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Do you already have multiple nutrition certifications and still feel unqualified?

Do you still have no idea how to help yourself or your clients?

Do you wish you could phone a friend?

We know. That’s why we created Cedars Nutrition University.

Coach with Confidence

Cedars Nutrition University is a comprehensive nutrition education and mentorship certification designed to help you become an expertly trained and confident nutrition coach.

❌ No more drowning in dense science wondering how it applies to your clients and their struggles

❌ No more theoretical, unrealistic scenarios 

❌ No more figuring it out on your own

We’ll give you the support, the education and the real world scenarios to bring the textbook theory to life so you can give yourself and your clients life changing success. 

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  • It is a one time payment of $2,500 for lifetime access to the course and mentorship for six months.

  • You get access to 10+ in-depth, self-paced modules with practical homework, 16+ hours of expert-led video training, and weekly live mentorship calls for real-time coaching and support. You’ll also participate in client case reviews with personalized, direct feedback to help you apply what you’re learning immediately. All core course content comes with lifetime access, so you can revisit and refine your skills anytime.

  • This course gives you a complete, real-world foundation for becoming a confident, effective nutrition coach. You’ll learn how to apply nutrition science to fat loss, muscle gain, and performance goals; build personalized client plans; and coach using both macro-based and intuitive eating approaches.

    You’ll also develop advanced coaching skills—like improving adherence, managing hunger, setting goals, and delivering feedback—while learning proven behavior-change frameworks (CBT, MI, ACT). The course covers fueling strategies, supplements, troubleshooting stalled progress, and coaching special populations, along with essential business systems such as onboarding, retention, pricing, and client management.

    We also dive into professional boundaries, red flags, and scope of practice to help you coach ethically and confidently. Bonus modules expand into weight cutting, alcohol and performance, identity and self-image, cultural competency, and more—with additional modules continually added as the course evolves.

  • This course is designed for aspiring or current coaches who want to elevate their coaching skills with real-world frameworks—not fluff. It’s ideal for nutrition professionals seeking a structured, science-backed approach, as well as coaches who want ongoing mentorship, accountability, and direct feedback on real client cases.

    It’s also a great fit for athletes and lifters who want to fully understand and take ownership of their performance nutrition, and for anyone ready to confidently manage their own nutrition while learning how to help others do the same.

  • After you have secured your spot in Cedars Nutrition University you will receive an email inviting you to join our MemberUp community where all your course content can be found.

Frequently Asked Questions

Coach with Confidence

At CNU, you will learn the science AND you will learn to apply that science to real-world scenarios with real-world people. This isn’t just textbook training. You will complete this certification knowing how to help your clients live their best life.

What You’ll Learn

Professional, Experienced Mentorship

It is intimidating to go at it alone, that’s why with every CNU course you will receive weekly, live support from our experienced coaching staff to answer your questions, clarify points, and support you. Not only that, but you will also have the support of the CNU community behind you every step of the way.

Structured for Flexibility

We know that you’re busy. That’s why you can complete each module in your own time. You will never lose access to the information or to us.

Our course is for anyone interested in digging deeper. If you’ve already experienced success with macro tracking personally, this will help you understand why and is the perfect foundation for launching your own coaching business. For those who are already coaching, this human-centered approach will take your coaching business to the next level.

Built for Brand New and Seasoned Coaches

Meet the Heart of Cedars

Alexa Mina

Founder & CEO

Alexa has over a decade of experience in the fitness industry as an athlete and an educator. She understands the pitfalls, the challenges, and the desire to give your clients the results they so desperately want. She saw the way other certifications were failing their student, so she created CNU to coach individuals with a human first, proven approach.

  • Joining CNU and working with Alexa and Faith has been transformative in my nutrition coaching journey, to say the least. I came into this space with the knowledge and education, but I lacked the confidence and collaborative team aspect needed to apply it fully in my practice and day-to-day coaching.

    Ashley Crowder

  • Taking this course has prepared me for various clientele better than any of the other nutrition certification courses I have taken prior. I have already been able to apply a lot of what I have learned with my own clients in real life.

    Jordan Fielder

  • Cedars really teaches you about habits, behavior, and the reasons behind why people do what they do. That’s what I think a lot of other certifications are missing. They give you the science, but not always the human side of coaching. Cedars teaches you how to ask the right questions, dig deeper, and help people make the changes they want to make instead of staying stuck in the same patterns. The homework also forces you to think through different client scenarios, reflect on how you’ve coached people in the past, and consider what you would do differently. For me, that has been one of the best parts of the course. List Item

    Amber Reitter

  • As a coach myself, I actually learn by going through things. So when I came back, I wanted to study the why behind everything Alexa had been doing with me. I joined her mentorship program to learn it from the inside. What I found is that the course and mentorship structure is thorough, and the case study work in the meetings is where a lot of the learning happens, it's one thing to be guided through a prep, it's another to understand the decision making well enough to own it yourself.
 The deeper reason I'm writing this: as a coach, at a certain point success stopped looking like dependency and started looking like the ability to hand someone the tools and walk them toward independence. That's exactly what Alexa does. Knowledge is power, and she passes it along instead of holding it. Grateful for the opportunity to learn from one of the best.

    Kayla Koh