Nutrition Reference Texts

The following references are the primary sources currently in use for test questions. Inclusion of specific textbooks or diplomate program course notes and test questions does not constitute an endorsement by the CBCN of their entire content or imply a guarantee that candidates will be successful in passing the certification examination. The Board may add or delete texts at its sole discretion from time to time.

Hershoff, HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES, 2000 ISBN: 089529950x

Lord & Bralley, LABORATORY EVALUATIONS FOR INTEGRATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, 2nd Ed, 2009 ISBN: 0967394945

Krinsky, et al NATURAL THERAPEUTICS POCKET GUIDE, 2nd Ed. Lexi-Comp, Inc, 2003 ISBN: 101930598998

Mahan & Ramond, KRAUSE’S FOOD & NUTRITION CARE PROCESS, 14th Ed, 2017 ISBN: 9780323340755

Mills & Bone, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PHYTOTHERAPY, 1st Ed, 2000, ISBN: 0443060169

Murray & Pizzorno, TEXTBOOK OF NATURAL MEDICINE, 3nd Ed,2006 ISBN: 978044306941

Shils, Olson & Shike, MODERN NUTRITION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE, 10th Ed, 2006 ISBN: 100781741335

Yochum & Rowe, ESSENTIALS OF SKELETAL RADIOLOGY, 3rd Ed, 2005 ISBN: 0781739462

Wallach, INTERPRETATION OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, 8th Ed, 2007 ISBN: 139780781730556

JOURNALS (CBCN examination questions may come from the last 5 years prior to the examination of following journals)

Nutritional Perspectives – The Journal of the Council on Nutrition   ISBN: 978-90-66056-29-9

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition   ISSN: 0002-9165

Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal   ISSN 1543-953X

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine   ISSN: 1553-3840

Journal of Nutrition   ISSN: 0022-3166