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Best courses for Nutrition, Dietetics degrees, top Australian Universities

Australia offers some of the best places to study about the benefits of food to human health . Bachelor university degrees in ( BSc) Dietetics or Nutrition offer a career opportunities in the health care, fitness , food and nutrition industries as a dietitian ( dietician), nutritionist in hospitals, clinics or private practice. Some enlightened doctors and nurses who realize their standard medical or nursing degrees do not teach much about the value of food and nutrition in wellness and healing. They then choose to do additional study for a Bachelor in Nutrition as a supplementary degree to broaden their knowledge and understanding of the role of food, nutrition in wellness, healing and health maintenance.

Anecdotal evidence indicates many doctors ignore or are ignorant of the vital role food and nutrition plays in wellness. These doctors are illness focused and so almost exclusively use drugs and drastic surgical procedures to ‘ cure ‘ diseases…… Naturopaths, Nutritionist and dieticians take a different view and emphasise the importance of food in the wellness and healing. Much like Traditional Chinese medicine, they also believe that FOOD IS the BEST MEDICINE . Nutrition and Dietetics may sometimes be offered under a Bachelor of Health Science degree course. If you want advice on the effects of food on health, it may be better to consult anutritionist or Dietician, not a person with just a plain old medical degree. Food is the best medicine is the mantra of Nutritionist, Dietitians and Traditional Chinese Medicine doctors, not modern medicine physicians. Dietics is correctly spelt as dietetics.

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Difference between dietitian ( dietician) and nutritionist?

Nutritionists study for at least 3 years at university (which typically doesn’t include a 6 month practical stage) compared to Dietitian who generally trains for 4 to 5 years at uni (inclusive of practical component of at least 6 months). An exception would be for an academic/ research nutritionist, who may have a doctorate or masters in nutritional research.