Nutrition Diploma -Distance Education School -Home Study Course
Are you interested in biology and nutrition?
What really happens to the food you eat?
Study Nutritional Science with us and you will learn about how the body works to break down the foods you eat by looking at extensive biochemical processes such as metabolism.
Graduate Employment Possibilities
The food that people eat, and how it is eaten, may be influenced by a wide range of vocations, for example:
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Health food shop sales staff
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Food Supplement Suppliers (both factories that produce supplements and people who wholesale, or directly distribute supplements)
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Primary producers
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Food Retailers
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Food Processors
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Food Service Industries (Restaurant managers, cooks, etc)
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Fitness professionals
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Health & Wellbeing Professionals (eg. Doctors, Naturopaths, Massage therapists, Counsellors etc)
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Nutritional Counsellors
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Dieticians
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Nutrition Scientists
The nutrition and food industries are changing all the time. Opportunities that exist when you commence study may be different to those when you graduate. The list above will provide an insight into where your career might take you; but in reality, the future holds opportunities that none of us have even dreamt of as yet.
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Modules
Note that each module in the Associate Diploma in Nutritional Science is a short course in its own right, and may be studied separately.
Sample from One of the Modules - Biochemistry II
There are over eighty naturally occurring amino acids. Twenty of these are the molecules that form the basis of proteins, and due to that they are called standard amino acids. They are the ones found in vertebrate animals’ body. The rest of the amino acids, non-standard, are found in plants, bacteria and animal, where they may perform important roles as neurotransmitters (GABA), enzymes and other functions.
Below is the list of those amino acids, and between brackets, their name abbreviation:
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Alanine (Ala) |
Glycine (Gly) |
Proline |
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Arginine (in children) (Arg) |
Histidine (in children) (His) |
Serine |
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Asparagine (Asn) |
Isoleucine (Iso) |
Threonine |
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Aspartic Acid (Asp) |
Leucine (Leu) |
Tryptophan |
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Cysteine (Cys) |
Lysine (Lys) |
Tyrosine |
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Glutamic Acid (Glu) |
Methionine (Met) |
Valine |
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Glutamine (Gln) |
Phenylalanine (Phe) |
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In the table above are shown in bold the so called essential amino acids, which human beings have to consume in their diet in order for their metabolism to function properly (in good 
health). The other amino acids can be synthesized from the former through specific biochemical pathways.
Amino acids link between each other by “peptide bonds”. When they form short chains they are called peptides, when they make up longer chain they are named polypeptides. The process is called “polymerization”. A peptide bond is the link that forms when an amino group (-NH2) links to a carboxylic group (-COOH) from another amino acid.
The Course
Our nutrition courses are designed by specialists in the field to ensure our students develop knowledge of the links between diet and degenerative diseases, understand how nourishment (or lack of it) affects mental and physical performance, foetal development and much more...
Achieve success with the help of our highly qualified tutors and academic staff who are thrilled to help people do well. Some possible career opportunities include working in the food industry, food provision, health care, education and public relations. You might opt for further study to go for a career in clinical nutrition, sports nutrition, community nutrition, public health or clinical studies. A research career and private practice are also possible with further study.
Studying Nutritional Science will teach you an understanding of nourishment of the body in scientific terms by looking at biochemical processes which occur in all living cells. Biochemistry is the chemistry of organisms and organic compounds. Metabolism is the process by which a body introduces into itself various energy‑rich materials from its environment (food or nutrients), and transforms these materials, with the release of energy, into other substances, some of which are retained by the body and some eliminated.
WHY CHOOSE US?
- More Choice and Flexiblity
- More Support - you have tutor support every step of the way. At ACS you have access to tutors by phone or email 5 days a week; and helping you learn is always our top priority.
- Uniqueness -Don't follow the crowd. Our courses are designed to give graduates different knowledge and skills to each other; because we realize that being different gives you an edge in life, work and business.
- Resources that you don't get elsewhere -We have aq database of over 20 million words in course notes. While other colleges often depend on using standard text books; we are using notes written by our own staff which we keep reviewing and improving. This gives us a reliable and unique supply of course materials.
- An international flavour -While other colleges have a regional or national focus; our courses strive to give you an international focus so that you can better adapt what you learn anywhere, any time in the future.
- Study to suit your commitments - your education doesn't need to stop when you get busy. Slow down or speed up study whenever it suits.
- We focus less on assessment and more learning. All the research shows that learning is what makes for a successful career or business, far more than the exams you pass!
- Courses are constantly revised in response to feedback from industry, students and tutors
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