Functional Nutritional Therapy

What is an FNTP?

A Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner™ (FNTP) is a paraprofessional certified by the Nutritional Therapy Association, Inc.® trained to evaluate a client's nutritional needs, support normal function, and identify nutritional deficiencies.

An FNTP is not:

Trained to provide medical diagnosis, to prescribe or treat any medical or pathological condition, illness, injury or disease, and is not a replacement for a medical doctor.

Rather, FNTPs do:

Direct their clients on a path of discovery to the underlying issues affecting their health, empowering them with knowledge and showing them how to make the changes themselves. They are trained to work alongside licensed practitioners to support a doctor's diagnosis and other therapies.

An FNTP makes recommendations about dietary changes, lifestyle considerations and nutritional supplementation based on a systematic, functional approach. Using non-invasive evaluative techniques, the intention is to identify what will nourish the body and help it to find equilibrium.