Nutrition and Health: The Ultimate Guide to Healthy Eating

- This course is updated regularly with new content -

Learn now the secrets of nutrition and how to build your meals to dramatically improve your health and well-being.

I'm Louis and I'vedesigned this course for anyone who wants to understand the strong links between what we eat and our day-to-day health.

I'm not here to give you miracle diets, but to help you design, implement or change your eating habits.

Today, we have more food than ever before. Yet it has become very difficult to eat well. Myaim with this course is to provide you with a basic understanding of the main nutritional principles and to give you ideas on how to build up your eating routine so that you can live a healthier life.

Here's what you can learn in this course:

The basics of nutrition: macronutrients

• Everything you need to know about carbohydrates, proteins and fats

The basics of nutrition: micronutrients

• Vitamins, fibre, minerals, trace elements: micronutrients in detail

• Acid-base balance: a question of harmony

Hydration

• Importance of water and drinks in the diet

• Advice on daily hydration

How do I determine my optimum calorie intake?

• What is my daily energy expenditure?

• Women and men: different needs

• The nutritional density of foods

Tips for filling your shopping cart

• Deciphering a product label

• Food and date: a complicated relationship

• Tracking down additives

• Ultra-processed foods: the red card

• Why not buy in bulk?

Eating well, day after day

• The ideal breakfast

• The ideal lunch

• The ideal snack

• The ideal dinner

Eating habits

• The psychology of nutrition: portion control and nibbling

• Tips for adopting healthy habits

Specific diets

• Overview of popular diets (vegetarianism, veganism, paleo, etc.)

• Advantages and disadvantages of these diets

Food intolerances & mental health

• Information on common allergies (gluten, lactose)

• How to manage food allergies in everyday life

Nutrition and physical activity

• Importance of diet in relation to exercise

• Pre and post-workout snacks

Nutrition myths and realities

• Demystifying preconceived ideas about nutrition