Online Gut Microbiome Management Course

Learn to manage the gut microbiome for improved health outcomes, with practical strategies and approaches to health.

Aims:
• recognise signs of dysbiosis - where the gut microbiome is not efficient or is out of balance.
• understand how the microbiome functions
• come up with strategies and approaches which can be implemented into a focused plan for improving health
• Describe how genetics influence the gut microbiome and how the use of metagenomics and metabolomics has enhanced our understanding of its functioning.
• Distinguish influencing factors on microbial colonies, which produce good or bad outcomes on human health.
• Explain how the gut can be managed to achieve good health, thus avoiding dysbiosis.
• Distinguish common diseases of the GI tract, the role of immunity in fighting gastrointestinal disease and advances in microbiome treatments of disease.
• Explain the effect diet and nutrition has on the gut microbiome.
• Explain the gut-brain axis and how it affects our mood, behaviour, and mental health.
• Analyse and combine theory with functional strategies to enhance microbiome diversity and abundance.

Gut microbiome management is for people who:

• need more energy
• suffer chronic pain conditions
• have disturbed sleep
• experience low immune responses
• experience digestive discomfort
• suffer autoimmune disorders
• are stressed or overwhelmed
• have mood disturbance
• practice restrictive diets or fasting

Course Outline

There are 8 lessons in this course:

1. Scope and Nature of the Human Gut Microbiome

• The Tract, Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine
• How the Gut Microbiome is Established (Birth and Breastfeeding)
• Maintaining the Gut Microbiome as Adults
• Diet, Nutrition, Lifestyle and Other Factors
• The Gut Microbiome Effect
• Contribution to Metabolic Function
• Protect Against Pathogens
• Educating the Immune System
• Gut Microbe Disruption and Dysbiosis

2. Genetics, Metagenomics and Metabolomics

• Bioinformatics and Microbiome Heritability
• Technologies and Metabolomics
• Bacteria Metabolism and Short-Chain Fatty Acids
• Organic Acids and Vitamins
• DNA Sequencing Technologies
• Next Generation Sequencing
• Applications of PCR and DNA Sequencing
• Metagenomics
• Samples and Sampling Techniques and
• Considerations
• The Human Microbiome Project
• Bacterial Genomic Contribution to Human Survival

3. Diversity and Characteristics of Biota

• A fine balance - beneficial and detrimental biota
• Prebiotics and Probiotics (Natural & Supplements)
• Synbiotics and Types of Bacteria
• Understanding Microbe Classification
• Major Bacterial Phylum Present in the Gut
• Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes
• Proteobacteria
• Bad Biota and Nurturing a Healthy Gut

4. Maintaining the Gut Environment

• Managing the Large Intestine
• Diarrhoea, Digestion & Gut Dysbiosis
• Microbiome Hormones, Imbalances and Allergies
• Inflammation - Function and Process
• Biosensors and Gut Health Treatment
• Probiotics and Other Supplements
• Nutrition-based Interventions
• Lifestyle Practices including Stress
• Faecal Microbiota Transplant

5. Diseases and Immunity

• Immunity and Types of Resistance
• Phagocytes and Natural Killer Cells
• The Inflammatory Response
• Nausea, Vomiting and Digestive Disorders
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
• Diverticulitis and Polyps
• Fungi and Bacteriophages - Treatment in Disease
• Beyond Traditional Probiotics, Future Research

6. Managing Diet and Nutrition

• Homeostasis and Microbiota
• How Nutrition affects Homeostasis
• Function Foods and Gut Health
• Fermented and Prebiotic Foods
• Probiotics, Plant Foods and Polyphenols
• Fibre, Dairy Produce and the Importance of Water
• Water Absorption & Practical Ways to Improve the Gut
• Supplements, Gut Transit Time & Coeliac Disease
• Intermittent Fasting & Microbial Activity

7. The Gut-Brain-Axis

• What Are Pyschobiotics and their Animal Research?
• Probiotics and The Gut-Brain Axis
• The Interaction Between the Mind and Body
• Neurotransmitters, Tryptophan and Serotonin
• GABA and Stress Hormones
• Human Research on Psychobiotics
• Findings on Depression and Anxiety
• Pyschobiotics and Other Mental Health Conditions
• Issues with Pyschobiotic Research and the Future of them
• The Future of Psychobiotics

8. Applications of Gut Microbiome Management

• Cultivate and Grow the Gut Microbiome
• Pre-Schoolers and Young Children
• Behaviour and Temperament
• Sleep Disturbance
• Cognition and Learning
• Teenagers, Young Adults & Adults
• Endocrine system support supporting hormonal changes
• Immunity, Autoimmune (conditions) & Stress
• Arthritis & Pain Management
• Grief and Emotional Disturbances
• Eating to Improve Microbiota
• Other Strategies to Enhance Microbiota

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