HLTAYV009 — Provide therapeutic Ayurvedic nutritional advice

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43 assessable components: 3 elements (16 performance criteria), 6 performance evidence and 21 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Establish dietary and nutritional plans

1.1Identify potential dietary modifications or nutritional supplements based on identified vrikruti and virudha ahara (lifestyle) from within the Ayurvedic framework
1.2Assess inherited, congenital, acquired and seasonal factors that may be affecting nutritional status
1.3Consider treatment and advice provided by other health care professionals
1.4Determine any contraindications to dietary changes and supplement provisions and adjust plan accordingly
1.5Take into consideration cultural factors and other possible client compliance issues
1.6Establish timeframe, therapeutic expectations and evaluation mechanisms
1.7Clearly document plan and its component parts using language to assist client interpretation

2 Provide advice and resources to the client

2.1Clearly explain proposed dietary plan to client with rationale and expectations
2.2Provide clear instructions, and negotiate if required
2.3Explain factors which may interfere with the effectiveness of the treatment
2.4Negotiate the management of dietary modifications in relation to other current medicines
2.5Request client to monitor responses to the supplements and to contact practitioner as required
2.6Clarify and agree responsibilities of practitioner and client within the treatment plan
2.7Explain and agree evaluation strategies

3 Complete treatment documentation

3.1Accurately record details of dietary plans and recommendations in client file
3.2Record arrangements for treatment review according to clinic guidelines

Performance evidence

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role.
performed the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 400 hours of Ayurvedic client consultation work
prepared at least 40 different nutritional plans. Clients must include males and females from different stages of life with varied presentations, including: dosha imbalances, ama, deficiency or excess in the dhatus, agni, malas, doshas and ojas
followed Ayurvedic principles by determining appropriate strategies based on the diagnosis and evaluation of: nutritional status, physical, mental and emotional status, available medical data, particular client issues, addictions or preferences, contraindications
planned strategies to balance rajasic and tamasic gunnas, to reduce ama generation, to eliminate the excessive build up of doshas, to open all srotamsi, to maintain optimum agni, to restore balanace and ojas and to sustain health at all the four levels
interacted effectively with clients: provided clear advice with rationale, expectations and affecting factors; explained and agreed treatment monitoring and evaluation

Knowledge evidence

legal and ethical considerations (national and state/territory) for provision of nutritional advice: codes of conduct, duty of care, informed consent, mandatory reporting, practitioner/client boundaries, privacy, confidentiality and disclosure, records management, work role boundaries, working within scope of practice, presenting symptoms that require referral to a medical practitioner, work health and safety
principles of Ayurvedic nutrition and diet: ahara, vihara aushadhi principle, prakruti and vikruti specific, variations necessary with the changing seasons, digestive processes, rasa, virya and vipaka, prabhawa and gunnas, agnis and their functions, shath rasa - the six tastes, tridosha theory, triguna theory and its relationship to food, virudha ahar
Ayurvedic food classifications, categories, composition and therapeutic uses: fruit, vegetables, dairy, animal foods, oils, sweeteners, nuts and seeds, grains, beans and legumes, herbs and spices, best utility of ahara, gruels, virudha ahara, pratinidhi ahara, ahara to suit various prakruti and vikruti
types and features of culinary herbs and spices in Ayurveda
rasayana, vajikarana & chikitsa preparations
types and features of foods containing macronutrients and micronutrients, vitamins and minerals, carbohydrates, fats and proteins
function of fibre in the body
types and features of foods that affect the mind and moods, and the body: food additives, preservatives, colouring, alcohol/drug consumption, virudha ahar, fast food dependence, wrong diet choices for prakruti
Ayurvedic cooking and food preparation techniques for major food classifications
features of ama, its causes signs and symptoms (emotional, mental and physical)
nutritional supplements in the Ayurvedic framework: main Ayurvedic nutritional supplements used for each system/condition/mind state, appropriate safe dosage levels for different groups, potential adverse effects, principles of formulation - including dosage, dosage form, and duration of treatment according to reference texts, drug-nutrient and nutrient-nutrient interactions, amino acids (essential and non-essential), potential impact of supplementation on the condition or disease state, including preventative action
types of dietary modifications and their indications for use: exclusions, inclusions, increased consumption, decreased consumption
environmental factors and their relationship to nutritional status, including: pollution, demographic, rtucharya and sandhis
main types and culinary characteristics of diets that are part of contemporary Australian society
meaning of: drug–food interactions, food allergy, food intolerance
key health and legal consequences of failing to address special requirements: allergic reactions, anaphylaxis, food sensitivity or intolerance reactions
basic biochemistry as it relates to diet and nutrition – make up of carbohydrates, proteins, fats
contra-indications of treatment - in vikruti, particular seasons, diseases and age groups
principles and techniques for preparing nutritional plans to suit vikruti, with duration and costs
cultural restrictions on diet and nutritional supplementation
pathya kalpana (therapeutic nutrition) and preparation for: manda (clear rice water), peya (light rice soup), yavagu (concentrated rice soup), krsara (cooked wet rice with cereals), yusha (mung dhal soup), avaleha, brahma rasayana, ashwagandhadi lehyam, haritakyadi rasayana, chyawanprash, triphala rasayana, vilvadi lehyam, drakshavelha, bilvadilehyam, madhu, shilajatu rasayana

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