NutriAcademy, UCAM sign agreement to promote nutrition in academia
Miami, (EFE).
Spain’s Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM) and the U.S.-based educational platform NutriAcademy have signed an international cooperation agreement to introduce the concept of modern nutrition into academia.
Guillermo Rodríguez Navarrete, founder of NutriAcademy, told EFE that UCAM is “probably one of the best universities in Spain,” focused on health sciences, while his company promotes the “modernization” of this field.
“They are always pursuing innovation; they have an outstanding technology center and all those facilities. For NutriAcademy, it’s a blessing to have this partnership because they truly share the philosophy we want people to learn,” he said, referring to the Murcia-based university.
Modern nutrition
Rodríguez Navarrete explained that this discipline examines human nutrition from a more holistic perspective, taking into account multiple environmental factors in addition to the quality and quantity of food consumed.
“There are other things that also nourish the body and are part of our certification in modern nutrition that are not food; light is something that nourishes or malnourishes the body, and electromagnetic frequencies can also nourish us or harm us when they are the wrong ones,” he said.
According to Rodríguez Navarrete, modern nutrition may offer solutions to illnesses affecting large segments of the population.
A study by the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University found that fewer than 7% of U.S. adults enjoy good cardiometabolic health.
“If we want to bring people from the 93% who are unhealthy to the 7% who are healthy, we must modernize nutrition, create more health experts, retrain and update the ones we have, and train new ones,” he said, referring to NutriAcademy’s training program.
Course with European accreditation
According to a joint statement, the agreement “marks a milestone” with the launch of the Advanced University Course in Modern Nutrition, which will grant 14 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits and an official European accreditation.
UCAM’s dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Dr. José María Cayuela, said NutriAcademy is “a reference in the scientific updating of nutritional knowledge and in the practical approach to functional health,” adding that the partnership will strengthen the university’s academic offerings.
