Diet, Depression, and Anxiety
Everyone has a downer of a day now and then. The kind where you just have the blues and are feeling low. Similarly, everyone has fears and things that induce nervousness. Find some dietary tips for how to boost your mood in our article How Nutrients Affect Mood and Behavior and the biological pathways they […]
AFPA Graduate Spotlight: Doron Willis, Nutrition & Wellness Consultant
During the last 30 years, we’ve certified over 130,000 professionals. Meet our featured grad, Doron Willis, an AFPA Nutrition & Wellness Consultant who has built a successful nutrition consultant and fitness training business.
How Nutrients Affect Mood and Behavior
The first article in this series on food and mood explains the chemical basis for how food affects our mood. In this article, we’ll talk more about specific foods and eating habits that affect your mood and the burgeoning field of Nutritional Psychology. What is Nutritional Psychology?
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AFPA Graduate Spotlight: Andrew Schuth, Personal Trainer
During the last 30 years, we’ve certified over 130,000 professionals. Meet our featured grad, Andrew Schuth, an AFPA Personal Trainer, who’s been certified with us for 10+ years and has used his certification to build a successful group fitness and personal training business.
What is Intuitive Eating?
New diets are continuously emerging onto the health and wellness scene. The latest and greatest, however, is not so much a diet but more of a non-diet and a lifestyle choice. This most recent trend to show up has, in actuality, been around for decades but thanks to social media, wellness experts and influencers turning […]
How to Name Your Nutrition Coaching Business for Real Results
We’ve mentioned before that your website functions as the digital waiting room for your nutrition coaching business. Following that analogy, your business name is the front door. Before your potential clients enter the waiting room to get more acquainted, your business name greets them and tells them who you are, what you do, and how […]
25 Things To Know About Plant-Based Nutrition
We’re kicking off our quarter-of-a-century celebration with 25 things you need to know about eating a whole-foods, plant-based diet. While everybody (and every body) is different, a plant-based approach to eating is scientifically proven to improve health, lower the risk of disease, and much more. Here’s everything you need to know about taking the plant-based […]
11 Steps to Incorporating Video Into Your Fitness Coaching Strategy
Let’s face it, there is so much to juggle as a fitness coach. From communicating with clients and developing programs to advertising and growing your business’s reach – it can be a lot. Adding video to your marketing strategy on top of that may seem overwhelming, especially if it’s not a medium you’re used to […]
The 3 Most Popular Super Greens and Why You Should Include Them in Your Diet
Every time you follow a fitness influencer on Instagram, read a new blog post or watch a YouTube video you are no doubt overwhelmed by people telling you to add the latest super green to your daily diet. There are spirulina smoothies, chlorella shakes and moringa teas all claiming to be the answer to a […]
5 Best Personal Trainer Books to Round Out Your Career
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published July 2017 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Taking the fast road to being a knowledgeable and successful personal trainer is not as hard as you may think. A trick that the most well-known trainers have adopted is quite simple. It’s reading. Reading […]