Microcredential
Online
This micro-credential is an online course on anti-inflammatory nutrition designed to help participants understand the relationship between diet, inflammation and metabolic health from a practical perspective.
The programme explores the concept of low-grade chronic inflammation, its relationship with diet, the gut microbiota, body composition and metabolism. It also encourages critical thinking regarding common myths about the anti-inflammatory diet, taking a practical and evidence-based approach.
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Students wishing to undertake this micro-credential may apply for a Santander scholarship and receive up to 100 per cent of the course fee (€300).
Furthermore, this course is endorsed by Abbott, a US-based pharmaceutical company.
In this course, you will explore the fundamentals needed to understand how diet, inflammation, the gut microbiota and metabolic health are interrelated. The course will help you distinguish between scientific concepts and simplified messages about anti-inflammatory diets, and interpret this approach from a rigorous scientific basis.
Upon completion of the micro-credential, you will be able to:
| Anti-inflammatory Nutrition: Science, Myths and Practical Application | ||||
| Module | Module title | ECTS | Total Hours | Type |
| 1 | Inflammation, Metabolism and Nutrition | 1 | 25 | COMPULSORY |
| 2 | Anti-inflammatory diet and critical thinking | 1 | 25 | COMPULSORY |
At the end of the micro-credential, you will obtain a university micro-credential certificate issued by the Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio (UAX).
Micro-credentials are training courses:
The micro-credential is delivered via a 100 % online, self-guided and individualised methodology, designed to make it easier to combine the training with professional teaching activities.
An active and applied methodology based on:
The content of the micro-credential is directly linked to explaining the concept of an anti-inflammatory diet from a scientific perspective, distinguishing between dietary patterns and individual foods.
An anti-inflammatory nutrition course is a training programme designed to help participants understand the relationship between diet, inflammation, gut microbiota and metabolic health from both a scientific and practical perspective.
Anti-inflammatory nutrition takes a broad, evidence-based approach to the role of diet in inflammation. The term ‘anti-inflammatory diet’ usually refers to dietary patterns associated with lower levels of inflammation, rather than individual foods or quick fixes.
It is aimed at people interested in nutrition, dietetics, healthy eating and metabolic health who wish to gain a better understanding of the relationship between diet, the microbiota, inflammation and metabolism.
Yes. This micro-credential is delivered online, which makes it possible to fit the course around other studies, work or other commitments.
You will learn to distinguish between different types of inflammation, understand the relationship between diet, body composition and inflammatory status, identify key biomarkers, and analyse common myths about the anti-inflammatory diet.
Yes. The programme takes an introductory look at the interaction between the immune system, the gut microbiota and the intestinal barrier.
Yes. The micro-credential covers the relationship between low-grade inflammation, body composition, adipose tissue, obesity, insulin resistance and cardiometabolic risk.
The micro-credential lasts for one year and is worth 2 ECTS credits.
On completion of the course, you will receive a university micro-credential certificate issued by Alfonso X el Sabio University.
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