The Gut-Brain Connection In-class
Fix Your Gut – Boost Mood – Improve Memory
Brain function is influenced by what we eat, our lifestyle, and the condition of our digestive system. Poor diet and harmful lifestyle habits negatively impact both brain and gut health.
This course will show you how supporting gut health naturopathically can, in turn, improve memory and concentration, reduce anxiety and depression, and optimize both your physical and mental health and wellbeing.
If you’re looking to address health problems naturally, this course can help you succeed.
The Gut-Brain Connection course teaches you:
How to improve gut function and boost your brain and memory.
How to address anxiety, stress, depression, fatigue and low energy.
The connection between the gut health and the immune system.
What foods are specifically beneficial for healthy gut and sharp mind.
Easy recipes to support gut microbiome.
About the course
The Gut-Brain Connection short course explains how through the nervous system, hormones and the immune system, the brain and the gut constantly exchange messages that affect people’s digestion, mood and cognition.
Signals pass both ways between digestive system and central nervous system, and health or disease in one can affect the other. When our gut is out of balance – whether it’s from a poor diet, stress or disruption in gut microbiome – it can mess with neurotransmitter (nerve messenger) production and trigger inflammatory responses, causing anxiety, depression and mood swings.
Restoring gut health through simple tweaks like dietary changes, probiotics and stress management can make a world of difference for our mood and mental well-being.
About the lecturer
Belle Amatt BA, BSc Nutritional Medicine, mBANT, CNHC and ANP
Qualifications: Registered Nutritional Therapist specialising in longevity, detox, stress-induced illness and gut health.
Background: With over 15 years of experience working 1-1 with clients and with groups, Belle has supported many people on restoring their health. A keen interest in the gut began over 30 years ago when Belle discovered that using healing foods and understanding more about the root causes behind an unbalanced microbiome led to the healing of her own gut. Since then, Belle has run a variety of courses and regularly discusses the gut health in class and on retreats. She is a keen advocate of working on the gut-brain connection to restore health and wellbeing.
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Study In-class
- London
- TBA
Who should take this course?
This Short Course on the Gut-Brain Connection is suitable for anyone wanting to learn practical tips to improve digestion and gut function, boost mood and brain health. There are no prerequisites to study.
Award
CNM Certificate in the Gut-Brain Connection.
Recognition
Continuous Professional Development (CPD): This course is worth 30 CPD points awarded by the Association of Naturopathic Practitioners (ANP).
£245
What you will learn:
- How the digestive system works and the impact that poor digestion and nutrient malabsorption can have on brain health.
- The digestive symptoms and red flags to look out for.
- What leaky gut means and how it can lead to ‘leaky brain’.
- The effect sugar and stress have on the gut health and how to address it.
- An overview of the gut microbiome and how gut bacteria influences the gut-brain connection, mood and energy levels.
- The role of the gut on immune health and why optimal waste elimination is essential for gut-brain health.
- Nutrition basics and key nutrients for the gut and the brain.
- Foods and drinks to avoid and what healthy alternatives to eat instead.
- Herbal remedies for a healthy gut and brain.
- The principles of a naturopathic diet and what food sources provide the best nutrition.
- Key dietary and lifestyle factors to support healthy gut bacteria and digestion.
- Natural solutions for acid reflux, IBS, bloating, constipation, diarrhoea and abdominal pain.
- Recipe demonstrations for a healthy microbiome.
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