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The Gut-Immune Connection: How Understanding the Connection Between Food and Immunity Can Help Us Regain Our Health

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CPEU/CEU: 22

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Best Seller!  Learn about the cutting-edge research linking gut microbiome alterations to chronic and infectious diseases, and how to change the course of our health with a microbiome-focused approach. Gain a comprehensive understanding of this topic from a leading expert offering groundbreaking evidence. Features:

  • Practical approaches to restore gut microbiome health and optimize immunity
  • Microbiome-disrupting factors that increase disease susceptibility
  • Introduction to the Healthy-food index (HFI) paradigm for microbiome health, complete with recipes and sample meal plans for use in your practice and more

This course is CDR-approved for 22 CPEU for RD/RDNs and DTR/NDTRs, and CBDCE-approved for 22 CEU for CDCES’s. Please note course expiration date below.

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Course Expiration Date: 6/28/2026

CPEU/CEU: 22


Course Expiration Date: 6/28/2026. You have until that date to complete your CPEU Evaluation or Webinar Feedback Survey for this course.


The Gut-Immune Connection: How Understanding the Connection Between Food and Immunity Can Help Us Regain Our Health CE Course

Course Type: 720—Preapproved Self-Study Materials, Printed.

Includes CE Evaluation/Reporting Form: You will submit it online and receive your CE Certificate immediately.

Suggested Learning Level: 2

About This Course

The gut microbiome continues to be at the epicenter of health research. Emeran Mayer takes the groundbreaking evidence presented in his book The Mind-Gut Connection to the next level with evidence linking the gut microbiome to immune health and chronic and infectious disease susceptibility. Comprehensively understand how the communication between gut microbes and bodily systems translates to health and illness. Learn actionable steps to prioritize microbiome health to reverse the trend of increasing illness. Gaining an understanding of the critical connection between nutrition and immunity is essential for all RD/RDNs and CDCESs.

Features:

  • Practical approaches to restore gut microbiome health and optimize immunity
  • Microbiome-disrupting factors that increase disease susceptibility
  • Introduction to the Healthy-food index (HFI) paradigm for microbiome health, complete with recipes and sample meal plans for use in your practice and more
  • The role of the gut’s endocrine system, immune system, and enteric nervous system on overall gut health
  • The effect of chronic stress and diet on the gut microbiome and serotonin synthesis
  • Nutrition’s role on the regulation of the brain-gut-microbiome network
  • How lifestyle factors such as exercise, mindset and sleep impact the microbiome and immune system
  • How modern agriculture impacts soil-based ecosystems and the gut microbiome

 

Expand your understanding of the gut-immune connection and nutrition’s role in immunity and health restoration. The Gut-Immune Connection: How Understanding the Connection Between Food and Immunity Can Help Us Regain our Health CE course will provide you with the knowledge you need to help your clients make informed choices to support gut health and immune function.

Published 2021. 277 pages. 22 CPEU CE Course. See the LNCs & PIs tab for suggested learning codes.

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CPEU/CEU: 22
NOTE: Course Expiration Date: 6/28/2026. You have until that date to complete your CPEU Evaluation or Webinar Feedback Survey for this course.

8.1.1 Interprets and applies evidence-based comparative standards for determining nutritional needs.
8.1.2 Applies knowledge of food and nutrition as well as the biological, physical and social sciences in practice.
8.1.3 Integrates knowledge of macronutrients and micronutrients for absorption, digestion and metabolism throughout the life span in practice.
8.1.5 Applies medical nutrition therapy in disease prevention and management.
8.2.2 Applies knowledge of health determinants when planning, developing and implementing services, programs, meal plans and menus.
8.2.4 Imparts knowledge of the importance of physical activity and applies behavior change principles to promote physical activity and decrease inactivity.
8.3.1 Maintains the knowledge and skill to manage a variety of disease states and clinical conditions.
8.3.3 Takes action to address deficiencies to enhance practice.
8.3.5 Keeps abreast of changes in practice and within practice environments that affect scope of practice.
8.3.6 Keeps abreast of current nutrition and dietetics knowledge and trends.
8.3.7 Integrates new knowledge and skills into practice.
10.2.1 Identifies and selects valid and reliable tools to conduct a comprehensive nutrition assessment.
10.2.4 Integrates foundational dietetics knowledge with critical appraisal of assessment data to diagnose nutrition problems
10.2.5 Develops nutrition prescription to communicate required food and nutrient needs.
10.2.7 Prioritizes specific nutrition problem(s).
10.2.8 Establishes the plan of care, directly addressing the nutrition diagnosis in collaboration with the patient in defining the time, frequency and duration of the intervention.
10.2.9 In collaboration with the client and interdisciplinary team (including NDTRs), selects and implements current and evidence-based nutrition interventions and patient education.
10.4.1 Collects information related to the patients use of pharmacotherapy and dietary supplements.
10.4.2 Applies knowledge of pharmacotherapy and its effect on nutrient absorption, utilization and metabolism when developing and/or revising the plan of care.
10.4.3 Evaluates, educates and counsels on the interrelationship and impact of pharmacotherapy on nutrient absorption.
10.4.4 Makes recommendations for the appropriate use of vitamin and mineral supplementation in the management of health and disease.


			

2 reviews for The Gut-Immune Connection: How Understanding the Connection Between Food and Immunity Can Help Us Regain Our Health

  1. E.K., RDN

    Very enjoyable and informative overall.

  2. J.A., RDN

    Very informative.

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