Description

Food and sport must go hand in hand, as it is essential that athletes follow a proper diet to help them improve their performance"

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During sports practice, different problems arise that have their origin or solution in nutrition and/or sports supplementation. Athletes with special situations can often be neglected due to the lack of knowledge of the professional who attends them, so this Postgraduate diploma trains students to be able to act as reference professionals in Sports Nutrition focused on athletes in special situations.

This Postgraduate diploma focuses on the aspects less studied during the university career, allowing to broaden the knowledge necessary to cover a wide spectrum of potential athletes, as well as to meet their nutritional needs. 

Within this program we can find a teaching staff of the highest level, made up of professionals closely related to Sports Nutrition, outstanding in their field and who lead lines of research and field work, as well as recognized specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. The teachers of this Postgraduate diploma are professionals who seek excellence in their teaching and work, teaching in university centers and working with athletes to maximize their performance.

The Postgraduate diploma has multimedia content that helps to acquire the knowledge taught, developed with the latest educational technology. At the same time, it will allow the student a contextual and situated learning, within a simulated environment that provides training focused on solving real problems.

As it is an online Postgraduate diploma, the student is not conditioned by fixed schedules or the need to move to another physical location, but can access the contents at any time of the day, balancing their work or personal life with their academic life.

 

Learn the most suitable diets for each type of athlete and you will be able to give more personalized advice”

The Postgraduate diploma in Muscular and Metabolic Physiology for Nutritionists contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include: 

  • The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created contain information that is indispensable for professional practice.
  • It contains exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning.
  • Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making for patients with feeding problems.
  • Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments.
  • Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection.

This Postgraduate diploma may be the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Muscular and Metabolic Physiology for Nutritionists, you will obtain a Postgraduate diploma qualification from TECH Global University"

Its teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of nutrition, who contribute their work experience to this training, as well as renowned specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. The professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in sports nutrition. 

The Postgraduate diploma allows training in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train for real situations"

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This 100% online Postgraduate diploma will allow you to combine your studies with your professional work while increasing your knowledge in this field"

Objectives

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, so that the nutrition professional can master in a practical and rigorous way the study of Sports Nutrition in Special Populations.

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This refresher program will provide you with a sense of confidence in your daily work, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objective

  • Manage advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional and non-professional athletes for the healthy performance of physical exercise
  • Manage advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional athletes of different disciplines to achieve maximum sports performance
  • Manage advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional athletes of team disciplines to achieve maximum sports performance
  • Manage and consolidate the initiative and entrepreneurial spirit to implement projects related to nutrition in physical activity and sport
  • Know how to incorporate the different scientific advances to one's own professional field
  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment
  • Advanced understanding of the context in which the area of their specialty is developed
  • Manage advanced skills to detect possible signs of nutritional alteration associated with sports practice
  • Manage the necessary skills through the teaching-learning process that will allow them to continue training and learning in the field of Sports Nutrition, both through the contacts established with teachers and professionals of this training, as well as in an autonomous way
  • Specialize in the structure of muscle tissue and its implication in sport
  • Know the energy and nutritional needs of athletes in different pathophysiological situations
  • Specialize in the energy and nutritional needs of athletes in different age and gender specific situations
  • Specialize in dietary strategies for the prevention and treatment of the injured athlete
  • Specialize in the energy and nutritional needs of children athletes
    Specialize in the energy and nutritional needs of Paralympic athletes

Specific Objectives

  • Gain a deep knowledge of the structure of skeletal muscle
  • Understand in depth the functioning of skeletal muscle
  • Delve into the most important adaptations that occur in athletes
  • Delve into the mechanisms of energy production based on the type of exercise performed
  • Delve into the integration of the different energy systems that make up the energy metabolism of muscle
  • Biochemical interpretation to detect nutritional deficits or overtraining states
  • Interpretation of the different methods of body composition, to optimize the weight and fat percentage appropriate to the sport practiced
  • Monitoring of the athlete throughout the season
  • Planning of seasonal schedules according to individual requirements
  • Delve into the differences between the different categories of para-sportsmen and their physiological-metabolic limitations
  • Determine the nutritional requirements of the different para-sportsmen in order to establish a specific nutritional plan
  • Delve into the knowledge necessary to establish interactions between the intake of drugs in these athletes and nutrients, to avoid deficits
  • Understand the body composition of paraathletes in their different sport categories
  • Apply current scientific evidence on nutritional ergogenic aids
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A unique, key and decisive training experience to boost your professional development"

Postgraduate Diploma in Muscular and Metabolic Physiology for Nutritionists

The Postgraduate Diploma in Muscular and Metabolic Physiology for Nutritionists is a high-level academic program aimed at nutrition professionals seeking to deepen their knowledge of muscular and metabolic physiology, with special attention to sports nutrition. This Postgraduate Diploma seeks to provide nutritionists with practical and theoretical tools to comprehensively address the relationship between energy metabolism and muscle tissue, which will allow them to design specific nutritional plans for athletes and active people seeking to improve their performance and body composition. This specialization will address topics of high relevance for nutritionists, such as the biochemistry of nutrition, muscle physiology and adaptation to training, sports nutrition, ergogenic supplementation, body weight control and the prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries.

Become an Expert in Muscular and Metabolic Physiology with TECH

The practical approach of the Postgraduate Diploma in Muscular and Metabolic Physiology for Nutritionists will allow nutrition professionals to complement their preparation with tools that will allow them to design specific nutritional strategies for athletes and active people, in order to optimize the use of nutrients to improve performance and reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries. At TECH Global University we have this endorsement from Forbes that accredits us as the best digital university in the world, we also have the pleasure of being the official educational center of the NBA and having 10,000 university programs available. In short, the Postgraduate Diploma in Muscle and Metabolic Physiology for Nutritionists is a unique opportunity for all those nutrition professionals looking to complement their educational preparation with highly relevant knowledge in muscle physiology and energy metabolism, with special emphasis on sports nutrition.