The World Needs Health Coaches Now More Than Ever: Here's How You Can Help

If there's one thing the pandemic experience has taught us, it's that optimizing your overall health is crucial. That way, when the next global virus is upon us (because, trust us; there will be another one on the roster), your immune system is well equipped to disarm the threat rather than deal with existing health issues that bubble up. 

If your immune system is an army—one that fights off invaders with ease—you fuel its soldiers with immune-supporting agents, like foods, herbs, and supplements. That's why nutrition is paramount. 

It turns out, one powerful way to approach these silent, chronic conditions is through food and nutrition. As preventive medicine specialist David Katz, M.D., previously told us about COVID and nutrition: "The greatest single influence of whether you develop a bad chronic disease or die prematurely is your diet quality. Diet is constantly, universally important. Literature showing that it is the single leading predictor of all-cause mortality2 is incontrovertible." As a health coach, you'll learn what foods work for your body (read: not all diets work for everyone!) and how to optimize your personal well-being and immunity through nutrition. 

Not only does this level of training help you become more aligned with your own body's needs, but it can also help support others with their nutrition goals, as well. The staggering statistics above show that when it comes to health and well-being, the standard American way of living (and eating) is not sustainable. However, real, long-lasting change starts with education—and that's where health coaches enter the picture. Optimizing your own health is a first and crucial step, but it's only half the battle; to truly enhance the health of our country (and beyond), it takes a societal shift. 

There are numerous programs out there, but with the knowledge that nutrition is a crucial foundation for a strong health coaching program—we decided to create our own!

mbg's NBHWC-approved Health Coaching Certification teaches everything you need to know about an integrative approach to wellness and includes functional nutrition training, too. The curriculum offers a wealth of information from top experts, all at your fingertips in interactive, cohort-based learning.