- How to Use This Course
- The 4 Neurochemical Priorities (never get lost!)
- The Road map
- How to Work Up a Real Patient
- The 10 Core Principles
- Gastrointestinal Big Picture
- Review of Modules 1 and 2 through analysis of ELEVEN different real-life cases.
- Review of Functional/Optimal ranges from Module 1 and 2
- Glucose Regulation
- Hormones 101
- HPA Axis and Adrenal Function
- Adrenal Glands – Anatomy and Physiology
- Pregnenolone
- DHEA
- Cortisol
- Glucose Regulation – Insulin, HPA and the Liver
- Assessing Adrenal Function (the real way)
- Dynamic Tests
- Serum DHEA-s
- Cortisol testing
- Salivary
- Urinary
- Adrenal Insufficiency
- Addison’ Disease
- TBI and HPA/Adrenal Function
- Adrenal Fatigue – does it exist?
- Overtraining Syndrome – it’s not just for athletes
- Cushing’s Disease
- HPA/Adrenal Treatment
- Lifestyle
- Supplementation
- Adaptogens and how to use them
- And more…
- Exercise
- Stress Reduction
- Peripheral Glucose Regulation
- C-peptide and insulin
- Insulin Resistance
- Causes of insulin resistance
- Effects of insulin resistance in the brain
- Hypoinsulinemia
- Type 2 Diabetes
- pathophysiology
- Hypoglycemia
- Reactive Hypoglycemia
- Hypoglucocytosis
- Glucose Regulation and Autoimmunity
- Cross Reaaction
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of the Adult
- Antibody testing
- Lab Diagnosis of hyperglycemia
- Lab Diagnosis of hypoglycemia
- Glucose Regulation Treatment
- Therapeutic Targets – what are you shooting for?
- Diet for hyperglycemia modulation
- Therapeutic Fasting – how to do ti
- Supplementation for Glucose Regulation
- What to use, how much and when to take it
- Every Case Study details the patient’s presentation, work up, treatment plan and follow up.
- Case Study – 30 year old woman with Hashimoto’s, depression, anxiety, fatigue
- Case Study – 14 year old boy with headaches, fatigue and dizziness
- Gastrointestinal Physiology
- Digestion
- Absorption
- Elimination
- How to use GI symptoms to triangulate the location of the problem
- Intestinal Barrier- Anatomy and Function
- Tight Junctions, Zonulin, Occludin
- Gut Permeability
- Hyper-leaky gut
- SIBO
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Support strategies for integrity of the gut barrier
- Liver physiology
- Normal Biotransformation
- Xenobiotics
- Toxicants
- How to improve liver function
- Blood tests for assessing liver function
- Gluten
- What is it?
- What does it do?
- Celiac Disease
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical Features and Manifestations
- Diagnosis
- Non-Celiac Gluten/Wheat Sensitivity
- Testing for Celiac and NCGWS
- Deep dive into wheat proteome and related markers
- Gluten-related disorders
- FODMAPS
- Low FODMAPS Diet
- The Anti-Inflammatory Repair Diet
- What’s allowed, what’s not allowed and why
- Testing for Food Sensitivities
- What does it really mean?
- What are you really testing?
- Case Study – 38 year old male with fatigue and elevated transaminases
- Case Study – 64 year old woman with increasing Hemoglobin A1c
- Case Study – 66 year old woman with chronic diarrhea and fatigue
- Case Study – 10 year old girl diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis
- 25 hours of training with Dr. David Clark
- All Access to the digital recording of the class
- Any future updates to the course videos or other materials
- Re-attendance for life – Retake the class on-site, via livestream or via online, self-paced learning as many times as you’d like for attendance hours.
- 25 Neurology Hours towards the ACFN (American College of Functional Neurology) & ACNB (American Chiropractic Neurology Board) with each module
- Access to the flipped classroom with lifetime updates
- 3 months of unlimited access to Medline upon completion of the module