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A Career in Nutrition: Nutrition Consulting Statistics and Facts

What’s your reason for pursuing a career in nutrition? If you’re totally honest, there’s probably more than one. Maybe your own experience with nutrition, food choices, and your health led you down this career path. Or maybe you naturally gravitated to nutrition consulting because you know what a difference a healthy diet can make. And […]

The Top 4 Nutrition and Fitness Certification Review Sites

When you’re ready to take the next step in your nutrition or fitness career, most likely that will involve some advanced education through a certification program. But how can you discover which one might be right for you? Fortunately, you’re not the first one to ask this question. That inquiry has prompted the creation of […]

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5 Ways to Keep Your Personal Training Clients Motivated in the New Year

Last updated on May 20, 2025 Start the Year Strong—and Keep It Going When January arrives, it’s natural for people to feel a renewed sense of purpose. The promise of a fresh start motivates many to set health and fitness goals with the intention of sticking to them throughout the year. Yet research from the […]

How to Impact Lives with a Holistic Health Coach Certification

Earning your certification as a holistic nutritionist can be a great opportunity to advance your career in the health and wellness field, but you’ll be doing more than expanding your professional prospects. Becoming an advisor in holistic nutrition allows you to impact the lives of your clients in significant ways. Here are just a few […]

5 Superfood Smoothie Recipes For Your Clients

Ever wonder how you can help your clients clean up their diet and eat healthier? Most people who are used to eating the stereotypical American diet (fast food, soda, ice cream, pizza, desserts) are going to have a tough time making the switch to eating healthy…at first. In the United States, about 76 percent of […]

The Top 7 Holistic Nutrition Blogs

Those who follow nutritional shifts and research know that it can be challenging to translate the kind of complex information and advice that abounds today. Fortunately, we’re able to get expert opinions on what the latest developments might mean, particularly in holistic nutrition, which is one of the hottest areas of interest in the field. […]

7 Ways A Personal Trainer Certification Can Advance Your Career

Earning a personal trainer certification has been on your mind, right? But you’re wondering if it’s worth the investment and commitment it takes to learn about things like biomechanics, nutrition, injury prevention, exercise programming, motivation and behavior change, and the business of being a personal trainer.