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40 students
Digestive System Masterclass
Fix Your Gut: How the Digestive System Impacts Energy, Mood & Immunity
Created byWendi Roscoe
Last updated 4/2025
English
What you'll learn
- Functions of the organs of the digestive system
- Importance of fiber for a health bowel
- Why we don't want excess visceral fat
- All about the liver and why we want to take care of it
- How we digest and absorb nutrients
- Why a healthy gut microbiome is so important
- How "leaky gut" can cause inflammation
- Regulation of digestion including several key hormones that affect appetite
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Course content
5 sections • 13 lectures • 1h 47m total length
Requirements
- No prior experience needed, just a desire to learn about digestive health
Description
This course will help you understand all of the basic structures and functions of the digestive system so that you can use that knowledge to increase your physical and mental health. I will walk you through the steps to understanding how the various processes of the digestive system can affect conditions that seem unrelated, such as mood, energy, weight control, blood sugar, inflammation, and allergies. The digestive system can be the origin of many chronic inflammatory conditions that impact millions of people. Did you know that obesity and depression are linked to the health of your gut microbiome, ability to regulate blood sugar, and the integrity of your intestinal lining. This course will discuss topics such as why dietary fiber is important for bowel health, how the microbiome impacts mood and inflammation, why ‘leaky gut’ can contribute to food allergies and sensitivities, and how we can have some control over various hormones that affect our appetite, blood sugar, energy levels, and body weight. At the end of this course you will understand how the digestive system works so that you can understand why some simple habits and food choices will improve your digestive health, that will improve your overall health. Course content includes:
Functions of all organs of the digestive system
How nutrients are broken down and absorbed
Liver health
All the digestive enzymes
How the digestive system is regulated
Important tips for a healthy digestive system
Who this course is for:
- This is an introductory course for anyone with an interest in digestive health
- This course is for anyone who has some digestion issues that would like to learn more about how we can take better care of our digestive system, since it is often the origin of many other chronic inflammatory health conditions