restaurant for 5 years, I know the benefits of eating healthy, but sometimes life just gets in the way of doing that.  There are many excuses for it, time, money and convenience are just a few.  Learning how to combine foods to get the ultimate nutritional value from them, foods that boost immunity and lower cholesterol are all things I have found informative and helpful.  Just reiterating the benefits of healthy eating and how it can prevent disease and protect my health are priceless.  I want to be as healthy as I can by eating the right foods and taking the right herbs and supplements.  I want to help others that don’t know about dietary wellness and eating healthy.  I find myself referring to the course information often for my friends who have questions about what foods they should or should not be eating.

~Terri Chavez, Phoenix, OR 

The Colorful Spectrum

of Phytonutrients

From the faint blush on a ripe peach to the vibrant purple of concord grapes, the beautiful colors of fruits and vegetables are imparted by natural chemicals called phytochemicals or phytonutrients.  These nutrients not only give plants their color, they also provide flavor, and natural disease resistance.  Plants form phytonutrients to protect themselves from disease, and these properties, fortunately, extend to us.  The primary benefits of these natural chemicals lie in their abilities as antioxidants to fight premature aging, prevent disease, and aid the body to resist cancer.  There are many, many thousands of phytonutrients that work synergistically to support our health.  Tomatoes alone are believed to contain an estimated ten thousand different phytonutrients (Balch 48). . . . MORE!

Fast, Easy, Affordable!

Earn a diploma from

the comfort of your own home: 

 Master Herbalist (MH)

 Natural Health Consultant (NHC)

 Nutritional Consultant (NC)

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch,

you must first create the universe.

~Carl Sagan

Tuition:  $195.00

Prerequisites:  None

In the HAI Dietary Wellness Course, you will be shown, precept-by-precept, the methods to promote optimum health.  You will discover how proper nutrition, partnered with the healing power within, will help to maintain, rejuvenate, rehabilitate, and heal our bodies.  You will obtain the most current information concerning:  the elements of a nutritious diet; how to select, store, and prepare foods to maximize their healing potential; phytochemicals and antioxidants; foods that boost immunity; key healing foods; the importance of proper food combining; and diet-based healing techniques, such as juicing, fasting, and detoxifying.  Also covered is vital evidence of inherent dangers from the way food is farmed, processed, transported/imported, and prepared, and how to fight the growing effects on health.  You will learn to design a diet for those with special dietary needs with sections on nutrition for children, special wisdom for women, and vegetarian nutrition included.  You will acquire the information and skills needed for using dietary wellness therapies to heal existing health problems, provide protection against further disease, and halt the premature aging process. 

Upon completion of the Dietary Wellness Course, you will be able to: 

• Explain how the immune system works. 
• Describe dietary changes that promote wellness. 
• Describe the various health benefits of raw foods.
• Describe the various health benefits of fasting. 
• Describe the various health benefits of juicing. 
• Explain the healing powers of antioxidants. 
• Explain the healing powers of phytochemicals. 
• Describe the healing benefits of fruits and berries. 
• Describe the healing benefits of vegetables. 
• Describe the healing benefits of sea vegetables. 
• Describe the healing benefits of grains and flours. 
• Describe the healing benefits of beans and legumes. 
• Describe the healing benefits of nuts and seeds. 
• Describe the healing benefits of fish. 
• Describe the healing benefits of quality water. 
• Describe the healing benefits of high-fiber foods. 
• Describe the healing benefits of spices and herbs. 
• Describe the healing benefits of organic foods. 
• Explain the simple rules for food combining. 
• Describe the health promoting actions of garlic. 
• Describe the health promoting actions of mushrooms. 
• Describe the health promoting actions of yogurt and kefir. 
• Describe the health promoting actions of sprouts. 
• Describe the health promoting actions of soy foods.
• Explain detrimental effects of various environmental factors.
• Explain the detrimental effects of various dietary factors. 
• Describe the special dietary needs of children. 
• Describe the special dietary needs of women. 
• Describe the special dietary needs of vegetarians. 
• Describe foods that are nourishing for various nutritional deficiencies. 
• Describe foods that are nourishing for specific organs, systems, and structures. 
• Apply dietary wellness therapies in your daily life. 
• Apply dietary wellness therapies in your holistic practice. 

With this course, you will receive one text book and an HAI developed course workbook.  When all academic requirements have been met, you will receive a personalized Certificate of Completion with our gold embossed seal for the Dietary Wellness Course. 

Tuition:  $195.00