Spanning across three years, the course is very elaborate and intensive and will enable the aspiring students to look at health, wellness, nutrition in a new way. Designed on the foundations of Integrative Lifestyle Medicine, the USP of these courses is that it provides exactly what students ned to know in order to have a truly successful career in this field. The course covers a wide range of topics – nutrition, exercise, fitness and sports nutrition, clinical nutrition, diet therapy, healthy cooking, nutrigenetics, lifestyle, food psychology, bach flower therapy, yoga therapy, food and drug interaction, alternative therapies, microgreen growing, sourdough baking and a lot more, including research, practicals, and projects.
Currently, two courses have been launched and open to admissions :

1. B. Sc (Honors) in Integrative Nutrition and Dietetics (Under Graduate Programme)
2. Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Nutrition and Dietetics (Post Graduate Programme)

The courses offer a lot more than what a typical nutrition course does and thus the career scope after this course is also quite broad. Through this course, aspiring students can explore various career opportunities, from being nutritionists, clinical dietitians, nutrition researchers, nutritional therapists, sports nutritionists, food safety auditors, quality control officers to name a few.
It also has scope in the field of preventative health care, because with the amount of sickness and disease all around today, the focus needs to be brought back to taking care of health proactively to avoid falling sick, especially in relation to lifestyle diseases because it can be prevented. No amount of investing in material possessions helps once our health starts deteriorating. Hence this course is a promising one and will enable the students to finally open up a new avenue in preventative healthcare.
Being a course that looks at covering aspects more than just nutrition like understanding behaviour and mindsets, it helps teach additional skills that can further open opportunities to become a lifestyle coach in the field of health, nutrition and lifestyle, which is of immense value in today’s times. People are in need of an expert who doesn’t just guide them on diet plans, but coaches and empowers them on lifestyle, the way one must eat, sleep, think, and move and work with them to co-create the dream life they desire. Almost everyone can benefit from working with a lifestyle coach at some point in time.
In short, by the end of this course, the student will be ready to partner with clients or patients on developing a plan of integrative health care that fits their needs and preference as well as work in an environment like that. On the placement and recruitment front, there is a possibility that the top performers may even be absorbed by the Luke Coutinho team subject to clearing interviews, training, assessments, and other rounds.