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FAARFM Module III: A Metabolic, Anti-Aging and Functional Approach to Gastroenterology, Neurotransmitters, and Neurology

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Upon completion of this module, the participants will:

Learn new treatment modalities for multiple sclerosis, stroke recovery, Parkinson's disease, ALS, and Alzheimer's disease
Evaluate the energy producing ability of the mitochondria and their role in revitalizing neurological tissue
Learn factors associated with intestinal permeability
Discuss the consequences of inflammation on the neurological system
Look at the role endocytic receptors, scavenger receptors, and RAGEs has on the inflammatory response
Understand the importance of the gastrointestinal tract's role in the immune system
Understand the crucial role that neurotransmitters have in the body and how they impact various organ systems
Learn the many reasons why patients have a difficult time losing weight and keeping it off
Have a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between the GI tract and neurotransmitter function
Evaluate the role of diet and antibiotics in the management of gastrointestinal dysfunction
Demonstrate the unique biochemistry of individual patients and examine the ramifications of nutrition, medications, and stress on the immune system during the first years of life
Explain the gastro-intestinal system's interface with the environment
Discuss the role of nutrition and digestion in the balancing the gut flora, as well as the role of nutrition in gastrointestinal disease
Identify the symptoms and diseases associated with yeast overgrowth
Learn the causes of yeast overgrowth
Be knowledgeable about the treatments of yeast overgrowth
Know the symptoms associated with dysbiosis
Recognize signs of poor digestion
Know the causes of dysbiosis
Learn the common conditions associated with leaky gut syndrome
Learn the 4R program
Determine the common signs and symptoms of low gastric acidity
Know the diseases associated with low gastric acidity
Learn the protocol for HCL acid supplementation
Realize the symptoms and diseases associated with food allergy
Ascertain the symptoms of pancreatic insufficiency
Learn how to replace bile salts
Determine the symptoms of bile salts deficiency
Know the causes of gas and bloating
Learn the causes of heartburn
Find out new treatments for hiatal hernia
Learn the causes of chronic diarrhea
Learn the treatment of chronic diarrhea
Learn the causes and treatment of hemorrhoids
Look at the risk factors for IBS
Learn the treatment for inflammatory bowel disorders
Realize the symptoms of acute and chronic gallbladder problems
Find out how to treat gallbladder disease
Know the incidence of celiac disease
Understand the increased mortality associated with celiac disease
Understand the changes that occur in the bowel with celiac disease
Learn testing methods to evaluate if a patient has celiac disease
Discover the false positives and false negatives that can occur with antibody testing for celiac disease
Recognize the reasons for false positive results that can occur with biopsy when evaluating a patient for celiac disease
Learn about dermatitis herpetiformis
Know the extraintestinal manifestations that can occur with celiac disease besides dermatitis herpetiformis
Learn treatment methods for all forms of celiac disease
Recognize other autoimmune diseases that are associated with celiac disease
Know the differential diagnosis for celiac disease
Know the definition of probiotics
Recognize that gastrointestinal and vaginal flora change with age
Learn the mechanism of action of probiotics
Know which bacteria that occur in the gastrointestinal tract that are friendly and which are pathogens
Learn about bacteriocins
Learn the desirable characteristics of an effective probiotic
Recognize what foods can be used as probiotics
Understand the beneficial effects of normal gut flora
Learn which disease processes can be treated with probiotics
Learn the differential diagnosis of irritable bowel disease
Learn treatment modalities for irritable bowel disease
Understand what an allergy elimination diet is and be able use this treatment modality with a patient
Learn the role of probiotics in the treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhea
Know the definition of prebiotics
Understand the criteria to be a prebiotic
Review the medical literature on the use of prebiotics
Learn food sources of prebiotics
Recognize prebiotic substances and the organisms they work on
Understand that protozoan infections of the gastrointestinal tract may be the cause of unrecognized systemic illnesses
Learn conventional and natural therapies for parasitic infections
Know the role that neurotransmitters play in weight loss
Recognize the importance of hormonal balance in weight loss
Understand that the ingestion of foods that the patient is allergic to can cause weight gain
Recognize the role that sleep deprivation plays in weight issues
Understand that the body's ability to effectively detoxify also plays a role in weight gain
Learn that weight gain creates an inflammatory response in the body
Know the chemistry behind why some foods are addicting
Review the scientific literature on nutrients that can aid in weight loss
Know the role that yeast overgrowth plays in weight gain
Have an understanding of basic neurochemistry as it relates to mood and cognition
Recognize common neurotransmitter balances and how to diagnose them
Discuss the major neurotransmitters in brain function and their understood roles in behavior and in neurological disorders
Understand the function of receptors for these substances and factors which impact their regulation
Discuss the metabolism of these substances within the body, including the precursors and substrates necessary for function in the nervous system as well as how they are metabolized in the body
Understand the limitations of measurement of the neurotransmitters and the role that the blood brain barrier plays in controlling access of substrates and cofactors to the brain
Recognize circumstances where functional imaging techniques may aid in diagnosis and therapy of conditions related to neurotransmitter dysfunction
Recognize some of the many interactions of neurotransmitters with hormonal function and dysfunction
Recognize the parameters within the Functional Medicine Matrix that would indicate the need for attention to neurotransmitter function and identify common antecedents, triggers and mediators when an imbalance or dysfunction is suspected
Learn metabolic and anti-aging treatment options to improve mood and cognition

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FAARFM Module VII: Mitochondropathy, Heavy Metal Toxicities, A Metabolic, Anti-Aging and Functional Approach to Autoimmune Diseases, Cognition Enhancement, and Fatigue

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Upon completion of this module, the participants will:

Understand the molecular triggers of the immune response and their receptors
Look at intracellular signaling pathways and their gene products
Look at the cellular and molecular biology of immunity and inflammation
Learn clinical approaches to immune imbalance and inflammation
Understand that micronutrient insufficiency leads to DNA and mitochondrial damage
Look at disorders of mitochondrial function
Understand the nutritional and environmental regulation of toxic metals
Know the role that heavy metal toxicity places in disease
Recognize the role that excitotoxins play on the developing brain
Learn treatment plans on help a patient maintain their memory
Learn new treatment modalities for patients with memory loss
Learn the role that excitotoxins play in disease
Understand the role of antioxidants in cellular redox control
Recognize the clinical manifestations of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia
Review the role of cytokines as organizers of the inflammatory response
Learn the cellular and molecular biology of immunity and inflammation
Look at the molecular triggers of the immune response and their receptors
Understand the loss of tolerance, Th1/th2/Th3/Th4 imbalance and the role of normal gut flora
Explore the role of altered bioenergetics in the diathesis of chronic disease
Learn the counter-regulatory control points of immune imbalances
Approach to autoimmune diseases and cognition enhancement
Define and differentiate the various clinical profiles associated with fatigue
Understand key biochemical features that underlie energy deficits in patients
Understand fundamental tools of laboratory assessment in patients with fatigue
Create and understanding of the physiology of the glutamate receptors system
Demonstrate how the immune system interacts with glutamate receptors to induce human disease
Discuss specific CNS diseases and the role played by glutamate receptor dysfunction in these diseases
Discuss the glutamate receptor system in peripheral disorders
Discuss way to protect the brain and systemic system from glutamate receptor over activity
Understand how to measure all components of memory, including P300, WMS, CNSVS and other related factors
Know the connection between the brain's testing results and the appropriate diagnosis
Learn how to approach treatment for memory loss and how to prevent it
Understand toxic metal exposure from the environment
Recognize the symptoms and conditions related to toxic metals exposure
Design a protocol with appropriate chelation agents for heavy metal toxicities
Learn the risk factors for Alzheimer's disease
Know the role of heavy metals in memory loss
Recognize the effects of fluoride on the brain
Understand the role stress plays on cognition
Know the role hormonal balance plays in memory maintenance
Recognize the affects of sugar on cognitive decline
Learn nutrients that may help maintain cognition
Recognize medications that may affect memory
Learn symptoms of chronic mercury poisoning
Examine the research on the safety of mercury amalgams
Look at the diseases related to mercury poisoning
Examine the diseases aggravated by allergies to metals
Learn mechanisms of mercury toxicity
Learn nutritional detoxification methods for mercury toxicity
Examine symptom improvement after amalgam removal
Look at the role that environmental toxins may play in autoimmune diseases
Know metabolic/anti-aging treatments for lupus
Learn metabolic/anti-aging treatments for Raynaud's phenomenon
Lean how new diagnostic tests for rheumatoid arthritis
Know the differential diagnosis for high anti-CCP
Know metabolic/anti-aging treatments for rheumatoid arthritis
Exposed to nutrients that affect NF-Kappa Beta
Learn how to evaluate and work-up a patient with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM)
Recognize the brain imaging changes that occur with CFS and FM
Recognize the autonomic and cardiac manifestations in CFS and FM
Understand the impaired mitochondrial function that occurs in CFS and FM
Learn the immune dysfunction that is present in CFS and FM
Recognize the symptoms of fibromyalgia
Look at conventional treatments of fibromyalgia
Learn the numerous metabolic/anti-aging treatment modalities for fibromyalgia
Find out the how to treat mitochondrial dysfunction
Understand the role Guaifenesin plays in the treatment of fibromyalgia
Understand that salicylates affect the efficacy of Guaifenesin
Learn common medications and natural products that contain salicylates
Study the SHIN protocol
Discover what physical modalities can be used in the treatment of fibromyalgia
Study the differential diagnosis of CFS
Learn the factors suspected of promoting CFS
Discover immune abnormalities that can be present in CFS
Realize the nutritional treatments for CFS
Understand the role that hypothyroidism and adrenal fatigue play in CFS and FM
Review the evolution in thought regarding the pathophysiology of autoimmune diseases from genetically determined, static disorders of adaptive immunity (T and B lymphocytes) to a dynamic process involving defective programming of regulatory and Th17 lymphocytes by cells of the innate immune system (dendritic cells and macrophages)
Review the mechanisms by which infections, imbalances in gut flora, food antigens, toxins, and other environmental factors can trigger the breakdown in immune tolerance that leads to autoimmune disease in susceptible individuals
Explore the practical applications of this model for detecting autoimmune disease at an earlier stage, recognizing potential environmental triggers, and making appropriate recommendations for lifestyle changes and non-pharmaceutical interventions
Know the demographics of autoimmunity
Understand some of the important interactions of the endocrine system with immunity
Learn how the endocrine system can affect autoimmunity
Know several laboratory test that can be used in addition to the standard tests for autoimmunity
Know the treatment options to augment usual and customary treatment of autoimmunity

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FAARFM Module XIV(B): Comprehensive Weight Loss for the Integrative Physician

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Upon completion of this module, the participants will:

Recognize and understand the prevalence of Adult Obesity and the risk factors involved
Understand the bio-chemistry of how the body breaks down proteins, fats and carbohydrates
Have knowledge of the various nutritional plans to help your patients lose weight including Very Low Calorie Deficit (VLCD) and LCD programs. When to use which approach and why
Review of use of Ketosis to achieve successful weight loss along with the risks and benefits of programs such as HCG diets
Be precise in which specialty testing to recommend for digestive issues/analysis and how to apply the appropriate therapies for weight loss success
Comprehend the unique relationship between Adrenal Dysfunction /stress with Hormonal Imbalance and weight gain plus weight loss plateaus
Understand the relationship between male weight gain and testosterone deficiency, testing and treating
Recognize the clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism in relationship to weight gain with the appropriate compounded thyroid medications
Understand inflammation barriers to weight loss and treatment utilizing food allergy testing, elimination and rotational diets
Know the mechanisms of Hunger and Satiety and their biochemical signals
Understand eating disorders such as Binge Eating and Night Eating Disorder and how to treat these patients
Comprehend the effects of sleep disorders and weight gain, plus which testing can be utilized depending upon specific issues
Utilize nutritional testing to provide for deficiency replacement
Utilize metabolic analysis both during the active weight loss phase and for maintenance
Apply the energy psychology for both weight loss and maintenance with the application of sports and fitness
Advise patients on testing such as Body Composition Analysis, Resting Energy Expenditure and VO2 Max Analysis to differentiate your practice from generic weight loss clinics
Utilize various specialties such as acupuncture and cognitive hypnotherapy plus motivational behavior therapy for weight loss and weight maintenance
Understand how to approach and reduce lapses and relapses which lead to regaining weight
Review metabolic blockages and the ability to clear metabolic burning in the body

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Stem Cell Module V: Clinical Case Studies of Stem cells for Blood Disorders and Chronic diseases of Aging

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