How to further Nutrition hobby

Patsy167

Hello Everyone,

I am interested in getting peoples thoughts and feedback on taking an interest in Nutrition to the next level.

I have a keen interest in the areas of personalised nutrition, link between nutrition and the mind, and the behavorial aspects of nutrition (relationship with food, eating disorders etc.)

I find myself reading tons of studies and listening to podcasts on this but I am not sure how I can take this interest to the next level.

Long term, I’d like to develop some type of a side business working as a consultant or running workshops in this area.

I am interested in furthering this interest with some recognized accreditation - In person or online. I’ve looked into Precision Nutrition and Martin McDonald courses but the material seems very general.

I am currently working full time in a completely unrelated area so I am not in a position to commit to the full-time courses offered by universities etc. but would be open to part time and online offerings.

Has anyone been in a similar position or have suggestions on possible routes I could consider or explore?

All ideas are very much welcome.

Transform

Patsy167 wrote: »

Hello Everyone,

I am interested in getting peoples thoughts and feedback on taking an interest in Nutrition to the next level.

I have a keen interest in the areas of personalised nutrition, link between nutrition and the mind, and the behavorial aspects of nutrition (relationship with food, eating disorders etc.)

I find myself reading tons of studies and listening to podcasts on this but I am not sure how I can take this interest to the next level.

Long term, I’d like to develop some type of a side business working as a consultant or running workshops in this area.

I am interested in furthering this interest with some recognized accreditation - In person or online. I’ve looked into Precision Nutrition and Martin McDonald courses but the material seems very general.

I am currently working full time in a completely unrelated area so I am not in a position to commit to the full-time courses offered by universities etc. but would be open to part time and online offerings.

Has anyone been in a similar position or have suggestions on possible routes I could consider or explore?

All ideas are very much welcome.

unless you can commit to uni then Mac nutrition and PN are best options, all courses are going to be generalised to begin with

Patsy167

Transform wrote: »

unless you can commit to uni then Mac nutrition and PN are best options, all courses are going to be generalised to begin
Thanks for the advice on this.

It confirms what I was fearing. It’s gonna be a long road to get qualified but no better time to get started. It seems that a lot of the specialised areas of nutrition also require a psychology/medical degree.

Any thoughts on what areas of Nutrition may be worth specialising in? I feel like the behavioural aspects of nutrition will be big business in the coming years?

Alf Veedersane

Patsy167 wrote: »

It confirms what I was fearing. It’s gonna be a long road to get qualified but no better time to get started. It seems that a lot of the specialised areas of nutrition also require a psychology/medical degree.

If you're interested in the psychology of eating then you would need to qualify in psychology.

Patsy167 wrote: »

Any thoughts on what areas of Nutrition may be worth specialising in? I feel like the behavioural aspects of nutrition will be big business in the coming years?

If you haven't the general understanding of nutrition then it's too soon to be looking at areas of specialty. I appreciate you have a strong interest and probably an understanding to a point but you will still need a credible qualification to put you in a position to move into more specialised areas.