He successfully completed the educational requirements set forth by the National Exercise & Sports Trainer Association (NESTA) and has demonstrated understanding and aptitude regarding the requirements to become a Fitness Nutrition Coach (FNC).

The FNC educational program increases the nutrition knowledge and principals enabling Fitness Weight Loss Center editor Doug Millington to apply nutritional concepts in the coach/client relationship. In addition, the FNC designation facilitates making general macronutrient intake recommendations, identify healthy eating patterns and behaviors and educate the client/visitors on making proper food choices.

The FNC nutritional training includes the following core components:

(1) Nutrition Concepts - The process of nutrition, basic energy requirements, anaerobic and aerobic energy, energy and ATP, ATP and nutrition and applications for clients.
(2) Understanding Components of Nutrition – The macronutrients, carbohydrates and glucose needs, protein and amino acids, fats and their vital role in human function, water as a macronutrient and the Glycemic Index.
(3) Nutritional Requirements – Vitamins from foods consumed and mineral intake requirements.
(4) Assessing Nutritional Needs – Body Composition, BMI and approaching change in biometrics.
(5) Understanding Alternative Approaches – Supplement usage and ergogenic aids.
(6) Performance Nutrition – Easy-to-learn math formulas for Fitness Nutrition Coaches and practical suggestions for optimizing performance.

When asked how the FNC designation will improve the visitors experience at FitnessWeightLossCenter.com Doug Millington said “With more and more folks becoming overweight and obese the need for fundamental nutritional information is essential to getting healthy. My increased understanding of the core components of nutrition allows me to dispel nutritional and diet myths and expose fad diets fundamental nutritional deficiencies allowing our visitors to make informed decisions about getting healthy and fit.”