This course focuses on the study of naturopathic practices that can help impede, mitigate, eliminate, and or prevent the excessive rise of cholesterol within the body caused by unhealthy lifestyle choices.
As cases of cholesterolemia steadily rose throughout the past several decades due to increasingly worsening lifestyle habits, so has the need for remedies to eliminate and or prevent it. This program specifically focuses on the Naturopathic treatments that can be used to treat high levels of cholesterol.
These are the specifications of Naturopathic Cholesterol Management Course:
| 1. Awarding Institution / Body: | |
| 2. Teaching Institution: | Online and distance learning, with tutor support |
| 3. Programme Accredited by: | |
| 4. Final Award: | Compulsory course for students enrolled in the Bachelors in Naturopathy and Holistic Medicine |
| 5. Programme title: | Naturopathic Cholesterol Management |
| 6. Course Code and level: | BNHM6026 – Bachelor Level |
| 7. Duration of programme: | One trimester or 12 weeks |
| 8. Total number of study hours: | Equivalent to 8 US credits or 75 clock hours of study |
| 9. Enrollment requirements: | Students enrolled in the Bachelors in Naturopathy and Holistic Medicine |
| 10. Enrollment date: | Third Year, Second Trimester |
| 11. Fees: |
Lessons
- Lesson 1 – What are cholesterol and its functions. Transportation and normal lipid levels.
- Lesson 2 – History and studies on cholesterol
- Lesson 3 – Causes of high cholesterol levels – oxidation
- Lesson 4 – The modern medicine way of treating cholesterol – medications
- Lesson 5 – Dietary approaches to treating cholesterol
- Lesson 6 – Niacin, Policosanol, Red Rice Yeast and Cholesterol
- Lesson 7 – Turmeric and Cholesterol
- Lesson 8 – Vitamin C, Lysine and Lp (a)
- Lesson 9 – A natural, holistic approach to treating cholesterol – putting it all together
