GLP-1 Optimizer™ Certification

GLP-1 Certification for Practitioners and Coaches

Learn the GLP-1 Optimization™ System, the first truly personalized approach to assessing and optimizing GLP-1, GIP, PYY and CCK function. Confidently support every patient and client: on a GLP-1 medication, considering one, coming off one, or choosing not to use one.

$1,297 · payment plan available

Ashley Koff RD, co-leader of the GLP-1 certification
Ashley Koff RD
Keri Glassman, MS, RD, CDN, co-leader of the GLP-1 certification
Keri Glassman, MS, RD, CDN

12.25

CPEUs approved for RDs

5

self-paced, expert-led modules

4x

live sessions a year with Ashley and Keri

1

community for cases, business and networking

Ashley’s work is featured by

IFNA  ·  FMCA  ·  A4M  ·  PLMI  ·  IHS  ·  UCI  ·  The Ohio State University

What Certified Practitioners and Coaches Say

“After completing the certification, my perspective has completely shifted. … There is so much science behind using GLP-1 that I would have missed had it not been for this certification.”

Dr. Cori Cooper, pharmacist, life coach, and master certified health and nutrition coach

“The GLP-1 Optimizer™ Certification Course gave me quality education to first understand, then be able to speak with confidence to clients about everything from how GLP-1 is naturally secreted within our own bodies and how to improve our own, to the GLP-1 RAs currently prescribed today.”

Nicole Gleason, NBC-HWC, FMCHC, CFNC

“I feel confident supporting anyone, whether they’re considering a GLP-1 agonist, choosing not to use it, or transitioning off while supporting their body’s natural function.”

Ashley Stewart, Health Coach

“I’m already implementing much of what we learned, and have refined how I speak about the system as a whole, as well as the medications.”

Beverly Mazza, BSN, RN, NC-BC

Why This Is the Leading GLP-1 Certification and Community

Ashley Koff RD, weight health expert and creator of the GLP-1 Optimization System

Your patients and clients are already asking about semaglutide (Ozempic®, Wegovy®), tirzepatide (Zepbound®, Mounjaro®), orforglipron, retatrutide and, soon, amylin-based medications.

They want your help with recommendations to optimize outcomes, reduce risk, and make choices based on their personal health today and tomorrow. This GLP-1 certification course gives you a system and a standard of care you can explain clearly to patients, colleagues and referral partners.

The Body as an Ecosystem

Most GLP-1 training focuses on the medication alone or offers mass recommendations for micronutrients and training. This certification explores the roles of the body’s own weight health hormones and invites your curiosity about the whole person to personalize their plan.

A Proven 4-Phase System

GLP-1 Optimization™ maps out assessment, phase designation and personalized protocols across nutrition, supplementation, medication and lifestyle.

Built for a Thriving Business

Business and marketing guidance, networking opportunities and collaborations to help you elevate your visibility and create care efficiencies.

Ashley Koff RD first “met” these hormones in 2004 and the medications in 2005, and has been developing her Weight Health approach for the GLP-1 era ever since. She has helped thousands of patients, and now hundreds of practitioners, with this approach. As she works to make weight health the standard of care nationwide, she invites you to join the growing army of practitioners and coaches using her proven program and translating it into their own practice.

What’s Included in Your GLP-1 Certification

Expert-Led Training

5 recorded modules with multiple lessons, at your own pace.

Certification Exam

Confirms you can implement the GLP-1 Optimization™ System.

The Community

Ask questions, brainstorm patient and business cases, and network.

Quarterly Live Sessions

With Ashley and Keri: the news, what’s next, and your questions.

Implementation Tools

Handouts plus client-facing tools you can add your logo to.

Business and Marketing

Guidance plus consumer, practitioner and business referral eligibility.

12.25 CPEUs

Approved for registered dietitians. NBC-HWC and CNS coming soon.

Annual Recertification

Stay current as research, medications and recommendations change.

You Don’t Get Certified and Go It Alone

The certification gives you the system. The community is where you put it to work.

A Community That Answers Back

Bring a tough patient or client case and work through it together with Ashley, Keri and other certified practitioners and coaches. The business questions are welcome too: pricing, positioning, partnerships.

Quarterly Live Sessions with Ashley and Keri

Each quarter we cover what happened in the news, including new data, new medications and the headlines your clients keep asking about. We look at what’s coming next and how to factor it into your plan for the quarter. Then the floor is open for your questions.

A Multidisciplinary Network

MDs, NPs, RDs, PharmDs, NDs and certified coaches. You’ll find referrals, collaborations and colleagues who speak the same weight health language.

What You’ll Learn: The GLP-1 Certification Curriculum

01

Weight Health Hormones

GLP-1, GIP, PYY and CCK from formation to function, and their relationship to semaglutide and tirzepatide.

02

Assessment of Dysfunction

Identifying suboptimal weight health hormone function and its root causes through targeted assessments.

03

Personalized Recommendations

Developing tailored nutrition and lifestyle plans that support optimal weight health.

04

Medication and Supplement Strategies

Navigating the landscape to enhance outcomes for clients, whether or not they are using hormone agonists.

05

Business Growth Opportunities

How to leverage your expertise and passion in metabolic hormone care, inside your own network and beyond it.

Who It’s For

Licensed practitioners (MD, DO, NP, PA, RD, PharmD, ND, CNS, DC) and certified health and nutrition coaches. Certification is distinct for each, so everyone works within their scope.

Meet Your GLP-1 Certification Leaders

Ashley Koff RD

Ashley Koff RD is the trusted expert the media and practitioner training organizations turn to on weight health and personalizing plans for GLP-1 optimization. Her work is featured by IFNA, FMCA, A4M (adult and pediatrics), PLMI, IHS, and UCI, where she is the Integrative and Functional Medicine Fellowship’s nutrition course director. She is currently consulting with The Ohio State University to develop the ACGME-required nutrition program to train residents, expected to roll out nationally in 2028.

A registered dietitian with 25+ years of clinical experience, Ashley is the USA Today bestselling author of Your Best Shot, the speaker behind the TEDx talk “GLP-1 Is Not for Weight Loss,” and the creator of the GLP-1 Optimization™ System.

Keri Glassman, MS, RD, CDN

Keri Glassman, MS, RD, CDN is a registered dietitian, celebrity nutritionist and wellness thought leader with 20+ years of private client and nutrition coaching experience. She is the founder and CEO of Nutritious Life and The Nutritious Life Studio, the online education platform where she trains nutrition coaches and practitioners to build successful careers in health and wellness, guided by her whole-person 8 Pillars of a Nutritious Life philosophy.

A trusted media voice, Keri has been a Today Show Tastemaker and a contributing editor and advisory board member for Women’s Health. She is the author of four books, including The New You and Improved Diet and The O2 Diet, and hosts the Living a Nutritious Life podcast. In the certification, Keri brings nutrition and lifestyle insights plus proven strategies for client and business outcomes.

Become GLP-1 Optimizer™ Certified

$1,297

Payment plan available · Includes all 5 modules, the certification exam, implementation tools, 12.25 CPEUs for RDs, business and marketing guidance, the community and quarterly live sessions with Ashley and Keri.

Not ready yet? Get the certification details by email.

GLP-1 Certification FAQs

Who can become GLP-1 certified?

The certification is available for all practitioner types (MD, NP, DO, ND, PharmD, CNS, RD, PA, DC) and certified coaches. There is a distinction between certification for a licensed practitioner and for a certified coach.

How long does the GLP-1 certification course take?

The training is 5 recorded modules with multiple lessons that you complete at your own pace, followed by the certification exam. While you can likely get through all the modules in a long weekend, we recommend giving yourself 3-4 weeks to get through all the content. It is approved for 12.25 CPEUs.

Is this GLP-1 certification approved for continuing education?

Yes. The GLP-1 Optimizer™ Certification is approved for 12.25 continuing education units (CPEUs) for registered dietitians. Continuing education for NBC-HWC coaches and CNS is coming soon.

Do my patients or clients need to be on a GLP-1 medication?

No. The GLP-1 Optimization™ System supports people on a GLP-1 agonist, considering one, transitioning off one, or choosing not to use one, because it focuses on optimizing the body’s own weight health hormones.

What’s included in the community and quarterly live sessions?

The community is where you ask questions, brainstorm patient and business cases, and network with other certified practitioners and coaches. Each quarterly live session with Ashley and Keri covers what happened in the news, what’s coming next and how to factor it into your quarter, with time for your questions.

What opportunities exist for GLP-1 Optimizer™ certified practitioners and coaches?

Ashley Koff RD, USA Today bestselling author of Your Best Shot, collaborates with companies and practitioners seeking certified individuals. Certified practitioners and coaches are eligible for consumer, practitioner and business referrals, and one module is dedicated to identifying and securing business opportunities within your own and external networks.

What if I don’t pass the test?

You will be given the opportunity to complete another test within a month of being notified of your initial test results. If you do not pass a second time, we may recommend you don’t pursue certification at this time or consider redoing the program.

Can I get a refund?

Because you get access to the community as soon as you join, we do not offer refunds once you have access. If you have any questions before you purchase, email hello@thebetternutritionprogram.com and we’ll help you decide.

Do I have to be a Nutritious Life coach or part of The Better Nutrition Program to participate?

No, this project is brought to you independent of our roles in our companies. We are taking advantage of some of those resources to keep costs to you as low as possible but you do not have to join or purchase resources from either company.

Can I sign up if I am not a coach, student or practitioner?

If you are interested in this for yourself, we love that! It is likely you can go through the program but you also may do better experiencing it in action. Email hello@thebetternutritionprogram.com before you purchase so we can determine what’s better for you together.

What are the terms of agreement for the GLP-1 Optimizer™ certification?

When you become GLP-1 Optimizer™ Certified you agree to acquire a one year license to use the GLP-1 Optimization™ System, Version 2025 (the “System”) developed by Ashley Koff RD, LLC and the certification course offered by Keri Glassman RD LLC and Ashley Koff RD LLC. The training you receive can assist you in helping your clients with improving their weight health management. Along with your certification comes a limited license good for one year from the date set forth above for the use of the System and representation that you are certified to use the System with your clients. Certifications may be renewed on an annual basis by completing the required continuing education training and obtaining a passing score on the recertification exam on or before the date set forth above.

Ashley Koff RD, LLC grants you the non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the 2025 version of System. The license permits you to integrate the System into your teaching materials for educational purposes and to represent yourself as certified in teaching the System and to publish the same on your website, social media outlets and in printed materials. This license does not grant or assign any rights in prior or future versions of the System.

As part of your certification, you received certain Program Materials including but not limited to: Handouts (“handout”) for internal use, client-facing and marketing materials (“Tools”), and transcripts, recordings and slides, etc.) which may only be used in the manner described below:

  • Any handouts may ONLY be used by the person who is certified and cannot be shared with others without explicit permission in writing from Ashley Koff RD, LLC. It is intended solely as guidance and does not guarantee any outcomes.
  • Tools are resources you can use for marketing and educational purposes, but it may not be altered in any manner, including any alterations or deletions of the copyright information. You are allowed to add your business logo or contact information to the Tool. You also may use it to solicit business by sharing it for free publicly. The limited license does not permit you to sell or represent the Tool as your work product. You may post a screenshot of the full page of the Tool on your website/page.
  • Slides, recordings, chats, and transcripts may not be shared, sold, reproduced or distributed in any manner without explicit permission in writing from Ashley Koff RD, LLC.

Any violation of usage will result in immediate (i) suspension of your certification; (ii) revocation of your limited license to use the Program Materials; (iii) removal of all Program Materials and representation regarding the System from your website/page; and (iv) destruction of Program Materials in your possession, in addition to any other rights and remedies available to Ashley Koff RD, LLC available at law or in equity.

You may only use the System solely for internal purposes and training with your clientele who are engaged in managing their weight health. Licensee is prohibited from selling, sublicensing, distributing, or transferring the System to any other third party without prior written consent from Ashley Koff RD, LLC. You may not reproduce the System and/or any of its content except solely for purposes connected with the training in weight health management of your clientele. Ashley Koff RD, LLC retains all rights, title, and interest in and to the System, including any copyrights. Any reproductions of the System and the materials shall not be revised, modified or otherwise adulterated and the “© Ashley Koff RD, LLC” or “© Ashley Koff Better Nutrition Program LLC” shall not be revised, modified or removed from any of the reproductions of the System materials.

You agree that in the event you do not become re-certified within 12 months of the date set forth above, you will remove all references to your being certified from your website, social media outlets, any printed materials and anywhere else you have represented yourself as certified, and you will cease using the System and any of the materials in your practice and with your clientele. You will lose access to any benefits associated with certification such as referrals or access to the community.

You recognize and agree that the purpose of the System is for training purposes only and that neither Ashley Koff RD, LLC nor any of its representatives, will be acting in the capacity of a healthcare provider or nutritionist. No information provided or communicated as part of the System is to be construed as personal nutritional or medical advice specific to any participant. You agree that the following disclaimer will be provided on all materials including those developed by Company and in no instances will it be removed, edited or altered. “No information provided and communicated as part of the System and materials included therein, promotional materials and electronic correspondence is for informational purposes only, nor is it intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website.”

This letter constitutes the entire understanding between you and Ashley Koff RD, LLC concerning your certification and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations, and discussions, whether oral or written, between you and Ashley Koff RD, LLC and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Oregon. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this letter shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Clackamas County, Oregon.

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