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Institute for Integrative Nutrition

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Institute for Integrative Nutrition

245 5th Ave Fl 7

New York, NY 10016-8718


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245 5th Ave Fl 7

New York, NY 10016-8718

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Accredited Since: 2/11/2011

Years in Business: 28

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Molly K

07/29/2020

I wish I could offer zero stars. If you are even slightly questioning this program I strongly urge you to reconsider. This “institute” is questionable if you do some simple ****** searching. There are many reports of dissatisfaction from graduates as well as employees working for the business. My experience was as a student in the program. I was enrolled in this program in 2018 after some very aggressive and suggestive phone calls from their sales team. I refuse to call anyone employed by this business anything other than a sales person. Their interests and goals are to make money which is grotesquely obvious by their outdated and embarrassing course content. The information you end up paying well over $5,000 for after tuition and many, many additional fees is offensively simplistic. I will honestly tell you that there is much more intelligent, informative and educational info available in a free ****** search or free tutorial offered by many practicing nutritionists and/or coaches. It is below a child-level education. The claim that countless experts teach the courses is a joke. They are decades old, poorly recorded, horribly edited videos from random speaking engagements that these people have given. Again, content that you can attain for free in the depths of the internet. The coursework is mind-numbingly simplistic and hardly serves any purpose. The online platform is severely outdated and impractical. Overall, this program seems far from legitimate and I’m honestly shocked to see them still operating. I can not encourage you enough to take your business elsewhere. If you are honestly seeking some form of certificate in order to begin your work seek elsewhere- I wouldn’t trust someone with a certificate from IIN to babysit a pet rock. There are amazing programs for nutritional therapy that are incredibly informative and helpful. Stay away from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. If I could go back in time and save my money I would- lesson learned to do more research before being assertively talked into something over the phone. And also, don’t give them your contact info unless you are ready to be obsessively contacted by them. I received daily phone calls and emails from multiple staff members prior to my enrollment and even after I resigned from the program. I have had to block over half a dozen different email addresses addresses from the business. They are predatory sales people. Honestly it is a nightmare.

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PMiran

07/14/2020

It was absolutely amazing! The content was rich and broad and it keeps giving. The methodology was perfect for those who really want to become a Holistic Nutrition and Health Coach. All students receive all the tools and knowledge to to become a highly educated professional and to enhance their own health as well as their family's and friends' health. Everyone who takes this course is in good hands. Joshua R********** standards to choose the lecturers is extremely high. They all amazed me. I felt the luckiest of students to have been blessed with the best Integrative Nutrition and Health education in the country. Now I am a happy Holistic Health Coach who teaches live classes online and who sees clients who are very happy with my work and the results they are seeing. Every day I can see the difference I am making in bringing health to people and the environment! Thank you so much!

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John W

05/03/2020

Scammers, fluff idiotic materials, useless verification. Anyone that tells you otherwise is being paid by them. Slick marketers tell you the course is intensive and you will be making money in no time. I contacted 4 graduates, that I was able to find on my own, after giving my deposit to this ‘school.’ Two of them I found locally on google, and two are contacts of a friend I know in the supplement industry. All four were eager to tell me to stay away from this garbage course. They all told me the certification is worth nothing, the modules and course work are useless basic information that anyone knows. It’s all “total fluff,” as I saw another reviewer on here say. That person is correct according to 4 graduates. Now that they have my “Refundable Deposit” I cannot get them to refund it. They told me I need an appointment with ‘Counseling’ to get the deposit back. Red Flag there. I informed them ‘there will be no appointment with counseling, they will refund my money now. I’m still within the time period, and have not accessed course materials.’ I had to get threatening and tell them I was going to start filing complaints with every Government agency I possibly could in NY State where they are located. They changed their tune and said they’d refund. They did not. Another call. Just an error they will refund. Still no refund or email from them that they are processing it. IIN you are scammers, and you will give me back every nickel.

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Allison K

04/10/2020

Terrible! The advisers told my daughter she would be able to make money as a health coach during and after the courses. Thought I was done paying and now they have said I still owe thousands more. This is a scam.

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Lauren B

02/19/2020

Amazing school, very informative and organized. Graduation requirements are clearly explained, certificate was mailed quickly. Very happy with my investment.

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Denise M

07/20/2019

I would give them zero stars if I could. They took my money and although I never attended any of their classes, they refused to give me a refund. Plus they have you sign confidentiality agreements online agreeing not to sue them or purse legal action against them , that should have been a red flag for me. This is a huge rip off and I’m very much a disgruntled customer. They took $700 from me just about and have refused to give me my money back and once there was an issue and once they got their money, it became very difficult to reach them. It’s sad that prominent people are doing interviews with them . If you’ve been ripped off by them, don’t be intimated by their threats based on confidentiality agreements signed. They must be stopped.

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Barket

10/09/2018

If you cannot pay cash for this course with Institute Integrative Nutrition get your own financing or you will pay at least double the price with no way out or explanations as why it is costing much more than you agreed to. You are not explained anything about the financing cost. You may think the course is financing and as you go on for three years trying to pay it off it gets worse and more is added on. I called every six months and was given my balance and assumed I would be paid off. I figured according to what I owed in January 2018 I woud be paid off this January only to find out another $1000, plus was added on. Never ends. We are entering Grand Solar Minimum where you will need to grow food and feed your family, Take this money you will spend on the course and waste on interest and use it more wisely.

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Linda L.

02/21/2018

The Expert Marketing lures innocent people searching for something good into an empty, expensive, difficult to get out of scenario. Overpriced 'classes' which information is free on the Internet, offer little knowledge and training to equip anyone to be a Health Coach. IIT does not answer questions on ******** for all to see, but respond to questions like this: Institute for Integrative Nutrition Hi ****! We sent you a PM with more info :) This so called Institute is a successful scam!!! Even on BBB, complaints are not visible. People are getting ripped off in a big way!!! I'd taken the bait several year ago and am surprised IIT is able to continue scamming people into thinking what they offer is legitimate schooling.

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Kathleen W.

12/15/2017

I was referred to this school by a friend and was super excited in the beginning (before it started actually). Like another reviewer stated, this course is nothing but "fluff" in my opinion and EVERYTHING they discuss in casual videos is nothing but generic information that you already know going into the course, the notes they give you are also a joke, no information.....no meat and potatoes to this course what-so-ever!!! I was looking for actual information, like I would get from an accredited school/college, but the modules are so basic and generic you breeze through them in less than a day. Each module comes out on Monday giving you the impression that you'll need all week to work on them; I completed the 4 (out of 40 so far) modules on Sunday evenings in less than 2-3 hours. Module 3 was a COMPLETE joke, they share recipes and show you how to cook vegetables - really!?!? Anyone can get any kind of recipe or video online and THIS is what I'm paying 5 grand for?! I'm super pissed at this point as I've reached out to the school and STILL no-one has responded to me, they are super quick to take your money, but go MIA when there is an issue. Joshua and all the folks in the videos and the folks that I've dealt with seem really nice and personable, and that's great. However, this "course" is a complete joke and WASTE OF MONEY!!! I'm super disappointed and am still waiting to see what, if any, refund I get since I paid in full.....ugggg!

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Ashleigh Overlander

11/30/2017

I have just graduated from IIN and couldn't be more happy. I have learned how to think for myself, and how to help others think for themselves by asking them questions that allow them to come up the answer that fits their personality and their own unique lifestyle. I have learned that there is more to health than science, there is thought, emotion, and life behind health. Knowing the science is helpful to credit yourself, or for the people who are interested in the numbers and nitty gritty behind what they're eating. But that is all stuff people can find on the internet. IIN has taught me how to make people feel loved, and when they feel loved they love to love themselves, and when they love themselves they feel good, and when they feel good they make better decisions to a happier life, relationships and careers. My life has changed because of IIN Thank you so uch

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