Advisory and Client-Focused

Level 5

Welcome and Introduction

📘 UNIT 1: Skills Lab™: What’s your goal?

Complete your Personal Strategy Questionnaire 

▶️ Watch and Learn: Introduction to Toxicology and Detoxification

🎙️Off The Page Podcast

Module feedback

Module quiz

0. Devising your personal strategy

Module 1 Learning Outcomes

POLL: What is your past experience with detox diets and cleanses?

📕 UNIT 1: Science-based detoxification

POLL: What is the safest way to support someone with potential toxicity symptoms?

📕 UNIT 2: What’s your detox goal?

POLL: Share your detox goals

Downloadable Client Materials and Session Handouts

Before you take your quiz

1. What is your goal

Module 2 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Are natural substances always safer than manmade ones?

📕 UNIT 1: How toxic is the world?

POLL: Is a completely toxin-free life realistic?

📘UNIT 1: Skills Lab™: How toxic is your diet?

POLL: What does your kitchen currently look like?

2. Introduction to toxicology

Module 3 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Are the body’s detoxification abilities unlimited?

📕 UNIT 1: Why detox?

POLL: What weakens the body’s detoxification capacity?

📘 UNIT 1: Skills Lab™: What is your detoxification capacity?

POLL: Share your current detox capacity

3. How to assess your detoxification capacity

Module 4 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Where might toxins be hiding?

📕 UNIT 1: What’s detoxification?

POLL: What happens when immunity is compromised?

📕 UNIT 2: What qualifies as a toxin?

POLL: How many airborne toxin sources can you identify?

📕 UNIT 3: Is body fat toxic?

POLL: Which toxins are most likely to build up in body fat?

4. Toxic overload and body fat

Module 5 Learning Outcomes

📘 UNIT 1: Skills Lab™: How toxic are you?

POLL: Share your heavy metal toxicity level

POLL: Share your chemical toxicity level

POLL: Share your GI toxicity level

POLL: Share your liver toxicity level

POLL: Share your mycological toxicity level

📕 UNIT 1: Health effects of different toxin types

POLL: How do you define a toxin?

5. How to evaluate your toxic overload

Module 6 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Can heavy metals enter through the skin?

📕 UNIT 1: Heavy metals: What and where are they? (Part I)

POLL: Which heavy metal may be linked with HFCS?

📕 UNIT 2: Heavy metals: What and where are they? (Part II)

POLL: Which metal may be hiding in common baked and coloured foods?

6. Heavy metals – what and where are they

Module 7 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Is microbial life always bad for health?

📕 UNIT 1: Living toxins

POLL: What role does Candida play in the body?

📕 UNIT 2: Medical toxins

POLL: Do low dose exposures add up over time?

📕 UNIT 3: How toxins damage your health

POLL: Which illnesses are linked with parasites?

7. Mycological and medical toxins

Module 8 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Are organic foods free of pesticides?

📕 UNIT 1: Toxins in natural foods

POLL: How absolute is pesticide exposure in conventional produce?

▶️ Watch and Learn: Exposure to pesticides in produce

POLL: How do children’s detoxification systems compare with adults’?

📕 UNIT 2:  Toxins in processed foods and drinks

POLL: Which hidden carcinogen may appear in soft drinks?

📕 UNIT 3: Toxins from food packaging

POLL: What are artificial food colours typically made from?

📕 UNIT 4: Toxins from food cooking and processing

POLL: What genotoxins may result from high-heat cooking oils?

8. Toxins in the foods we eat

Module 9 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Which common products are likely to contain petrochemicals?

📕 UNIT 1: Toxins in cosmetics and personal care products 

POLL: Do parabens cause breast cancer?

▶️ Watch and Learn: Are beauty products toxic?

POLL: Which products are most likely to contain petrochemicals?

9. Toxins in toiletries and cosmetics

Module 10 Learning Outcomes

POLL: What is really inside bottled water?

📕 UNIT 1: Toxins in drinking water

POLL: Is water ionisation backed by science?

▶️ Watch and Learn: What's in your tap water?

POLL: Is tap water quality the same everywhere?

10. Toxins in drinking water

Module 11 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How serious are the health effects of air pollution?

📕 UNIT 1: Inhalable toxins

POLL: How dangerous can indoor air toxins be?

📕 UNIT 2: Inhalable toxins at home

POLL: Are cleaning product fumes usually harmless?

▶️ Watch and Learn: How to grow fresh air at home or work

POLL: What can indoor plants help filter from the air?

11. Toxins in the air we breathe

Module 12 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Which body systems are involved in detoxification?

📕 UNIT 1: The physiology of detoxification

POLL: Where does trapped mucus go for detoxification?

📕 UNIT 2: Detoxification through your stomach

POLL: What can stomach acid really break down?

📕 UNIT 3: Detoxification through your intestines

POLL: How does constipation affect detoxification?

12. The physiology of detoxification

Module 13 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Is the skin bacteria-free?

📕 UNIT 1: Detoxification through your skin

POLL: Does damaged skin become more permeable?

📕 UNIT 2: Detoxification through sweating and exercise

POLL: What helps move toxins toward sweat-based elimination?

POLL: Share your physical activity level

13. Detoxification through your skin

Module 14 Learning Outcomes

POLL: How many liver functions can you identify?

📕 UNIT 1: Detoxification through your liver

POLL: Which substances rely on the liver for detoxification?

POLL: What role does protein play in liver repair?

📕 UNIT 2: Glutathione and detoxification

POLL: Guess the building blocks of glutathione

POLL: How do free radicals affect the body’s antioxidant defences?

14. Detoxification through your liver

Module 15 Learning Outcomes

POLL: What are the body’s main detox strategies?

📕 UNIT 1: Liver detoxification

POLL: How do toxins and enzymes shape cancer risk?

📕 UNIT 2:  Phase 1 hepatic (liver) detoxification

POLL: Which nutrients support Phase I detoxification?

📕 UNIT 3: Phase 2 hepatic (liver) detoxification

POLL: What can Phase 2 detoxification enzymes help process?

▶️ Watch and Learn: How many eggs a day can I eat?

15. Biochemical detoxification pathways

Module 16 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Can too much alcohol raise cancer risk?

📕 UNIT 1: Liver stressors – part I

POLL: What makes liver detoxification less efficient?

POLL: Where might hidden sugars be sneaking into your diet?

📕 UNIT 2: Liver stressors – part II

POLL: Can sugar be turned into body fat?

📕 UNIT 3:  Liver stressors – part III

POLL: Why does fibre matter for toxin elimination?

16. Liver stressors

Module 17 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Which substances rely on kidney detoxification?

📕 UNIT 1: Detoxification through your kidneys

POLL: What can disrupt healthy kidney detoxification?

17. Detoxification through your kidneys

Module 18 Learning Outcomes

 📕 UNIT 1: Choosing the right detox plan for an individual

📘 Skills Lab™: What's the best detox diet for you?

POLL: Share your overall detox plan result

 📕 UNIT 2: Personalising a detox program

18. How to build a dietary plan

Module 19 Learning Outcomes

📕 UNIT 1: Clean-up protocols – part I

POLL: Share which C.R.A.P. foods you may consume

📕 UNIT 2: Clean-up protocols – part II

POLL: How much sleep do you normally get?

▶️ Watch and Learn: How does sleep help detox the brain?

▶️ Watch and Learn: Activation of the glymphatic system during sleep

POLL: Are you tired after waking up? 

📕 UNIT 3: Clean-up protocols – part III

POLL: Check in with your usual daily fluid intake

19. Essential wellness considerations

Module 20 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Does chewing matter more for whole plant foods?

📕 UNIT 1: 4-week Recalibration Program: adding fibre-rich foods

📕 UNIT 2: A to Z Fibre Content Guide™

POLL: How well can you spot the highest fibre option?

📕 UNIT 3: How to plan and monitor your client's fibre intake

POLL: Share your current daily fibre intake

📕 UNIT 4: 4-week Recalibration Program: detox-supporting foods

20. 4-week Recalibration Program

Module 21 Learning Outcomes

📕 UNIT 1: 4-week Recalibration Program: detox detractors to avoid (part I)

POLL: Which foods are most likely to contain trans fats?

📕 UNIT 2: 4-week Recalibration Program: detox detractors to avoid (part II)

21. Major detoxification detractors in the diet

Module 22 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Is infection always present when inflammation occurs?

📕 UNIT 1: 4-week Recalibration Program with 2-week elimination

📕 UNIT 2: How to plan the 2-week elimination

22. 2-week Elimination Program

Module 23 Learning Outcomes

📕 UNIT 1: 4-week Recalibration Program with 1-week intensive detox

📕 UNIT 2: How to track your client's progress and food reintroduction

23. 1-week Intensive Detox Program

Module 24 Learning Outcomes

POLL: Which supports detoxification better, juicing or blending?

📕 UNIT 1: Juicing, blending, and detoxifying smoothies

POLL: What is your experience with vegetable smoothies?

📕 UNIT 2: Detoxifying green smoothie recipes

POLL: Share your favourite green smoothie ingredients 

24. BONUS: Juicing, blending and detoxifying smoothies

<p>This 59-unit certification teaches you everything you need to know about the fields of toxicology and detoxification. You’ll be able to help your clients in a safe and personalised way. Learn how to design custom plans for your clients in a way that beats the hype and focuses on the science behind the body’s own detoxification pathways. The Toxicology and Detoxification certification works alongside our other programs to enhance your knowledge and increase your personal value proposition. </p>

This science-based certification teaches you what you need to know about the fields of toxicology and detoxification, so you can help your clients in a safe and personalised way.


Toxicology and Detoxification

Toxicology and Detoxification

Maurice Castelijn

What you will learn

Perform symptom assessments, evaluate detoxification capacity, and put forward tailored nutritional recommendations

Recognise sources of exogenous and endogenous chemical hazards, identify symptoms of exposure, and ensure appropriate medical referral

Build personalised short-term nutritional plans based on current state of health and personal goals; assess, plan, and monitor nutrient intake

Identify risks of exposure to toxin types, such as mutagens, genotoxins, neurotoxins, mycotoxins, carcinogens, heavy metals and petrochemicals

Understand physiological and biochemical detoxification pathways, which nutrients are involved in these, and which agents may hinder them

Analyse diet, sleep and hydration journals, organise shopping lists, offer cooking or recipe ideas, track progress, and monitor food intake

Course content

Course Description

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