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Nutrition 231 — at a Glance
| Course: | Women’s Health Issues and the Musculoskeletal System · 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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A woman’s nutritional requirements change by decade — and the musculoskeletal system is where the gaps show up first, as bone loss, hormonal shifts and the injuries that follow. Nutrition 231 reviews the specific nutritional requirements essential for women, the implications of osteoporosis, the hormonal balance that governs musculoskeletal health, and the health-and-wellness methods that let you cater to the unique needs of your female patients.
Dr. Howard Benedikt works through the nutritional factors every chiropractor treating women needs to know, nutrition by age — tailoring needs across the reproductive years, perimenopause and the postmenopausal decades — the detailed relationship between hormones and musculoskeletal health, osteoporosis and its impact on the patient in front of you, and a comprehensive guide to maintaining and optimizing health and wellness, so the female patient’s nutritional plan is built for her stage of life rather than a generic template.
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
258: Oxidative Stress Detoxification — Better Responses to Chiropractic Care
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
251: Autonomic Nervous System Regulation
253: Stress Management II
254: Stress I — How Managing Stress Leads to Better Patient Outcomes
263: Stress Update — Supporting Our Patients During Uncertain Times
264: Brain Game III — How Food Impacts Brain Function
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 231.
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
252: Special Topics in Nutrition
255: Autoimmune Disease II
256: Sports Injury Management in a Chiropractic Office
257: Bone Health
259: Path to Wellness
260: Nutrition and Musculoskeletal Health
261: Wellness and Chiropractic
262: Women’s Health and Nutrition
265: Neuropathy — Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approaches
266: Comprehensive Approach for Treatment of Joints, Tendons and Ligaments
267: How Nutrition and Chiropractic Go Hand in Hand
269: Nutritional Management of Neuropathy
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 231
Understand the unique nutritional needs of women and the specific requirements that separate them from a generic protocol.
Tailor nutritional recommendations by age — the reproductive years, perimenopause and the postmenopausal decades.
Discuss osteoporosis and its impact on health, and where nutrition enters bone maintenance and fracture prevention.
Illustrate the importance of hormonal balance in musculoskeletal health and how hormonal shifts express themselves in bone, muscle and joint.
Understand methods to maintain and optimize health and wellness for the female patient across the lifespan.
Arm yourself with the knowledge to cater to the unique nutritional needs of your female patients in daily chiropractic practice.
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 nutritional requirements of women across the lifespan and their musculoskeletal consequences.
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. Women’s Health and the Musculoskeletal System pairs naturally with Nutrition 226 on menopause and estrogen and Nutrition 238 on osteoporosis; 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 231 — Frequently Asked Questions
What does Nutrition 231 cover?
Nutrition 231 covers women’s health issues and the musculoskeletal system for chiropractors: the specific nutritional requirements of women, nutrition tailored by age, the relationship between hormones and musculoskeletal health, osteoporosis and its implications, and the methods that maintain and optimize health and wellness in the female patient. Also known as women’s nutrition for chiropractors, nutrition by age for women, or the women’s musculoskeletal health course.
How is this different from Nutrition 226 on menopause and estrogen?
Nutrition 226 is the deep dive on one transition — estrogen loss and its effect on bone, muscle, heart and brain. Nutrition 231 is the wider lifespan view: what women need nutritionally at each age, how hormonal balance governs the musculoskeletal system throughout, and osteoporosis as the destination to prevent. Take both for the full women’s-health picture; 238 then goes deeper on osteoporosis itself.
Why do women’s nutritional needs change by age?
Iron, folate, calcium, vitamin D, protein and the hormone-supporting micronutrients each peak in importance at different stages — menstruation, pregnancy and lactation, perimenopause and the postmenopausal years. Dr. Benedikt maps those requirements by decade so the recommendation matches the physiology in front of you.
How does hormonal balance affect the musculoskeletal system?
Estrogen, progesterone, thyroid hormone and cortisol all act on bone remodeling, muscle mass and connective-tissue integrity. When the balance shifts — cyclically, with stress, or at menopause — the musculoskeletal system records it as bone loss, sarcopenia and injury susceptibility. The course takes a detailed look at those mechanisms and the nutritional levers on each.
How many CE hours is it, and where does it sit in the Nutrition series?
It is 2 PACE-approved CE hours. Nutrition 231 sits in the musculoskeletal, immune, hormonal and clinical-conditions lane of the Nutrition series with Dr. Howard Benedikt, alongside Nutrition 226 (Menopause and Estrogen), 227 (Vitamin D & Musculoskeletal Health), 232 (An Integrative Approach to the Musculoskeletal System) and 238 (Chiropractic and Osteoporosis).
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 231?
Half your practice is female and every one of them is at a different nutritional stage. Two hours here give you the requirements by age, the hormonal mechanisms and the osteoporosis strategy to treat each one on her own terms.
CCEDseminars · PACE Provider #34015544 · Reviewed by Monte Horne, DC · Last updated September 2026 (CT)