Upon completion of this module, the participants will:

• Understand how the Metabolic Code Triad works
• Look at an example of a triad, The Brain-Gut-Inflammation Triad, and see how triad organizational thought would be helpful in helping the student organize complex patient therapies
• Summarize the core principles learned in this course concerning the Metabolic Code Triad System
• To review normal physiology of adrenals, thyroid, and pancreas
• To review common ways patients are presented with multiple metabolic abnormalities
• To review natural and hormonal treatment strategies for cortisol, insulin and thyroid
• To understand the physiologic relationships between the digestive tract, immune system and brain
• To review common clinical presentations within the proposed framework of Gut-Immune-Brain.
• To review treatment options and strategies specific for Gut-Immune-Brain pathologies.
• To understand basic physiologic connections between the mind, brain and heart mediated through mechanisms such as Heart Rate Variability, depression, stress, and the immune system.
• To review common clinical presentations within the cardiopulmonary-neuro-vascular triad.
• To understand ways to treat complex conditions within this triad framework.
• To understand the physiology of the most important detoxification organs and their pathways to remove toxins.
• To review the most common toxins, both exogenous and endogenous, which contribute to medical illness.
• To review treatment strategies for removal of toxins safely and effectively.
• To review ways to mitigate toxins in the home environment.
• To review the role of sex hormones in the aging male and female.
• To review common presentations of sex hormone dys-regulation and the associated signs and symptoms.
• To examine methods of balancing and replacing estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone safely and effectively through the use of natural products and hormone replacement therapy.