James Smith – Clean Eating Academy

James Smith – Clean Eating Academy: Intro to Clean Cooking & Nutrition

Check it out: James Smith – Clean Eating Academy: Intro to Clean Cooking & Nutrition

Learn everything you need to know about clean-eating fundamentals in this one-of-a-kind, clean cooking 101 course that focuses on instructional demonstrations and tutorials in culinary techniques and nutrition.

In the Clean Eating Academy’s kickoff course, Intro to Clean Cooking & Nutrition, you will get a foundational overview of what it truly means to eat and live clean. A series of instructor-led lessons will cover the gamut from knife skills to clean cooking techniques that will become the basis for culinary courses within the program and the way you’ll eat for life.

Coursework will include basic nutrition theory that will show you how to read nutrition labels like a pro, eat better for improved digestion, good mood and mental clarity as well as perfectly balance protein, carbs and fat for all-day energy and weight management. Plus you’ll finally get to the bottom of the right and wrong fats for disease prevention and weight loss.

Our skilled instructor will transform the way you approach cooking with lessons covering how to properly use and sharpen your chef’s knife, the right vegetable cuts to minimize waste and speed up prep time in the kitchen, how to infuse big flavor the natural way and how to work with fresh and dried herbs.

Additionally, we’ll show you endless ways to work with the clean eater’s perfect protein: eggs, along with video tutorials on how to make clean versions of mayonnaise, aioli and hollandaise. We’ll explore nutrient-dense ancient grains and use them in modern recipes, we’ll cover legumes and potato cookery and show you a slew of clean ways to make some of your favorite childhood recipes with ease.

With loads of printable extras including a clean pantry list, approved and non-approved foods, a list of 17 ways to eat clean every day, what to buy organic and where you can safely save plus detailed charts of grains, rice and potato varieties, their health benefits and creative ways to use each, you’ll have all the tools at your fingertips to eat clean with smashing success anytime, anywhere.

Our mission is to change your relationship with food—the way you shop, cook and eat—eschewing processed, packaged convenience foods laden with artificial additives in favor of real, whole foods that are as close to the source of production as possible, so you can live a better, longer life

Who should take this course?

• Those looking to improve their health through food, whether you’re a motivated home cook or a health industry professional, or you’re looking to start a new career in cooking and nutrition
• Those interested in learning fun new ways to prepare delicious, healthy meals for their families
• Those curious about the latest nutrition research to improve and protect their family’s health
• Those with a passion for health, nutrition and cooking who want to build on existing skills as a health professional or simply elevate their knowledge of eating clean to improve their health through food
• Clean Eating readers looking for a deeper knowledge of the lifestyle
• Anyone in the health industry as a personal trainer, nutritionist, dietitian, naturopath, doctor, nurse, fitness instructor or wellness coach looking to better educate their clients on how to eat clean
• Anyone unsure if they are doing all they can to properly balance nutrients in their diet and cook the cleanest meals possible for thriving health and disease prevention

As a graduate of Clean Eating Academy, you will:

• Discover how to dramatically reduce your risk for diseases that are significantly influenced by diet
• Learn how to properly use and maintain a chef’s knife, saving hours in the kitchen and minimizing food waste
• Find out what organic truly means and how it impacts health
• Understand portion sizes, macro and micronutrients and how to balance them for energy and weight management
• Practice farm-to-table, local and seasonal eating at home and discover why it matters
• Get a solid handle on good and bad fats
• Learn about dietary allergies and inflammatory foods and how to work around them
• Discover how to clean up any recipe from anywhere as we lead you step by step through the process of clean substitutions
• Have a firm understanding of all aspects of nutrition
• Know how to balance each meal for perfect health
• Learn how to read nutrition labels like a pro and identify tricky marketing
• Know exactly which foods to eat, which to avoid and which to limit
• Understand vitamins and minerals and how to balance them within your diet
• Become familiar with nutrient-dense superfoods and become a pro at including them in your cooking
• Receive a certificate of completion for each course taken and a diploma recognizing you as a Clean Culinary Specialist upon completion of the program

Curriculum:

COURSE 1: Clean Eating Academy: Intro to Clean Cooking & Nutrition

Module 1: The Tenets of Clean Eating

Lesson 1: What It Truly Means to Eat Clean (and 17 Things to Know to Eat Clean Every Day)

Module 2: The Clean Cook’s Culinary School – An Intro

Lesson 1: The Clean Cook’s Tool Kit: How to choose, use and maintain your chef’s knife and set up your clean-eating kitchen for success.

Lesson 2: Basic Vegetable Preparation: Slice and dice vegetables like a pro for minimal waste and quick cooking, plus learn to use flavor-packed herbs expertly.

Lesson 3: Advanced Vegetable Preparation: Precise cuts, knife practice, cuts for various recipe applications and learn to parboil and blanch for maximum nutrient retention.

Lesson 4: Eggs: The Perfect Protein: How to buy, store and cook eggs in endless ways, plus tutorials on how to create deliciously clean versions of mayonnaise, aioli and hollandaise.

Lesson 5: Spectacular Spuds: Stop Fearing the Humble Potato. Why this nutrition powerhouse has a place in your clean kitchen, the best uses for each variety and exciting ways to cook clean with potatoes.

Lesson 6: Pulses (Legumes): Lovingly nicknamed the poor man’s protein, pulses are both budget-friendly and nutritious. We explore canned versus dried, how to prepare the many types and the controversy over whether they belong in a clean eater’s diet.

Lesson 7: Great Grains: Rice and Ancient Grains: Brown rice, sorghum, teff, amaranth, millet, quinoa, farro and many more, plus how to use these age-old beauties in your modern recipes.

Module 3: Clean Eating Nutrition: The Basics

Lesson 1: Read a Nutrition Label Like a Pro (and never be fooled by misleading labeling again). Plus, how Clean Eating stacks up against the Standard American Diet.

Lesson 2: Healthy Starts in the Gut: Know the ABCs of optimal digestion, and where it can go awry. Plus, we get to the bottom of water intake and how much you really need to drink to stay perfectly hydrated.

Lesson 3: How to Perfectly Balance Protein, Carbs and Fat for All-Day Energy, Thriving Health and Weight Management: Plus, know the difference between glycemic index and glycemic load (and which matters most).

Lesson 4: Powerful Protein: Get an in-depth understanding of the amino acids, or building blocks, that help build and repair our muscles. Plus, become familiar with the myriad of protein powders out there and how to choose the right one for your needs.

Lesson 5: Fats: The Good, the Bad and the Misunderstood: Fear-not fats that keep you lean.

Lesson 6: Vitamins and Minerals 101: Everything you need to know about fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins, minerals and trace elements, what they do and how much you need. Plus, the important role of phytochemicals and antioxidants in disease prevention.