Continuing Professional Development (CPD) approved by the CPD Certification Service (CPD UK), the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) and the Nutritional Therapists of Ireland (NTOI).

Webinar description:

The Gut-Brain axis is a term that is often used by clinicians to describe the generic bi-directional signalling relationship between these two body systems. However, most clinicians do not understand the many categories of signals that are derived from the gut, especially the complex signalling capacity of the gut microbiota; and that these signalling molecules influence almost every organ system of the body. In many ways, the microbiome-gut-brain axis is just one of many gut-tissue axes which are now well defined for the liver, lungs, skin, hair, kidneys, etc. In this webinar we will show how the gut signals that affect one system are very similar to those that affect others, and how dysbiosis and gut barrier dysfunction are common aging signals for all organ systems of the body. Our focus will be to describe the primary categories of signals derived from the gut and gut microbiome that influence metabolism and cellular function, highlighting specific neuronal functions that define the gut-brain signalling. Finally, we will overview some of the basic lifestyle, diet and dietary supplements (including probiotics) that may benefit the gut microbiome environment such that it changes these signals and influences outcomes in other tissues such at the brain; measurable in mood, cognition or other metabolic outcomes. The goal is to make the clinician more aware of the mechanistic basis for how gut signals influence systemic metabolic activity, allowing them to evaluate and leverage emerging information in that fast growing area of research.