Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy

Earn the Gold Standard Functional Nutrition Certification and IFNCP Advanced Practice Credential

100% online and self-paced 

Accelerate Your Career & Nurture Your Passion!

IFNA’s functional nutrition certification offers you a science-based, whole-systems approach in identifying and treating the root causes of chronic disease.

Accelerate your career and distinguish yourself in the rapidly growing field of integrative and functional nutrition.

Earn the #1 chosen Functional Nutrition Advanced Practice Credential, the
Integrative & Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner (IFNCP).

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Master the Art and Science of Functional Nutrition

Today’s complex health challenges require advanced, personalized nutrition solutions. With IFNA’s functional nutrition training and certification, you’ll learn to identify root causes, address system imbalances, and apply the cutting-edge protocols, labs, and tools needed to excel in this rapidly growing field.

Gain the confidence to take on complex cases, deliver personalized care, and improve client outcomes. IFNA graduates are transforming lives while building rewarding careers in integrative and functional nutrition.

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Grow your business and love what you do!

With IFNA’s training, both your clients and your business will thrive.

  • Skillfully assess and treat clients struggling with chronic health issues, becoming the eminent go-to clinician for referrals.
  • Boost your income and grow your practice using a root cause “whole-systems” approach that clients are increasingly seeking to restore health.
  • Integrate powerful mind-body practices into your work with clients to support the body’s natural healing ability.
  • Reconnect with why you started your career in the first place – your passion for helping people live healthier, more fulfilled lives.
"IFNA's training is exceptional. I highly recommend their functional nutrition certification. If you are serious about mastering functional nutrition, this program is for you."
Dr. Mark Hyman
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Transform Patient Outcomes

Learn cutting-edge integrative and functional nutrition concepts and tools you can apply in practice with your next client.

Become proficient in:

  • A whole-body systems approach
  • Root cause analysis
  • Therapeutic elimination diets and food plans
  • Conventional and functional diagnostic labs, including nutrigenetic testing
  • The art and science of dietary supplements
  • Mind-body modalities such as meditation, yoga, breathing techniques, and other lifestyle-oriented coaching practices to support behavior change

Flexible training with 3 Pathways!

Get your IFNA Functional Nutrition Certification. Or go deeper and achieve the IFNCP Credential. Or earn continuing education credits. It is up to you. You choose your Pathway and we’ll help guide you every step of the way.

 

IFNA Pathways

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Certification

Earn an Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certification (Certificate of Training)

IFNCP Credential

Achieve the distinguished IFNCP Advanced Practice Credential

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Continuing Education

Earn continuing education credits for each track


The IFNA Difference

100% Online – learn at your own pace from anywhere

Learn from top functional nutrition experts

Functional Nutrition Certification in as little as 9 months

Individual and group mentoring

Earn the IFNCP Advanced Practice Credential

IFNA Membership with industry discounts

You’ll get an invaluable toolkit with handouts, patient questionnaires, clinical protocols with dietary and supplement recommendations, conventional labs, functional labs, nutrigenetics testing, mind-body practices, web resources, and a bibliography of carefully selected scientific papers.

Chosen as the official training program by the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, this 5-track, 33-module curriculum sets the gold standard in Functional Nutrition education. It will transform the way you approach healthcare!

"IFNA changed the course of my career! It's the best investment I've ever made!"
Kelsey Woodworth Sticklen, RD, IFNCP

Become a systems detective with cutting-edge nutrition and lab assessment and diagnostic tools

As you dive deep into integrative medical nutrition therapies, you’ll learn to identify and resolve core imbalances that lie at the root of most chronic health conditions, helping your clients:

  • Heal common digestive disorders (IBS, Crohn’s, Ulcerative colitis, SIBO, GERD, Celiac disease, etc.)
  • Reduce toxic burden and decrease the risk of environmentally acquired illness
  • Increase energy and support mitochondrial function
  • Reverse cardiometabolic conditions such as type 2 diabetes
  • Alleviate chronic pain and inflammation
  • Bring hormones into balance impacting issues such as endometriosis, infertility, PCOS and osteoporosis
  • Improve memory, anxiety, depression, and neurodegenerative disorders
  • Support optimal adrenal and thyroid function
  • Learn integrative modalities to cancer prevention and management
  • Strengthen immunity and resolve autoimmune conditions
"Signing on was one of the best decisions I ever made. The process has greatly enhanced my skills and confidence, not to mention patient outcomes."
Gale Reed RDN, IFNCP

Who should take IFNA’s training?

Are you passionate about patient care? Are you excited about personal and professional growth?

Then IFN Academy is for you!

Whether you are a registered dietitian hungry to incorporate functional nutrition into your practice or a health coach determined to find holistic solutions for your clients’ more complex issues, this is the training for you. Our students come from all over the world and include but are not limited to:

  • Registered Dietitians
  • Nutritionists
  • Health Coaches
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants
  • Naturopaths
  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners

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Learn from premier thought leaders

Enjoy exciting classes taught by a multi-disciplinary “all-star cast” of the nations’ top functional medicine experts.

You’ll benefit from our faculty’s diverse backgrounds, including registered dietitians/nutritionists, certified nutrition specialists, MDs, NDs, and holistic health coaches!

"IFNA is the real MVP when it comes to functional nutrition education for RDNs."
Kylene Bogden, MS, RDN, CSSD, LDN, CLT, IFNCP

Learn the systems, tools, and strategies to become a functional nutrition expert and help your clients and your business thrive!

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Proud to provide approved continuing education by the following organizations:

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)


American Nutrition Association

 

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Sheila & Kathie
We’ve had wonderful success with candidates who came through afteryou shared our job posting. The IFNA-trained dietitians we’ve hired have been an excellent fit for our growing integrative & functional...
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When I signed up for this program, I had no idea how much valuable information I was going to learn. I loved so many of the presenters and was blown...
Megan Robinson RDN, LDN, IFNCP
This was truly the best educational journey and the best decision that I have made. This program has certainly taught me a lot, and I can’t wait to share the...
Dima Salhoobi, MS, RD, CDN, IFNCP
IFN Academy has been my life-line for the past two years. This training has been an invaluable experience as I am readily able to apply what I am learning everyday...
Brenda Williams, MS, RDN, IFNCP
The course really changed my world! I have never in my life been so inspired about the therapeutic effect of food as after I completed my IFNA training! I am...
Marenel Pansegrouw, RD, IFNCP (So Africa)
This journey has been both professionally enriching and personally transformative. The depth of the curriculum, the clinical rigor, and the strong emphasis on systems thinking have profoundly strengthened my ability...
Linda Cardona CDN, LDN, IFNCP
Thank you seems hardly enough for all the expertise you offered me through this program, but a heart-felt thank you is extended to you, and I am very excited and...
Misty Pauley, RN, IFNCP
I just wanted to extend a heartfelt thank you for putting together such a comprehensive, rich, and inspiring course. Coming from an education background, I wasn’t sure how steep the...
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