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Mental Health and Nutrition

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Overview

Learn what foods and nutrients should and should not be consumed to improve mental wellbeing and explore the fundamental role that nutrition plays in our mental health.

What you'll learn

  • Understand how our food supply has changed
  • Recognise the components of food that are relevant to mental health
  • Discover dietary patterns that maximize nutrient density
  • Connect dietary choices to mental health
  • Examine dietary advice and what is relevant to better mental health outcomes
  • Implement simple ways to improve your diet
  • Identify individual and environmental factors that influence the supply of nutrients to the brain
  • Explore the recent paradigm shift of using broad spectrum micronutrients to address mental health challenges
  • Understand when additional nutrients may be necessary to alleviate mental health suffering

Syllabus 7

  1. The course is presented in six modules:
  2. MODULE 1: Nutrition and Mental Health: Why now?
  3. MODULE 2: Introduction to nutrients relevant to brain health.
  4. MODULE 3: Dietary patterns and mental health.
  5. MODULE 4: The factors that influence the supply of nutrients to the brain.
  6. MODULE 5: Supplementation as treatment for mental health problems: The evidence.
  7. MODULE 6: The bigger context: What can you do to build a better brain?

Skills you'll practise

ToxicologyMental HealthMicronutrientsLegal DiscoveryPsychology

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • University courses you can audit for free, with lectures, readings and practice quizzes.
  • A verified certificate from the university if you pay for it.
  • Rated 4.7 out of 5 by 170 learners.
  • Self-paced: start any time.
  • A clear syllabus (7 parts) you can see before you start.

Disadvantages

  • Graded assignments and the certificate need the paid track.
  • Audit access can expire a few weeks after the course ends.
  • Learning is free, but the certificate costs money.
  • Some parts (graded work, certificate) are paid.

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Free to audit

  • Free: Choose "Audit this course" when you enrol: lectures, readings and practice are free.
  • Paid: Graded assignments and the verified certificate (Certificate $189). Audit access may end after the course closes.

Before you start

A science background would be desirable, but is not required.

Taught by

  • Julia RucklidgeProfessor

University of Canterbury is in Tier 4: commercial training companies and platform-made courses of our institution ranking (66/100).

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