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NAIMH Systemic Inflammation Food Intolerance

Systemic Inflammation, Food Intolerance, and Autoimmunity

This course describes in great detail current scientific concepts of digestion, immunity, and autoimmunity to explain the “dotted line” between an immunological response in the gut, and systemic manifestations of disease. You will learn assessment methods, with an emphasis on interview and examination skills rather than on questionable laboratory antibody testing. A complete review of lifestyle factors, nutrition, herbal materia medica and formulation strategies for inflammation and the Leaky Gut Syndrome are included. 

Free Lecture from this Course: ​

Food Intolerance AssessmentPaul Bergner
00:00 / 1:21:25

Overview

This course prepares you with the complete skill set to assess and coach a patient through removal of an offending food. This course material was developed over a period of more than twenty years, and delivered in various formats to hundreds of intermediate students of herbalism, nutrition, and naturopathic medicine as part of pre-clinical training. These methods were honed in several multi-faculty teaching clinics continuously between 1995 and 2013. Foods in the diet which evoke an immunological inflammatory response are nearly universal in modern chronic disease, and removal can in many cases cause symptoms of even some serious diseases to fall away. Cases presented in this audio course include congestive heart failure, panic disorder, systemic lupus, multiple sclerosis, severe eczema, systemic lymphadenopathy, and a dozen more, which were cured or greatly improved with removal and strict avoidance of an offending food.

What you will learn

  • Learn methods that successfully treat many patients with serious chronic illnesses such as autoimmune conditions, neurological problems, cardiovascular inflammation, cancer, kidney failure, mental disorders, and more.

  • Learn the basic science of how nutrients affect inflammation and tissue integrity

  • Learn the “dotted line” between inflammation in the gastrointestinal system and the the overall system, and the exact immune components and mechanisms which are responsible for the escalation of gut inflammation to systemic inflammation.

  • Learn interview techniques and clinical assessment to evaluate a patient for food intolerance

  • Learn the unreliability of the common lab tests for food intolerance

  • Learn how to coach a patient through elimination of rechallenge of suspected offending foods.

  • Learn a complete materia medica of anti-inflammatory herbs

  • Learn a materia medica and formulation strategy for treating the “leaky gut syndrome” with herbs and diet to reduce systemic inflammation

Cases presented in this audio course include:

  • Congestive heart failure

  • Panic disorder

  • Systemic lupus

  • Multiple sclerosis

  • Severe eczema

  • Systemic lymphadenopathy

  • Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

  • Migraine headache

  • and others which were cured or greatly improved with removal and strict avoidance of an offending food.

Course Materials

  • 115 audio files totaling over 9 hours

  • 203 pages of notes & slides

  • A PDF library of 10 resources and classical herbal texts totaling over 200 pages, including an abridged PDF copy of The Healing Power of Minerals and Trace Elements by Paul Bergner.

  • total storage 1.07 GB

  • This material was presented by Paul Bergner through the Nature Cure Institute in Portland, Oregon in 2014, with editing and supplemental materials added in the studio.

HOW TO LEARN

NAIMH Systemic Inflammation Self Study Course

Purchase this course for your own growth and personal development. Includes audio lectures and accompanying notes. No tuition costs, no faculty support, and no certificate is earned.

NAIMH Systemic Inflammation Certificate Course

Earn a Certificate by completing this course. ​​Includes the cost of the course materials, faculty support, and tuition. You will submit homework and study questions to earn a certificate.

Western Clinical Herbalism Program

This course is a part of the

Western Clinical Herbalism

certificate program. Click below for the full program description.

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