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Nutrition 226 — at a Glance
| Course: | Women’s Health Issues — Focus on Menopause and Estrogen · 2 PACE-approved CE hours |
| Faculty: | Howard Benedikt, DC, DCBCN · Clinical Nutrition Faculty, CCEDseminars |
| Format: | On-demand online video with assessment · downloadable handouts · instant certificate |
| Pricing: | $20/hr · automatic 10% off at 6–9 hrs, 20% off at 10+ hrs in one order · no promo codes |
| Approval: | PACE Provider #34015544 · co-sponsored by Texas Chiropractic College · acceptance varies by state |
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Estrogen is far more than a reproductive hormone — it is a systemic regulatory signal for bone, muscle, heart and brain, and when it declines the musculoskeletal consequences land on your table. Nutrition 226 examines the broad physiological impact of estrogen loss through perimenopause and menopause — accelerated bone resorption, sarcopenia, rising cardiovascular risk and altered neurological function — and the evidence-based nutritional and lifestyle strategies chiropractors can implement immediately to support their female patients through the transition.
Dr. Howard Benedikt works through the impact of estrogen loss on metabolic health, brain, musculature, bone and the cardiovascular system, the most common symptoms women report during the transition and how to explain them in language patients understand, the methods that modify estrogen loss and enhance musculoskeletal health — dietary protein against sarcopenia, calcium and vitamin D for bone, phytoestrogen-rich foods and targeted supplementation — and the lifestyle pillars of resistance training, weight-bearing exercise, stress management and sleep that make a single-visit wellness plan hold.
Choose Your Nutrition Path — Three Lanes, One Curriculum
The Nutrition library — sixty-eight courses by Howard Benedikt, DC, DCBCN — organizes into three working lanes: the gut, the brain, and the conditions you already treat. Nutrition 201–210 is the foundation block, 211–220 the second, 221–230 the third, 231–240 the fourth, 241–250 the fifth, and 201–224 together form the 48-hour Clinical Nutrition Certification (CNC). Two hours each.
1 · Gut, Microbiome, Digestion and Detoxification
Where nutrient status is decided and where systemic inflammation is won or lost — from the intro principles of micronutrients and absorption to the microbiome, the liver’s biotransformation pathways, the GI disease files, the gut/brain connection, functional GI testing, and digestive enzymes.
201: Introduction to Clinical Nutrition
205: Detoxification
207: Microbiota & the Musculoskeletal System
208: Detoxification II
213: Gastrointestinal Disease & Nutrition
214: An Integrative Approach to Gastrointestinal Disease II
221: The Gut/Brain Connection
225: Functional Medicine Testing for GI Disturbances
248: Maximizing Health Through Proper Digestion and Absorption
2 · Brain, Mood, Stress and the Nervous System
Nutritional neurology — the headache patient, the stress physiology your patients carry through the door, the brain-game files on how food drives cognition, the nutrition-and-mood pair, the fatigued patient, memory and dementia, nervous-system function, chronic fatigue with myofascial pain, the concussion protocol, the maladaptive stress response, and the fatigue work-up.
203: Nutritional Management of Headaches
204: Chiropractic Nutrition for Stress Management
211: The Brain Game — How Nutrition Impacts Brain Function
212: The Brain Game II — How Food Impacts Brain Function
218: Nutrition and Mood
219: Nutrition and Mood II
228: Dealing with Fatigue in Clinical Practice
233: Memory, Dementia, and Chiropractic Care
234: Optimal Nervous System Function & Nutrition
237: Chronic Fatigue and Myofascial Pain Syndrome — an Integrative Approach
240: Nutritional Management of Concussions in a Clinical Setting
242: Maladaptive Stress Response & Musculoskeletal Disease
244: Managing the Fatigued Patient
247: Optimizing Nervous System Function with Nutrition
3 · Musculoskeletal, Immune, Hormonal and Clinical Conditions
Nutritional management layered onto what you already treat — arthritic and autoimmune joints, neuropathy and neuropathic pain, immune resilience and the cold-and-flu season, lipids and cholesterol, antioxidants, endocrine disruptors, the thyroid and hormone-testing files, menopause and estrogen, vitamin D, sports injuries, diet and chronic disease, women’s musculoskeletal health, the pain files, the pediatric pair, osteoporosis, and the commonly seen conditions. You are here: Nutrition 226.
202: Nutritional Management of Arthritic Disease
206: Management of Neuropathy
209: Nutrition & the Immune System
210: The Fat Story & Cholesterol
215: Antioxidants in Health and Disease
216: Antioxidants in Health and Disease II
217: Endocrine Disruptors in Health & Disease
220: Management of Autoimmune Disorders — Rheumatoid Arthritis
222: Assessing Thyroid Health in Clinical Practice I
223: Assessing Hormones in Clinical Practice I
224: Assessing Hormones in Clinical Practice II
226: Women’s Health Issues — Focus on Menopause and Estrogen
227: Vitamin D & Musculoskeletal Health
229: Nutritional Management of Sports Injuries
230: A Primer on the Role of Diet and Chronic Disease
231: Women’s Health Issues and the Musculoskeletal System
232: An Integrative Approach to the Musculoskeletal System
235: Pediatric Nutrition & Chiropractic I
236: Pediatric Nutrition & Chiropractic II
238: Chiropractic and Osteoporosis
239: Treating Commonly Seen Conditions in Chiropractic Practice
241: Strengthen Your Immune and Musculoskeletal System through Nutrition and Chiropractic
243: Joint Pain & Inflammation
245: Natural Remedies for the Pain Patient
246: Keeping Healthy During Cold and Flu Season
249: New Strategies for Pain Management in the Chiropractic Setting
250: Neuropathic Pain Management
Every course in the series is 2 PACE-approved CE hours at $40, and the automatic bundle discounts apply across the whole lane. The full 68-course catalog continues on the Nutrition category page.
What You’ll Learn in Nutrition 226
Understand the crucial role of estrogen in women’s health and develop explanations your patients understand.
Describe how declining estrogen accelerates bone resorption, contributes to sarcopenia, raises cardiovascular risk and affects neurological and cognitive function.
Recognize the most common symptoms women express during perimenopause and menopause and the mechanisms behind them.
Design wellness lifestyle plans that address bone, muscle and cardiovascular issues in one visit.
Apply nutritional methods to modify estrogen loss and enhance musculoskeletal health — protein, calcium, vitamin D, phytoestrogens and targeted supplementation.
Develop lifestyle strategies — resistance and weight-bearing training, stress management and sleep — that support the overall health and well-being of your patients.
Your Nutrition Faculty
Howard Benedikt, DC, DCBCN — instructor of this course. Board-certified chiropractic clinical nutritionist, Diplomate and President of the Chiropractic Board of Clinical Nutrition, with more than 30 years in clinical nutrition and functional medicine. He authors all 68 courses in the CCEDseminars Nutrition library and the Clinical Nutrition Certification (CNC) track at its core, and is known for translating complex nutritional biochemistry into practical, office-ready protocols — here, the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and cognitive cost of estrogen loss and how to offset it.
Full bio and the complete instructor roster: CCEDseminars faculty page.
Where Nutrition CE Hours Count — State Rules Worth Knowing
Nutrition coursework is clinical subject matter — assessment, clinical reasoning and nutritional management of patient conditions — which is exactly what several state boards ask for. In Iowa, these hours serve the 36-hour clinical case-management minimum; in Rhode Island, they address the 50-of-60 clinical requirement; and in Vermont — where practice-building coursework earns nothing — patient-care education like this counts fully under the clinical-focus rule.
Online-format allowances still vary by state — some accept every hour online, others cap distance learning or require in-person blocks. Check your state’s guide in the full state directory before building your renewal plan.
Build Your Nutrition Block — or Take the Credential
Every course in the Nutrition series runs 2 hours at $40, so the automatic discounts do the bundling for you: 6–9 hours in one order earns 10% off, and 10 or more earns 20% off — any ten courses from the series is 20 hours, which clears the 20% tier at roughly $320 instead of $400, with no promo codes. Menopause and Estrogen pairs naturally with Nutrition 227 on vitamin D and Nutrition 224 on hormone management; the three together reach 6 hours and the 10% tier. Pursuing the credential? The Clinical Nutrition Certification (CNC) packages Nutrition 201–224 — 48 hours — in a single $960 checkout. Browse Nutrition Courses
Nutrition 226 — Frequently Asked Questions
What does Nutrition 226 cover?
Nutrition 226 covers women’s health for chiropractors with a focus on menopause and estrogen: estrogen’s systemic role, how its decline affects bone, muscle, heart and brain, the common symptoms of the transition, and the nutritional and lifestyle strategies — protein, calcium, vitamin D, phytoestrogens, resistance training, stress and sleep — that support musculoskeletal health. Also known as menopause nutrition for chiropractors, estrogen and the musculoskeletal system, or the women’s health course.
How does estrogen loss affect the musculoskeletal system during menopause?
Estrogen maintains both bone mineral density and skeletal muscle mass. As it declines, bone resorption accelerates — raising the risk of osteopenia and osteoporosis — while muscle-fiber composition shifts and strength falls, the process known as sarcopenia. Together those changes impair mobility, balance and fracture risk. The course explores the mechanisms and the clinically applicable strategies to slow or mitigate the decline.
What nutritional and lifestyle strategies can chiropractors recommend during menopause?
Optimizing dietary protein to counter sarcopenia, ensuring adequate calcium and vitamin D for bone, and adding phytoestrogen-rich foods and targeted supplementation where appropriate — alongside resistance training, weight-bearing exercise, stress management and sleep optimization as the lifestyle components of a wellness plan a chiropractor can implement and reinforce in practice.
Does declining estrogen affect cardiovascular and brain health as well?
Yes. Estrogen is cardioprotective — it favorably modulates lipid profiles, vascular tone and inflammatory markers — so after menopause cardiovascular risk accelerates toward that of men of the same age. Estrogen also supports neurological function and cognitive metabolism, and its decline is associated with cognitive change and mood disturbance. Nutrition 226 treats the transition as a whole-person problem across all of those systems.
How many CE hours is it, and where does it sit in the Nutrition series?
It is 2 PACE-approved CE hours. Nutrition 226 sits in the musculoskeletal, immune, hormonal and clinical-conditions lane of the Nutrition series with Dr. Howard Benedikt, alongside Nutrition 217 (Endocrine Disruptors), 222 (Assessing Thyroid Health), 223 and 224 (Assessing Hormones) and 227 (Vitamin D & Musculoskeletal Health), and counts toward the Nutritional Certification program.
State Approval and Licensing Reminder
Continuing education requirements — including online-hour caps and clinical-hour minimums — vary by jurisdiction. Review the online chiropractic CE guidelines page and contact CCEDseminars with questions about your specific licensing requirements before registering.
Ready to Enroll in Nutrition 226?
Every woman in your practice will make this transition, and her bones, muscles and heart will show it first. Two hours here give you the physiology, the symptoms and the one-visit wellness plan to carry her through it.
CCEDseminars · PACE Provider #34015544 · Reviewed by Monte Horne, DC · Last updated September 2026 (CT)