The Nutrition Network provides certification as a Nutrition Network Practitioner (NNP)
The SMHP provides accreditation as a Metabolic Health Practitioner (MHP)
Each organization has established their own requirements before you can become certified/accredited. These requirements are also referred to as the ‘pathway’ you need to follow. There are pathways outlined for both medical and non-medical personnel within each organization.
The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners (SMHP) has established several pathways leading to SMHP accreditation as a Metabolic Health Practitioner, all with the right to display the credentials MHP. Accreditation certifies that the practitioner has met The SMHP standards of understanding competence in the practice of dietary and lifestyle interventions that address metabolic health.
One of the pathways uses the Nutrition Network (NN) trainings as the education provider.
Nutrition Network Path
Complete one of the following Professional Trainings:
- Ketogenic: The Science and Practice of Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction
- LCHF for Dietitians*
The Ketogenic course replaces the old Professional Training in LCHF/Keto Nutrition & Treatment course but anyone who has already started the Professional Training course should continue with that and it will be accepted for their Accreditation application. (Note: If you are a non-medical professional, you are required to complete the Advisor Training module first, before you are free to complete one of the professional training modules above.)
Once the Professional Training module is completed, you are then required to complete the 3 modules of the ‘LCHF In Clinical Practice’ course. Finally, you need to complete the Ethics course to complete the core module requirements for this pathway.
So, in summary, you need the following core modules:
1. Advisor Training (if you are not a clinician)
2. Ketogenic: The Science and Practice of Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction OR LCHF for Dietitians
3. LCHF in Clinical Practice
4. Ethics
● The Ketogenic course replaces the old Professional Training course but anyone who has already started the Professional Training course should continue with that and it will be accepted for their Accreditation application.
Over and above that, you need 60 CMHE credits from an approved provider. If you use Nutrition Network modules as your approved provider for some of these CMHE credits, the 60 CMHE credits cannot come from any of the core modules you are required to complete above. You will need to complete a selection of new courses to accumulate these 60 CMHE credits.
So, for instance, the 10 credits from the Reversing Diabetes module would count towards your 60 but the credits from the Ethics module would not.
The Nutrition Network has bundles of all the core modules required for the Clinician and Non-Clinician paths offering up to a 23% discount.