Please email us to inquire about this program…

Scholarship Program
for Parents & Individuals

Julie Matthews’ Advanced Nutrition Practitioner Training Program is available to qualifiying non-professionals.

At the urging of parents like you, our Advanced Nutrition Training is now available for individuals, (non-professionals) that really want to know how these diets work, and how to make the most of diet and nutrition approaches. Its open to those taking their own diet and nutrition journey much deeper, and will give you an advanced level of understanding and effectiveness.

A Nourishing Hope Mom or Individual, is any mom, dad, family relative, or caregiver that is strategically using diet and nutrition to help their child, family, themselves, or community. Or an individual seeking to broaden their awareness for their own education and advantage.

Scholarships in this program are available to Nourishing Hope Moms & Individuals, not practicing professionals. Many parents interested in taking this practitioner training are doing so to help themselves, their families, and their communities, so we are providing this scholarship (half off the professional program tuition). The scholarship application is linked throughout this page, includes a “10-payment” option. Always feel free to email us with any questions you have about the program, and please also visit the FAQ section of our website. —

This program is for those who…

  • Want to deeply understand therapeutic diets in order to help yourself or your own family

  • Have a loved one with autism, ADHD or other special needs and want to understand the underlying biochemistry and diets to guide your health care team

  • Give and organize talks in their local community

  • Help other families at home and in their kitchen

  • Are “cooking to heal” chefs or cater to allergen-free diet

Childhood Disorders have Skyrocketed

1 in 36 (2 million) children have autism
6 million children are diagnosed with ADHD
5.8 million children suffer from anxiety

Scientific research has proven that nutrition and special diets improve the health, learning, and behavior of those with autism.

Julie Matthews is co-author of “gold standard” scientific research

Research Results

• 4.5x increase in developmental age
• Increase in IQ by 7 points
• Reduction in autism symptoms
• Decrease in gastrointestinal distress
• Less anxiety and increased mood

Children CAN improve – FOOD Matters!!!

Learn the underlying biochemistry, bioindividual nutrition needs, and use of therapeutic diets for autism, ADHD, and related disorders.

*Clinician’s program is available to non-practitioner parents and individuals by application only.

“Because body and brain are connected, you can improve and eliminate the symptoms of autism by giving special attention to the foods and nutrients that address the unique biochemistry and needs of the child.

The biggest travesty today is the belief that you can’t change autism. After working with hundreds of families over 18 years, I can say without a doubt that children can and do improve from autism and neurodevelopmental disorders.”

Julie Matthews, CNC, CNE, CBNP
Founder: BioIndividual Nutrition Institute

Diet & Nutrition Strategy for children

Autism and other neurological conditions are complex disorders. They can involve underlying inflammation, oxidative stress, microbiome imbalance, nutrient deficiencies, methylation challenges, mitochondrial issues, digestive disturbances, and immune system dysregulation. Each child is different and needs a unique set of recommendations, include diet and nutrition suggestions to help support the underlying concerns. Food reactions and intolerances are common, and foods can be either helpful or harmful depending the individual circumstances, so food recommendations must be tailored to the individual.

Message to
Professionals that make
Diet and Nutrition Recommendations
(and Parents that Feed Children)

Whether you’ve been in practice for years (or following a special diet for a while) or more recently completed your nutrition education, you may know that “bioindividuality” is important and believe you’re practicing it.

Clinicians today may think they practice bioindividuality, but most don’t realize how much they’re missing.

Nutrition science and therapeutic diet application has expanded greatly in recent years. New evidence demonstrates that many compounds found in foods, even very “healthy” foods, can cause serious reactions in certain people and even worsen conditions you’re trying to help.

Recommending a healthy whole foods, gluten-free, grain-free diet, or Paleo diet is often not enough; as they do not address the individual biochemical needs of the person.

The latest nutrition science shows that many of our clients with chronic health conditions suffer with issues relating to oxalates, salicylates, amines, histamine, glutamate, and FODMAPS, as well as poor methylation, transsulfuration and sulfation.

VERY FEW practitioners are aware of these food substances, how to identify them, and how to truly customize a therapeutic diet according to their clients unique needs.

Practitioenrs, if you’re not up on the latest nutrition science and how to apply it clinically, you are missing an essential piece of how to practice functional nutrition. And without it, your nutrition recommendations may be completely ineffective.

As a nutritionist, it is essential that you learn to recognize and address these types of food reactions in order to improve the underlying biochemical factors which are causing your client’s symptoms.

Having this knowledge and skill sets you apart from other nutrition professionals in the field.

Understand therapeutic diets and customize nutrition for the unique biochemistry of your child…

The BioIndividual Nutrition training includes cutting edge nutritional science, proprietary tools, and a supportive professional community.

“My Bioindividual Nutrition Training is the central tool I use in working with families affected by autism and ADD/ADHD.

I am able to make specific recommendations for families that bring about noticeable results. In some cases, the “mystery” surrounding certain symptoms is eliminated because of the connections I learned about through the program.

The training is a must for anyone working with pediatric developmental disorders. The tools it contains are effective and unique. Without them, despite good intentions, practitioners may be flying somewhat blind.”

Susan Levin, CNC – UnlockYourChild.com

Attention Parents & Non-Practitioners

The BioIndividual Nutrition “PEDIATRIC PROGRAM” includes BOTH of Julie’s courses: 1) the FOUNDATIONAL BioIndividual Nutrition Training (on the underlying biochemistry of disease and use of therapeutic diets to address a wide range of chronic disorders), and the Pediatric Intensive, which applies everything from the Foundational course, specifically to children with autism, ADHD, anxiety, and other developmental delays and health conditions.

This “Pediatric Program” is what’s being offered through the Nourishing Hope Moms & Individuals Scholarship Program. Please view all the details and watch the video explanations on this page. 

Benefit from 20 years of dedicated research and applied clinical experience

Julie Matthews has specialized in autism since 2002. Her initial research paper later became an award-winning book Nourishing Hope for Autismthat explains why food and nutrition affects the varied systems and biochemical pathways routinely occurring in autism and how to strategically apply specialized diets to help children heal.

Through her research and clinical practice she has learned how to help children improve and how to teach others to best support the underlying biochemistry, food reactions and intolerances routinely seen in autism.

Julie has learned that children with autism are the “canaries in the coalmine,” informing us that we have too many toxins and nutrient deficiency that have affected our genetic expression, as well as exposure to environmental triggers that are harming the development of our children as well as our health. Fortunately by understanding the underlying factors and conditions affecting autism, we can use food and nutrition to improve the health, happiness, learning and behavior of children, and help them lead a better quality of life.

This Pediatric Intensive is based on decades of clinical experience and research. Learn how to work with the unique needs of children with autism and developmental disorders.

If you are a seasoned practitioner specializing in autism, ADHD, and related neurological disorders or a newly graduated student interested in working with children this training course is just what you need to catapult your practice.

“The BioIndividual Nutrition training has been one of the best investments for my career as a nutritionist. The course has been invaluable.”

Francesca Orlando-Baldwin, NTP, CGP
Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition

The Advanced Training you will guide you in…

Understanding the science and thought process behind choosing among 12+ therapeutic diets, customizing them, and knowing how to avoid the pitfalls.

Using cutting edge tools like our lists of “symptom clusters” and food sensitivity categories.

Streamlining your practice and improving compliance using targeted questionnaires, symptoms lists, diet summaries, guides & client handouts.

Getting support from a knowledgeable community of BioIndividual Nutrition Practitioners, including hundreds of your professional colleagues.

About the Course Creator and Instructor

Julie Matthews, BS NC is a globally respected nutrition expert, award-winning author, and published researcher. Her guidance is backed by twenty years of clinical experience and scientific research with complex neurological and physiological needs; particularly autism and related disorders. Julie holds a masters degree in medical nutrition.

She has lectured in more than 60 cities across three continents. She’s been on television, radio, newspaper, blogs/podcasts and more, published scientifically referenced articles in journals and websites. She’s been featured by Price-Pottenger, honored by the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, sits on two scientific advisory boards including the Autism Research Center, and is a Certified Nutrition Consultant with a successful practice in San Francisco.

Julie is a dynamic speaker who has educated professionals at trainings for Integrative Medicine for Mental Health, Autism Research Institute/DAN!, Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs, and the MINDD International Forum in Australia.

During her early nutrition studies back in 2001, Julie discovered that food and nutrition influenced the condition known as autism. She committed to investigate the connections then explain them to parents and clinicians that can make a difference helping children recover. Her final research paper at Bauman College later became her award-winning book Nourishing Hope for Autism. It explains WHY food and nutrition affects the systems and biochemical pathways routinely occurring in autism and HOW to strategically apply a specialized diet to help children heal.

After many years in practice, it became evident to Julie that the dietary approaches that helped the most difficult clients, were useful in healing most chronic conditions. And because autism is one of the most complex disorders (with underlying immune/autoimmune, digestive, neurological, and metabolic dysfunction issues), it provides a unique perspective on chronic disease that helps Julie teach others to see hidden connections between symptoms, circumstances, and effective healing dietary strategies for a wide variety of complex conditions.

She founded Nourishing Hope to stand for the efficacy of improved diet and nutrition for autism, and the BioIndividual Nutrition Institute to share the synthesis of her knowledge with cutting edge clinicians to help improve their effectiveness with therapeutic diets.

Julie has presented at the following professional conferences:

The Reason for the Program
Julie’s Personal “Why”

What is BioIndividual Nutrition®

BioIndividual Nutrition is the science and clinical application of diet and nutrition intervention that is customized to the unique needs of an individual.

The principles behind BioIndividual Nutrition involve understanding chronic disease, determining bioindividuality, discovering how food affects biochemistry, mastering special diets, customizing nutrition strategy and evolving the diet.

Instead of trying to modify one dietary approach for different individuals, this approach utilizes a dozen diet strategies, in addition to close examination of relationships between symptoms and underlying biological pathways.

Bioindividual Nutrition is a functional nutrition approach that applies to all health conditions…

IBS
Fatigue
Anxiety
Autism
ADHD
Eczema
Allergies

Digestive Disorders
Autoimmune Disorders
Neurological Conditions
Methylation Issues
Mitochondrial Dysfunction
Nutrient Deficiency
Food Sensitivities

Thyroid
Diabetes
Aging
Pain
Addiction
Pregnancy
Depression

Foods affect chemistry and in turn, the body’s biochemistry influences the foods an individual can tolerate/eat. Understanding these relationships, identifying hidden connections between symptoms and sources, and knowing which recommendations to make is critical to your success as a practitioner.

What might get in my way?

Specifically, why do some people get radically better when others cannot figure out how to resolve their troublesome symptoms?

I’ve helped hundreds of clients with disorders resulting from complex neurological and physiological needs, and I discovered some interesting and important information that can help you…

I tend to see the “tough cases,” the “non-responders,” in my nutrition practice.

By the time they’ve come to me, clients have already seen 3 or more practitioners that have provided nutrition advice, yet they still have not gotten better. And I’ve always investigated why their prior practitioners were unsuccessful. As I explored each of their case history files, I uncovered what they had overlooked.

Here are 5 common errors that inhibit results; and insight to avoid them and improve your overall success.

Five MISTAKES
that PREVENT Clinical SUCCESS

Introducing the

was Created for Professionals
that Use Diet and Nutrition
in their Practice

(and is available to non-practitioners by application only – via THIS page)

“Julie Matthews is a pioneer in the field of functional nutrition. I’m forever grateful for the additional knowledge that we have due to her dedicated work in the field of bioindividual nutrition.”

Andrea Nakayama, Functional Nutritionist,
Replenish PDX

9We have Professionals in 48 Countries
practicing BioIndividual Nutrition®

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How Nutrition Professionals
Benefit from the Program

“I am a GAPS practitioner and I really needed the tools and resources your program teaches. I now feel confident that I will be able to… make a bigger impact on my community.”

Holly Morello, NTP, CGP

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“I am a GAPS practitioner and I really needed the tools and resources your program teaches. I now feel confident that I will be able to… make a bigger impact on my community.”

Holly Morello, NTP, CGP

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“Julie walks you through case studies and you gain an understanding of the thought process to identify symptoms and suitable dietary interventions. This was the missing link for me.”

Paula Bordenet, NTP

“Although my NTP training was excellent, not all clients respond to the standard healing diet and supplement protocols taught in the program. The BioIndividual Nutrition course took my training to a higher level, and I can now help a much wider range of clients. Before even completing the program, I was able to apply and see results from the new information I had learned. My confidence as a practitioner has grown immensely.”

Cate Pellicer, NTP

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“Although my NTP training was excellent, not all clients respond to the standard healing diet and supplement protocols taught in the program. The BioIndividual Nutrition course took my training to a higher level, and I can now help a much wider range of clients. Before even completing the program, I was able to apply and see results from the new information I had learned. My confidence as a practitioner has grown immensely.”

Cate Pellicer, NTP

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“As a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, the BioIndividual Nutrition training has been a great value to me. Gaining knowledge of the varied diets perfectly augments my NTA education and has helped me better support my clients’ diverse needs. I think every NTP, NTC or NTA student would benefit from Julie’s training!”

Resolute Michaels, NTP

“The BioIndividual Nutrition training is scientifically backed and referenced, comprehensive, practical and relevant to me as a Health Coach and Mindd Practitioner. I work specifically with the Autism community, so the knowledge I gained from is crucial for me to be able to provide a high level of expertise to my clients.”

Kris Barrett, Mindd PractitionerCertified Nutrition & Health Coach Certified GAPS Practitioner

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“The BioIndividual Nutrition training is scientifically backed and referenced, comprehensive, practical and relevant to me as a Health Coach and Mindd Practitioner. I work specifically with the Autism community, so the knowledge I gained from is crucial for me to be able to provide a high level of expertise to my clients.”

Kris Barrett, Mindd PractitionerCertified Nutrition & Health Coach Certified GAPS Practitioner

Brandin-Roa

“I’m loving the BNI program and how it’s elevating my effectiveness in the clinical setting. Big wins for everyone!”

Brandin Roa, FNLP, NCP, CPCC, CPE, BCom Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner

The Framework Behind the Course

The 6 Pillars of BioIndividual Nutrition

…teaching you HOW to think rather than WHAT to think
so you can help every client, no matter how complex

Based on proven clinical results, not theory, our 6 Pillars of BioIndividual Nutrition will give you the framework and tools you need to make it easier for you to provide consistent results-oriented dietary guidance.

The BioIndividual Nutrition Training will empower you with nutrition knowledge and tools, and give you the confidence to work with complex chronic conditions.

UNDERSTANDING
CHRONIC DISEASE

As you learn our unified perspective for chronic disease, you’ll understand your client’s disease on a deeper level, so you be effective at applying special diets for the needs of clients with a wide range of chronic diseases.

The training program explores:

IBS & Digestive disorders
Autoimmune disorders
Anxiety & Depression
Autism & ADHD
Mitochondrial dysfunction
Methylation disorders
Neurological conditions
Hypothyroid & Hashimoto’s
Eczema and skin conditions
Asthma & Allergies
Obesity & Diabetes

DETERMINING
BIOINDIVIDUALITY

By learning to identify specific underlying factors like health history, environmental triggers, chronic conditions and symptoms, food reactions, and biochemistry, you gain a system that will enable you to get to the root of your client’s problem.

The training program explores:

Inflammation
Poor methylation
Poor sulfation
Poor digestion
Microbiome imbalance
Mitochondrial dysfunction
Poor detoxification
Genetics/Epigenetics/SNPs

DISCOVERING HOW FOODS
AFFECT BIOCHEMISTRY

As you learn how foods and little-known compounds inside them affect the body’s biochemistry and which symptoms they commonly produce, you will be able to detect and address “mysterious” symptoms other practitioners don’t understand.

The training program explores:

Salicylates & Phenols
Histamines & Amines
Glutamate
Oxalates
FODMAPS
Food allergens/ Sensitivities
Di- and Polysaccharides
Yeast containing foods
Nightshades
Sulfur/thiol foods
Purines
Lectins & Phytates

MASTERING
THERAPEUTIC DIETS

When you understand the intricacies of each therapeutic diet, how to use them, and practical implementation tips, you will feel confident helping your client implement any diet with the best tools and resources available.

The training program explores:

Gluten/Casein/Soy-Free
SCD & GAPS Diet
Paleo Diet
Autoimmune Paleo
Feingold Diet
Failsafe Diet
Low oxalate Diet
Body Ecology Diet
Low FODMAPs Diet
Ketogenic Diets
Rotation Diets
Elimination Diets

EVALUATING HOW FOODS
AFFECT BIOCHEMISTRY

By learning to create BioIndividual Nutrition Strategy plans incorporating our unique seven point method of determining diet direction, you will gain an effective methodology and clinical tools that make it quicker and easier to create effective plans for your clients.

The training program explores:

Food cravings
Diet record, food frequency
Reactions to foods
Common Symptoms
Laboratory testing
Genetics
Client considerations

EVOLVING
the Diet

When you improve tolerance, reassess dietary needs, and expand the diet, you help your client improve their dietary variety and nutrition to help them maintain the results they have gained and continue to improve and heal.

The training program explores:

Depleting factors & deficiencies
Underlying causes & biochemistry
Supplementation support
Lifestyle
Toxin avoidance
Dietary trial
Provocation food testing

BioIndividual Nutrition Training
Outline & Content

Instead of teaching one dietary approach, we provide a framework, knowledge, and tools to create advanced nutrition programs customized to individual need.

Foundations
Course Overview

  • 12 Modules – 28 hours of content
  • Audio/Video presentations
  • PDF downloads of slides
  • Transcripts
  • MP3 recordings of all lessons
  • Clinical handouts Done-for-you
  • Comprehensive Study Guide and Clinical Practicum Workbook

Done-for-You
Clinical Handouts

  • Easy to Use Clinical Charts, Handouts: GMO Guide, Toxin Guide, and many more
  • Diet Implementation Guides and Food lists for your patients and clients

Practice Tools and Resources

  • Online Clinical Diet Assessment Questionnaire
  • Symptom/Diet Chart
  • Decision-making flow chart
  • Nourishing Hope Food Pyramid poster and client tools plus Nourishing Hope for Autism (book) and Cooking to Heal (cookbook and videos)

Foundations Course Curriculum
(click for descriptions)

MODULE 1: BioIndividual Nutrition Foundations

We open the course with an investigation of chronic disease today and routinely observed underlying metabolic conditions, and I present my work with autism as a model for understanding and supporting all chronic disease. We discuss the need and factors for bioindividuality, and explore the practice of BioIndividual Nutrition.

MODULE 2: Special Diets for BioIndividual Nutrition

Next we get a firm understanding of the most common and effective “special” healing diets that every nutrition practicing professional should master. How they work, harmful assumptions about them to NOT make, tweaking the diets and addressing supplementation, and knowing when (or not) to use a special diet. Focus is on optimizing therapeutic effectiveness of your diet and nutrition strategy for each individual in your practice.

MODULE 3: Nutrition Best Practices – NEW Food Pyramid

In this module we discuss the synthesis of more than a dozen years’ research/practice into nourishing diets (vs. the standard mainstream diet). You’ll gain the Nourishing Hope Food Pyramid as a model for understanding and teaching good nutrition and dietary factors in your practice. Our Nourishing Hope Food Pyramid flexible enough to apply to all healing diets. Deeper insight on foods groups, macronutrients, nutrient boosters, and foods not on the pyramid set a foundation for creating customized and effective dietary strategies to address all disease.

MODULE 4: Allergen-free Diets, Gluten-free Casein-free

We explore the practical application of common elimination diets, based on avoidance of known or suspected aversive foods/substances. Allergies vs. sensitivities vs. intolerances; gluten, dairy, and soy, lectins in grains, wheat proteins and exorphins, wheat germ agglutinin, zonulin, celiac and non-celiac gluten intolerance, autoimmune cross reactivity, symptoms and conditions of gluten intolerance, elimination diets/rotation diets are investigated in depth.

MODULE 5: The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) vs. GAPS

Further exploring healing diets, we compare in great detail two grain-free and starch-free diets: the SCD and GAPS diets, discussing the specific carbohydrate diet; its origins and purpose, and differences in the GAPS diet. We investigate the strategic application of each approach; deciding which diet, understanding di-saccharides and polysaccharides, and how to adapt the diets as needed to address additional underlying biochemical concerns, while not neglecting good nutrition.

MODULE 6: Addressing Dysbiosis & Optimizing GI Support

We look thoroughly at the relationship between gastrointestinal health and chronic disease today, then detail the most effective dietary approaches for addressing gastrointestinal issues. We discuss the importance of the microbiome in health and chronic disease, and highlight: SIBO, Low FODMAPs, Yeast, and the Body Ecology Diet, as well as the use of other special diets discussed on the course for GI support.

MODULE 7: Low Phenol and Amine Diets

The course next covers a very important yet often unknown and underutilized dietary approach. You’ll learn from someone who has been putting these principles of low phenol and amine diets in practice for 15 years and has development an understand of the common symptoms and conditions these dietary approaches can address, how to implement them, and how to improve tolerance to foods containing: phenols, salicylates, histamines, other biogenic amines, and glutamates. Sulfation biochemistry is explored, associated diseases, the role of the microbiome, and how to improve sulfation and phenol/amine intolerance with diet, supplementation, and other factors. We learn about diets high in phenols/amines and diets to adapt for low phenol/amine needs. I explain the ins and outs of the Feingold and Failsafe diets too; when to choose; how to create your own custom approach, and how to implement.

MODULE 8: Oxalates and The Low Oxalate Diet

Diving deep into oxalates, we discover one of the most poorly understood yet crucial dietary strategies, that takes us far beyond a diet used for kidney stone support. We unearth the science and research on oxalates and their influence on: inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial damage, and more. We investigate which diets tend to be high oxalate, when it’s a problem, and how to adapt, as well as factors outside of dietary consumption that are crucial to understand. You will learn strategies to safely implement the low oxalate diet in your practice, and how to engage further low oxalate principles such as supplementation support.

MODULE 9: Paleo, Low Carb, and Ketogenic Diets

Here we discuss the Paleo diet; it’s advantages and pitfalls, how it differs from other grain-free diets, and common misconceptions. We also explore in this module, low carbohydrate diets and various ketogenic diets; when to use or avoid these approaches.

MODULE 10: Methylation and Mitochondria

This is a favorite module included in this program by popular demand, as it discusses two very important topics essential in customizing nutrition strategy: methylation and mitochondrial dysfunction. We discuss and explain the process of methylation, tying it back to transsulfuration and sulfation biochemistry and complementary dietary strategies. We consider the implications of poor methylation, SNPs, and gene expression. We also explore mitochondrial function and go much further into the subject than simply mitochondrial disease, instead exploring mitochondrial function and dysfunction in many health conditions including autism. We discuss the connection between methylation and mitochondrial function and how to support both. You will learn which symptoms and conditionals can be associated with poor methylation and mitochondrial function, and supplementation and diets to use/not use to address these issues.

MODULE 11: Laboratory Testing & Supplementation

The course gets linear as we study laboratory testing, particularly functional tests. Explicitly, we explore how to determine nutrient need and hone dietary approach based on laboratory testing. We outline common nutrient deficiencies and supplementation to support nutrient repletion and how supplementation can support and improve tolerance of food reactions.

MODULE 12: Practicing BioIndividual Nutrition

We now bring it all together and highlight how to develop dietary strategy and BioIndividual Nutrition approach. Most importantly you’ll learn how to improve food tolerance, variety, and nutrition, a crucial approach often missed in most special diet discussions. Improving tolerance to foods is possible and is important to overall health and healing success in your practice. We cover symptoms commonly associated with food reactions, you’ll learn how to determine diet(s) approaches as needed, as well as receive access to a symptom guide and our online based dietary questionnaire to assist in gathering data and discerning dietary direction. You’ll discover our proprietary model for creating a customized BioIndividual Nutrition strategy with details on combining diets, tightening the rules of a diet, when and how to break the rules of a diet, and how to hone and evolve a diet over time as tolerance improves.

“I highly recommend the BioIndividual Nutrition training! Julie’s expertise in therapeutic special diets is cutting-edge and so relevant for the anxious women I work with, over and above the brain chemical balancing and other nutritional approaches I use. I love that I continue to learn as Julie shares new research and information. It’s also helped me personally, as I have been able to solve my terrible foot pain caused by oxalates!”

Trudy Scott, CN
Author: Antianxiety Food Solution

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“I highly recommend the BioIndividual Nutrition training! Julie’s expertise in therapeutic special diets is cutting-edge and so relevant for the anxious women I work with, over and above the brain chemical balancing and other nutritional approaches I use. I love that I continue to learn as Julie shares new research and information. It’s also helped me personally, as I have been able to solve my terrible foot pain caused by oxalates!”

Trudy Scott, CN
Author: Antianxiety Food Solution

Pediatric Intensive OVERVIEW

Children require a DIFFERENT approach

Children have different tastes and texture preferences than adults, so diets and meal ideas need to be adjusted for their needs. They tend to be picky eaters. They have different nutritional needs. After speaking with and working with thousands of families, I’m convinced that to be successful working with children you need a different strategy than working with adults. While some children don’t require “kids meals” they all still need to be tailored to the growth, repair, and special developmental requirements.

Overview

• 7 Modules – 16 hours of content
• Audio/Video presentations
• PDF downloads of slides
• Transcripts
• MP3 recordings of all lessons
• Clinical handouts for your clients,
• Done-for-you (use your logo)
• Comprehensive Study Guides
• Clinical Practicum Workbook
• Additional directory designation

Childhood
Conditions Covered

• Autism
• ADHD
• Anxiety
• Allergies
• Asthma
• Down Syndrome
• Sensory Processing
• Learning Disorders
• Digestive, Autoimmune, and other disorders

Pediatric Intensive OVERVIEW

Children require a DIFFERENT approach

Children have different tastes and texture preferences than adults, so diets and meal ideas need to be adjusted for their needs. They tend to be picky eaters. They have different nutritional needs. After speaking with and working with thousands of families, I’m convinced that to be successful working with children you need a different strategy than working with adults. While some children don’t require “kids meals” they all still need to be tailored to the growth, repair, and special developmental requirements.

MODULE 1: Biochemistry of Autism, ADHD and other Chronic Childhood Disorders

Underlying factors, biochemistry, and systems affected in Autism as well as ADHD and other special needs. We discuss biochemical factors including: prenatal, inflammation, methylation, transsulfuration, sulfation, mitochondria, gastrointestinal, neurological, endocrine, and toxins. Childhood conditions include autism, ADHD, down syndrome, asthma, and allergies.

MODULE 2: Nutrient Deficiencies in Autism and Other Conditions

Nutrient Deficiencies common in autism, Supportive supplementation, Scientific research on deficiencies in autism and childhood conditions, and studies showing improvement from supplementation.

MODULE 3: Digestion and the Microbiome in Autism and Other Conditions

Gastrointestinal issues, inflammatory disorders, bacterial imbalances, yeast, and pathogens in autism, as well as the other childhood conditions we discuss in the course. Diets and supplementation support most helpful for various GI challenges. Diet and supplement support for Fat Intolerance, Gas & Bloating, Diarrhea, Constipation, and GERD. Getting Babies Off to the Best Start, Supporting Children’s Microbiome.

MODULE 4: Mood, Behavior and Energy Regulation

Common autism behaviors, Childhood Mood/Behavior Conditions: depression, anxiety, irritability, emotional sensitivity, and aggression, Childhood energy regulation issues: hyperactivity, fatigue, mitochondrial and energy production issues, seizures; Food chemicals and natural substances most likely to cause behavioral reactions; Diets that can help various conditions discussed.

MODULE 5: Nutrition and Special Diets for Children

Nutritional considerations for children of all ages, Nutrient dense diet for children; special learning/teaching tools for parents and children; Special diets that are helpful for children, when special diets are not appropriate for children, how to adapt a diet to meet needs of children, special diet challenges for children.

MODULE 6: Meal Planning and Recipes for Children & Support for Picky Eaters

Prevalence of picky eating in autism; research on picky eating, clinical experience to support practitioners who work with picky eaters, meal planning and recipes for practitioners that work for children especially those that are picky eaters.

MODULE 7: Case Studies of Autism and other Childhood Disorders

Detailed case studies of real life cases of improvement from autism and other childhood conditions using special diets. Stories are profound and inspiring. They show you how powerful diet can be and what principles were used to help children.

Additional Child and Family Specific Tools Included

  • Child and Autism Nutrition Intake forms (branded to you)
  • Step by Step to GFCF Success
  • Mean Plans and Recipes for Kids
  • Nourishing Hope Food Pyramid
  • Kids Teaching Charts
  • Daily Nutrition Tracker
  • Specialized handouts for pediatric clients: How to Pack Lunch on a Special Diet
  • Nourishing Hope for Autism
  • Cooking to Heal
  • eBook: Use Food and Nutrition to Improve Autism & ADHD

WATCH this VIDEO
as Julie describes

BOTH courses in DETAIL

“It’s important to recognize, that children with autism spectrum disorders have very unique, and constantly changing, nutritional and biochemical challenges.

As a practitioner, you have to be two steps ahead. Julie’s program gives you the knowledge to anticipate obstacles and avoid unnecessary suffering for the child and the family, as they navigate the healing process.”

Kathleen DiChiara, FDN-P INHC

Praise from a Nourishing Hope Mom

TerriHirning_Family“As an overwhelmed autism mom staring at a long list of food allergies and underlying medical issues for my son, Julie Matthews was an invaluable resource to me and my family. As my knowledge and understanding grew about the foods we feed our families and the impact biochemically, so did my family’s wellness. But, it wasn’t just about diet, it was what would help MY child based on his particular challenges and individual needs. My son is 11 and recovered from autism, so now it is time to take it a step further and go even deeper in my own knowledge and to give back to others wanting to support the health of themselves and their families.

I look forward to delving even more into bio-individual nutrition through Julie’s new program and to look at the various opportunities to grow my own skills and share this passion with others in more effective ways. What an empowering way to take our journey and help others heal their children, themselves and their families and to continue to nourish hope.”

Terri Hirning, Nourishing Hope Mom

It takes a Team!
The Nourishing Hope
Moms & Individuals Program

It takes a team to help families with autism and other special needs. And who better than moms (and dads) with personal experience to help families in need?

I have met mothers around the world with tremendous experience helping their own children heal and recover – they are often compelled to share their knowledge with families in their community. Some moms go back to school and become nutrition practitioners or educators, give talks about their experience, and/or coach others to clean up cupboards, read food labels, help with food/menu ideas, and give shopping tours.

Nourishing Hope Moms & Individuals are parents actively following any therapeutic diet for their kid(s), themselves, or other family members. They’ve been there, they know it’s tough at times, that it’s not inexpensive, that most people around you don’t understand. But they also know that it’s always worth it, that food and nutrition DO matter greatly to the health and well being of their children.

Advanced Nutrition Training is now available to Nourishing Hope Moms & Individuals  that really want to know how these diets work, and how to help others make the most of diet and nutrition approaches. It’s also for those taking their own diet and nutrition journey much deeper than the application of just a couple of diets, or dietary distinctions.

Scholarships Available

Education-Books-with-AppleScholarships in this program are available to Nourishing Hope Moms & Individuals, not practicing professionals. Many parents taking this training are doing so to help themselves, their families, and their communities, so we are providing this scholarship ($3500 off program tuition).

If you are a practicing professional with a primary training in nutrition AND a parent, you are welcome to join the training and Study Group or one of our upcoming Professional Study groups, however, the scholarship is only available to non-practitioners

The Support You Need to Succeed

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Study Guide

The study guide contains fill-in-the-blank questions, case studies, and a quiz to help you master the material and gain confidence in being ready for the final exam and becoming a Certified BioIndividual Nutrition Practitioner.

• Fill-in-the-blank questions
• Quizzes and Case studies

Practice Success Toolkit

The toolkit helps you translate your learning from the training program into clinical practice. You gain the confidence and skills you need to help your clients and improve the success of your clinical  practice.

• Clinical Practicum Exercises
• Client Action Checklist

Coaching Support

Our training includes coaching tools to help you move through the material – at your own pace – while still getting the support you need to progress.

• Live coaching calls
• Email reminders and support
• Online progress checklist

Masters Series Webinars

Masters Webinars are available only to Members of the BioIndividual Nutrition Training and Certification program. These sessions will include guest speakers, scientific advisory board members, and others for more in depth scientific discussions.

Blog, Newsletter & Continuing Education

Our Blog includes insights and recent research, relevant news, Member spotlights, case studies, and more. Members may contribute articles, research, and collaborate in meeting Institute and Member educational and program objectives.

Private Facebook Group

Hundreds of Members of the BioIndividual Nutrition Institute routinly connect and share information in our private group.

What Doctors are Saying
about this Program

“Julie Matthews knowledge of various diets and the unique healing quality of food ranks her as one of the top nutritional scientists in the field today.”

Dr. Kurt Woeller,
Medical Director Integrative Medicine Academy

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Kris-Barrett

“Julie Matthews knowledge of various diets and the unique healing quality of food ranks her as one of the top nutritional scientists in the field today.”

Dr. Kurt Woeller,
Medical Director Integrative Medicine Academy

Holley-Morello

“Learning to design a diet and nutrition plan for each person’s exclusions is brilliant! This program gives tangible and constructive material as a practical guide, it is brilliant, clear, and time-saving.”

Frank Golik, MD

Frequently Asked Questions
about the Program

What is a Nourishing Hope Mom? (or Individual)

A Nourishing Hope Mom, is any parent or caregiver that is using diet and nutrition to help their child, family, or themselves. They often have a focus on autism, ADHD, or a related disorder.

How does the Professional course differ from the Nourishing Hope Moms program?

Nourishing Hope MOMs do not pursue certification and listing in our Practitioner Directory. While MOMs get access to the same course material as professionals; certain “clinician only” practice tools and case studies are not included, and parents are not becoming certified (unless they are also a Practitioner). Since Moms will not be conducting consultations they cannot become a Certified BioIndividual Nutrition Practitioner, nor use handouts beyond their personal need. The special diet handouts, diet questionnaires, and additional clinical tools are not to be distributed by Nourishing Hope MOMs. Nourishing Hope MOMs can become listed in our Community Directory; whereas, professional practitioners are listed in our Practitioner Directory.

What if I become a Practicing Nutrition Professional in the future?

If you become a credentialed practitioner and would like access to the same tools and resources as other professionals: use of the diet sheets, clinical handouts, Practitioner Directory, and the Certified BioIndividual Nutrition Practitioner title, you can upgrade your Membership from “Mom” to “Practitioner.”

If I’m a Mother and a Nutrition Student, which program should I enroll in Nourishing Hope Moms, or the Practitioner Program?

Nutrition students (that are also moms) can enroll in either program. In part, it depends on if and when you plan to work with clients. You can always participate in the Nourishing Hope MOMs course and add on the professional upgrade in the future. Others, who are close to completion and know they want to practice as soon as they finish their primary nutrition certification, may prefer signing up for the upgrade right away.

As a Nourishing Hope Mom, will Julie Matthews give personalized recommendations for my child?

No. Personalized nutrition consultations require a full nutrition intake and series of consultations.

Do Nourishing Hope Moms need to take the exam?

No, you are not required to take the exam. It’s up to you how you apply what you learn. Parents that do pass the exam(s) can be listed in our Community Directory as Nourishing Hope Mom.

What if I’m not a Mom/Parent?

No problem. This program is for non-professional individuals using it for themselves (or their family).

I’m intimidated by the thought of biochemistry. What if I’ve never taken biochemistry, will I understand it and get value from the course?

Yes. You will get value regardless of whether you have a current understanding of biochemistry. Julie has a skill for making complex biochemistry easy to understand – and helping you determine how to translate it into actionable suggestions.

Is this Program for You?

The BioIndividual Nutrition Training is open to individuals that make dietary recommendations in their professional business or healthcare practice. This is an advanced, “graduate” level training for those with existing nutrition consulting/coaching qualifications.
  • You are already a healthcare professional (Nutritionist/Dietician, Physician, Health Coach)
  • You’re already familiar with gluten-free casein-free, grain-free, paleo, and GAPS diets
  • You need to fill in the missing info from your training in nutrition
  • You want to know the science behind therapeutic diets
  • You want to better align strategy to symptoms, knowing which diet and why

Common Professional Advantages

Increased Clinical Success
with More People

“I use what I’ve learned through the BioIndividual Nutrition Training on EVERYONE. My practice is not just children with autism spectrum disorders. I attract all kinds of clients and have success with challenging clients who have complicated diseases.”

“Made everything dealing with diets for neurological issues that much more clear. Mind expanding! Incredible!”

Kris-Barrett
Kris-Barrett

Increased Clinical Success
with More People

“I use what I’ve learned through the BioIndividual Nutrition Training on EVERYONE. My practice is not just children with autism spectrum disorders. I attract all kinds of clients and have success with challenging clients who have complicated diseases.”

“Made everything dealing with diets for neurological issues that much more clear. Mind expanding! Incredible!”

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Connection to a Community Experts

“The best part was connecting with the other smart and devoted practitioners in the FB community. That was HUGE! Being able to run things by expert colleagues and get suggestions, ideas on supplements, products, etc. The group conversations are so helpful.”

“Expert community of practitioners at your fingertips for questions! Saves you months or YEARS of research!!”

Stronger Self Confidence
– Know your stuff!

“This course does an amazing job describing the diets, comparing them, and explaining why you would use one over the other. I felt SO much more confident to work with the clients I wanted. It opened up a whole new world!”

“Having the tools and resources of your program is what I needed. I now feel confident that I will be able to reach more families and children.”

“Before even completing the program, I was able to apply and see results from the new information I had learned. My confidence as a practitioner has grown immensely – thank you Julie!

Kris-Barrett
Kris-Barrett

Stronger Self Confidence
– Know your stuff!

“This course does an amazing job describing the diets, comparing them, and explaining why you would use one over the other. I felt SO much more confident to work with the clients I wanted. It opened up a whole new world!”

“Having the tools and resources of your program is what I needed. I now feel confident that I will be able to reach more families and children.”

“Before even completing the program, I was able to apply and see results from the new information I had learned. My confidence as a practitioner has grown immensely – thank you Julie!

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Condense Your Learning Time

“This was the missing link for me in guiding clients to making dietary choices specific to their needs.”

“I found the ONE course that had EVERYTHING I needed to know about this topic!”

“I opened my practice and started using the BNI info right away.”

Our Certified
Practitioners are listed in
a Global Clinician Directory

Join clinicians from 44 nations that have become Members of the BioIndividual Nutrition Institute. They embrace the advanced understanding and capability that our program provides and are unique upon all health practitioners today. Meet MDs, Naturopaths, Nurses, Registered Dietitians, Certified Nutritionists, Acupuncturists, Health Coaches, and more. The Global Online Directory includes Members that have completed our training and passed the course examination.

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Build a Properous & Rewarding Practice

“There is tremendous need for qualified health professionals that can work with varied dietary programs specific to certain health conditions. Julie’s course gives you the knowledge to establish a niche specialty that’s highly marketable for your personal business.”
Dr. Kurt Woeller

Catapult to the Next Level

Don’t reinvent the wheel!
The hard work has already been done for you!

It has taken 20 years of time: practicing clinically, reading hundreds of books and research papers, studying science and biochemistry, listening to medical doctors and researchers lecture, and creating the client tools…

Skills, Confidence, & Tools

Get what you need to build your practice rapidly:

  • Nutrition knowledge and clinical instruction to improve your clinical results
  • Done-for-you clinical handouts and tools to make you effective day one
  • Our clinical practicum support through our clinical practice exercises, client action checklists, and coaching calls will translate your learning into clinical results (by ramping up your skills and confidence quickly)
  • Our practitioner directory of Certified Practitioners will help clients and referring/partnering doctors find you.

The information and tools come directly from real life clients and clinical success
– it is tried and tested.

ENROLLMENT is OPEN – Fall 2023

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When you enroll, you get IMMEDIATE & UNLIMITED access to ALL online training modules, MP3s, client handouts, symptoms/diet charts, step-by-step guides, meal plans, the BONUS COMBO MEAL PLANS, and ONGOING access to our Private Facebook group, and live monthly online Coaching Group sessions!

30-Day Money Back Guarantee – Julie stands behind her work.

We want you to be satisfied with your enrollment and participation and are confident that this course will exceed your expectations. You have 30 days to review the course material, participate in live sessions, and connect with other practitioners in our private Facebook forum to ensure that the program is right for you. If it’s not, email us to arrange a refund!

Frequently Asked Questions

1 | What's the time commitment for this course?

When you enroll, you get full access to course and proceed through the training at-your-own-pace. Each person’s learning style and opportunities for study time vary. Some commit a few hours per month, some a few hours per week. Some go slowly, some dive in. You have unlimited access and no obligations to attend anything. Bonus meetings and special member presentations are recorded and archived, everything remains available as you proceed through the training, and you get all future updates!But as a rough idea, each module takes about 2½ hours to watch or listen to, and there are 12 modules. Additionally, there is reading and research you’ll be interested in exploring related to each module. A number of graduates studied 3 hours/1 Module per week, and completed the course in about 3 months. Others scheduled 2 hours a month and took over a year.

Some people don’t bother with the exam at all, if they don’t want/need the certification and have only focused on the specific modules they need for the scope of their practice.

Other students are studying individual modules as they need them for specific ailments in their clients. The course could be used as a powerful reference guide when certain conditions come up or when you suspect issues with certain compounds.

We’ve heard stories from members that have spent 1 year JUST implementing the powerful strategies and handouts they learned in ONE of the modules and found it transformational in their practice and personal health.

2 | I’ve already done a ton of training programs, completed a nutrition certification, and taken several other online courses. So I’m already familiar with and use these special diets in my practice. Do I need this training?

Yes! All of our graduates already have a primary certification and education in nutrition. Most of our students are are nutrition professionals and others are doctors or naturopaths who use therapeutic diets in their practice. Our graduates have told us that this training is like nothing else they have taken.

The course material goes far beyond what is taught in any nutrition school or certification program out there, or what you’re able to learn on your own.

For example, you may enroll already knowing about low phenol diets, but during the training program, you will learn details about how to help you clients implement that diet, how it works, why it works, what the underlying biochemistry is, so you can also determine nutrients they might need or additional support.

Julie Matthews, the course creator, has worked with these special diets for over 15 years, so she adds her clinical expertise to the 20-40 years of published data on each diet.

Another example is the Failsafe diet… you will learn many variations of this life-changing diet that are used in clinical practice, such as modified versions, Failsafe vs. Feingold diet, more restrictive versus less restrictive food lists, several ways to implement it depending on the client and other limitations, different strategies on how to challenge foods back in, troubleshooting which food chemical is the problem, implementing low salicylate only vs low amine only with a more strict and less strict list of foods.

In addition, the case studies will help you understand the thinking about how to apply the right diet or multiple diets into a strategic nutrition plan.

Diving deeper into each diet, you’ll also learn nutrients that can support the biological pathways to improve tolerance, lifestyle changes that support these pathways, other reasons they may be depleted, such as dysbiosis and how to address it, as well as how to implement this into a larger nutrition strategy plan.

All this detail learning how to make modifications for each client is based on many years of clinical experience and simply cannot be obtained from books or internet research!

Accelerate your learning by condensing my 15 years of clinical experience into a few months.

The training tools include: diet implement handouts, professional food lists, online questionnaire tools, and intake forms to make it more time efficient for you during consultations.

3 | I don’t want to run lab tests. How much of this course focuses on lab testing.

No problem! Only a small fraction of this course focuses on lab testing. We train professionals from many different disciplines. Some run lab tests and others do not.

It is not necessary to run labs to get all the valuable information you need to make diet and nutrition recommendations.

There are 7 factors I teach in my BioIndividual Nutrition training program and lab testing is only one of them. They include:

  • Food cravings
  • Diet record, food frequency
  • Reactions to foods
  • Common Symptoms
  • Laboratory testing
  • Genetics
  • Client considerations

You can implement just a few of the 7 factors from the course and still obtain outstanding results with your clients!

4 | Will this course give me nutrition credentials? Will I be certified in anything? I’m a health coach and I want nutrition credentials. Is this course right for me?

This course will NOT grant you credentials to practice nutrition in your state if you aren’t currently allowed to do so with your existing credentials. Yet, it will provide the tools and “graduate” level education that will augment your existing healthcare credentials.

In addition, the graduates of this training program will receive a certificate and may call themselves “Certified BioIndividual Nutrition Practitioners”.

The program is open to any professional in practice who is already making diet and nutrition recommendations.

Students who pass the course exam can become listed in our online Practitioner Directory!

5 | I don’t do Facebook. Is your training only “a game changer” if you participate in the Facebook group?

No, it is not essential that you participate our Private Facebook Group. About half of our members do and half do not.

If you are not currently using Facebook, and do not wish to use it, that will not impact your learning of the course material. The private FB Group is just an added benefit to our program but it certainly is not an essential part of it. The training material is taught through a dedicated member login page and not through Facebook.

However, if you are curious to connect with other practitioners who are enrolled in your course or want to check out the conversation topics and types of questions being asked, you may want to consider creating a private username profile (which you don’t share with any friends/family), and use it strictly to connect with our Private Group of BioIndividual Nutrition practitioners and students.

About Qualifications

Do you have to be a certified nutritionist?

No. The program is open to professionals in practice that make diet and nutrition recommendations. Our Members include nutrition consultants, dietitians, as well as medical doctors, naturopaths, nurses, health coaches, and more. You bring your own credentials – our program is not a credentialing program. It is an advanced nutrition course geared towards active practitioners from varied disciplines. The course provides acumen and tools that augment existing healthcare credentials. Practitioners can become listed in our Practitioner Directory.

Other passionate individuals gain access to our courses: parents (Nourishing Hope MOMs) aiding the health of their families/children, special diet chefs, researchers, and others – who do not attain Certification through the Institute. The can however, appear in our Community Directory as valued community resource and support avenues.

Our Online Directory separates Practitioners from Community resources, so individuals /patients can find exactly the help they need.

Does this course certify me to practice nutrition in my state?

No. This training does not provide certification to legally practice nutrition. To practice nutrition, individuals must have a primary nutrition certification and must follow the laws in their state and country. SEE PREVIOUS QUESTION

Can people outside the United States participate in this course?

Yes. This course is fully online so people can participant from any country and any time zone. We have Members from 12 nations. And, as with those in the United States, you should ensure to follow the laws in your own country regarding specific scope of practice.

Who gets listed in the Online directory?

Practitioners can become listed in our Practitioner Directory when the pass the comprehensive exam after each course. Other individuals and resources can become listed in our Community Directory. SEE EARLIER QUESTION

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