iThriveâs Certification in
Functional Nutrition (iCFN)
The iThrive Academy has granted hundreds of people find answers to their chronic health problems and empowered them with the knowledge to successfully treat others. It is the only institute in India which not only offers an online certification course in FN but also provides education and research for evolving specialities in the field of functional medicine. The institute is dedicated to the teaching of evidence-based functional nutrition and education of individuals that health and wellness is a dynamic, multidisciplinary path. Our alumni are helping us achieve our vision of creating healthier, happier, disease-free communities across the world every single day.
Functional Nutrition is a powerful cornerstone to Functional Medicine. iThrive Academyâs Certification in Functional Nutrition is a 4 months online course that involves teaching across 12 modules focussed entirely on different aspects of entire patient healing. iThriveâs experienced mentors teach the importance of taking different essential aspects of an individual, such as their lifestyle, heath history, genetics, etc., into account and concluding on root causes before giving any nutritional guidance. The modules include:
- Interpreting data on a blood report to analyse the causes behind diseased conditions
- Understanding chronic diseases and their Functional Nutrition therapy
- Introduction to gut microbiome, diseases and impacts of gut mirobes and tools for healing the gut
- Effect of toxins on health and understanding how the body can effectively detoxify and so on
This module covers the anatomy and physiology of all the body systems. It is important to understand the inner workings and functions associated with all the organs in order to better comprehend the diseases that can arise as a result of their dysfunction.
This module is the mainstay of understanding the science of Functional Nutrition. It deals with explaining the importance of blood and different blood markers and how their discrepancies can help find the actual reasons behind health problems. Treating just the symptoms is like providing a temporary care and not a sustainable solution.
This module focusses on certain important factors like the energy production process in the body, the interdependence of nutrients on one another for effective metabolism, impact of epigenetics (lifestyle factors) on the biochemical reactions, among others. It is when the nutritional biochemistry goes haywire, diseases develop.
Nutrients are substances required by organs of the body to perform basic functions. There are multitude of nutrients with their unique properties all of which contribute to smooth operations of the body and keeping diseases at bay. This module explains the important functions, food sources, deficiency and toxicity symptoms of the different nutrients.
Microbiota is the community of microorganisms that reside inside the gut. It is rightly said- âHealthy gut, healthy youâ, as these microbes greatly determine the healthy state of being. This module covers the important functions associated with the gut microbiota, different factors influencing the population of bad gut bacteria, diseased conditions associated with poor gut health and lastly the impacts of these tiny living beings on overall health.
Stress has become an integral part of our daily lives and is also speedily becoming one of the causes behind major lifestyle diseases. In this module, you will understand the physiology of stress and how to assess it using blood tests. You also learn how to make sense of physical, mental and emotional stress, discover the sources of stress and thereby uncover the strategies to manage it.
This module focusses on the pathophysiology and symptoms of chronic lifestyle diseases including Type 2 Diabetes, Thyroid disorders, Cardiovascular diseases, Autoimmune conditions, Neurological, Respiratory, Paediatric, Digestive, Bone and joint, Liver and Kidney disease and concluding down to their root causes and specific blood markers required for diagnosis.
This module covers the Functional Nutrition dietary guidelines for chronic lifestyle diseases and equips you to use âFoodâ as âMedicineâ. Besides, learn about an elimination diet, keto diet and intermittent fasting along with how to create a dietary protocol according to Functional Nutrition.
Toxins pose a great danger to health and are often neglected. Learn about the different sources of toxin exposure, their impacts on health and how they can contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic diseases from this module. Also, an effective detoxification is all about understanding and supporting the detoxification pathways of the body.
This module helps you improve your coaching skills and techniques in helping a client heal. This gives an advantage of expressing yourself as a knowledgeable yet empathetic coach. This module enhances your morale as a healer and helps you form a better connection with your clients.
Electromagnetic fields are part of the non-ionising radiations in the electromagnetic spectrum. Otherwise touted to be safe, these waves create havoc inside the body since we are surrounded by them almost all the time. This module helps you understand the meaning and types of EMFs, risks and mechanisms of damage and lastly the mitigation strategies to overcome exposure impacts.
Movement and exercise are two most important aspects of patient healing in combination with correct dietary choices and lifestyle patterns. Learn about the various exercise fundamentals and easy techniques to achieve good movement and a lot more from this module.
The overall benefits of iThrive Academyâs Certificate course in Functional Nutrition course.
See what our students have to say


The course has been amazing and very inspirational so far, the knowledge depth and base of the teachers is commendable. If you are passionate about learning how you can take control of your health and thereby your life .. in an Indian backdrop this is the course. How much you can assimilate and how much more you can research is totally individual but there is so much guidance. Sometimes I'm guilty of asking stupid questions but each of them are patiently answered by my teachers. I highly recommend this course.


iThriveâs FNM course has been intellectually stimulating and very humbling for me. I look forward to each and every session! All the mentors are generous with their knowledge and I canât appreciate this more. I can feel myself vibrating at a higher frequency.


Hello! Samruddhi Dodmise. I have just joined ithrive academy for doing a functional medicine course. I got motivated by mugdha's videos on youtube and other social platforms. The concept behind functional nutrition to find a root cause and then treating the patients is very good and helps the people to heal quickly and be healthy for a long time. It's just the second week my class has started and I didn't have any nutritional background but then also the teachers and all the staff have made the concepts so easy and I can grasp everything quickly. I will always have gratitude towards all the ithrive members. On the occasion of ithrive turning 1 I wish all the very best luck for each of us for their career. Thank youâşď¸


Functional nutrition has greatly helped me identify pieces of puzzles in nutrition science that mainstream nutrition science would never have done. I feel that I now have a greater understanding of what goes inside my body and how to heal it in times of adversity. Also with thousands of supplements in the market, functional nutrition allowed me to choose which ones are really effective and which ones are a marketing gimmick. If one wants to heal holistically, functional nutrition is the way to go!


I believe what you do is the future of healing. I came in and learned more than what I expected to, which still makes me wonder that I still have so much to cover from the course even after graduating. To add, the atmosphere of learning was great as you felt really welcomed and at ease with the coaches. Thank you for the help and many best wishes for the future. đ At the beginning it all looked very scary, difficult. Even though being a doctor I understood a lot of things easily but I was not sure of my ability- if I will be able to put all this knowledge together and make sense of it and help patients. Now that we're in the end stage of our batch - we're done with group evaluation, the confidence is building up. It's actually fun working out things in these steps - it gives more clarity about the healing process. Forever grateful to have found this amazing community who is out there to help, teach and heal â¤ď¸


Thrive Academy has been my initial step in entering the field of Functional Nutrition. Being a Post graduate in Nutrition and Dietetics, I had a good command in this field already but learning the functional aspect of nutrition has expanded my quest for knowledge and learning more. I came to know that there are many other aspects like toxins, stress, supplements, coaching, and movement that are required along with nutrition to achieve a healthy lifestyle. Thankyou iThrive Academy for making me feel guided. Special thanks to Mugdha and Ria Jain. đ


My time at the iThrive Academy was fantastic â it provided invaluable insights and incredible foundational knowledge. The teachers are clearly passionate about empowering students with the right tools to help foster root cause healing. It's also a wonderfully warm, collaborative community that I am proud to be a part of.
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