Specialties
NutraPhoria Integrative Health Institute is the only online holistic nutrition school offering a structured two-tiered pathway from the Registered Health and Nutrition Coach (RHNC) designation through to the Registered Holistic Nutrition Practitioner (RHNP) designation and Board Certification in Holistic Nutrition (BCHN).
Triple-accredited through the Health Coach Alliance (HCA), the Global Association for Integrative Nutrition (GAIN), and the National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP), and certified through Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC).
At the core of every program is the ROOTS Method, a proprietary clinical reasoning system developed exclusively at NutraPhoria. It gives graduates a structured, repeatable approach to client assessment and care that no other holistic nutrition school teaches. Graduates don't just learn nutrition. They learn how to think like a practitioner.
Independently owned and practitioner-led since 2011. Every curriculum decision is made by practitioners, for practitioners.
13 years | 30 countries | Thousands of working graduates.
History
Established in 2010.
The NutraPhoria Integrative Health Institute was founded by holistic health practitioners who couldn't find the school they were looking for. They knew firsthand what was missing: a program that combined rigorous nutrition science with real clinical reasoning, coaching, business training, and a root-cause approach to health that honoured the mind/body/spirit connection.
That gap became the blueprint.
For over 13 years, NutraPhoria has been training practitioners across Canada, the United States, and more than 30 countries worldwide. The school remains independently owned, practitioner-led, and entirely focused on producing graduates who are ready to work with real clients and build real careers in holistic health.
Meet the Manager: Lynnel B.
Lynnel Bjorndal is a Holistic Nutritionist (RHNP) and Registered Health and Nutrition Coach (RHNC) with over two decades of clinical and educational experience in holistic and functional nutrition.
She serves as Curriculum and Education Director at NutraPhoria Integrative Health Institute, where she has spent over 13 years helping to build one of the most popular holistic nutrition programs in North America.
Her background spans private practice, curriculum development, instructional design, and practitioner mentorship. She has trained thousands of graduates across more than 30 countries, many of whom have gone on to build thriving practices, earn board certification, and establish themselves as respected voices in the holistic health field.