What does "Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition®" Mean?

Recognition & Validation

Becoming “Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition®” means you have earned professional recognition and validation of your knowledge and experience within the realm of holistic nutrition. To earn such an important designation, you must document and demonstrate an exceptional level of knowledge and understanding of holistic nutrition, as well as how to apply it in a credible and responsible manner to help others.

Board certification in holistic nutrition means you understand the therapeutic value of whole foods, a clean and natural food supply, environmental influences on health, and the importance of education and empowerment in helping people make informed choices along their unique path toward optimal health and healing. Holistic nutrition also recognizes the impact a person’s mindset has on their general health and ability to nourish and care for them self.

Benefits of Board Certification

Board certification provides you with:

• Added credibility by indicating to others that you have met and continue to meet the educational and ethical standards required by a professional credentialing body.
• Assurance for the public, the insurance companies, the medical community, and other complementary practitioners that you are aware of, and conduct your business in accordance with, your legal scope of service and standards of professional conduct.
• Documentation and validation of your educational and professional qualifications.
• An organized professional body of peers that govern the holistic nutrition profession through the establishment of educational standards, scope of service, legislative advocacy, and continuing education requirements, that will be recognized by the public, health plans, the government, and the greater healthcare community as a group of qualified, ethical and professional holistic practitioners.

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