NUTRITION 159

Course overview

Hour 1: Evolutionary Biology Influence on Clinical Physiology. *Discuss infection, evolution, immunity, inflammation, and fibrosis. *Compare short-term survival v. long-term chronicity. Hour 2: Summarize Inflammation in both Pain and Disease. *Utilize Laboratory diagnosis of inflammation. *Provide Nutritional management for inflammation. Hour 3: Justification of Sleep Hygiene. *Explain the role for sleep and sleep's influence on immunity, cognition, psychiatric conditions, hunger, fertility, blood sugar control, vascular health, and more. *Summarize the influence of sleep on brain neurochemistry. Hour 4: Define the Recently Discovered Glymphatic System. *Discuss the glymphatic system and how to optimize its influence on health. *Emphasize the importance of the glymphatic system in relation to neurodegenerative diseases. Hour 5: Point out the Role of Vitamins for Chronic Disease Prevention. *Emphasize the importance of B vitamins to lower homocysteine. *Point out the relationship between elevated homocysteine and vascular injury risks. *Justify why people need between 5-8 different supplements and explain why. Hour 6: Analyze the Science of a Healthy Diet. *Justify high vegetable, low lectin, low glycemic dietary habits, and their influence on physiology. *Summarize problems with refined carbohydrates, monosodium glutamate, aspartame, and chemical toxins. *Explain the drivers and consequences of a leaky gut. *Demonstrate glycation and its consequences. *Explore the benefits of Intermittent Fasting. Hour 7: Appraise Chiropractic Clinical Practice and Pain Management. *Integrate the Gate Theory of Pain and the Chiropractic Adjustment. *Quantify the Opioids Epidemic and the Positive Influence of Chiropractic. *Diagram the importance of the omega-6 / omega-3 ratio. *Caution Against the Ingestion of Excitotoxins. Hour 8: Detail the Benefits of Exercise. *Emphasize the Benefits of High Intensity Interval Training. *Introduce the Harmful Effects of Fructose on Energy Production.