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Continuing education course in food, probiotics and prebiotics to improve digestive and immune health through the gut microbiome

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Alimentació
  • Modality
    In-person
  • Languages
    Catalan, Spanish
  • Duration
    6 sessions: 24 hours
  • Date
    March 31, 2023
  • Places
    20
  • Location

    Blanquerna-URL - Carrer Padilla, 326-332. 08025 Barcelona

  • Faculty

    Blanquerna School of Health Sciences

Food, probiotics and prebiotics to improve digestive and immune health through the gut microbiome.

The microbiome is the set of microorganisms, their genomes, the environmental conditions that surround them, and the entire habitat in which they live. The microbial communities of the gut have been considered the forgotten organ by gastroenterologists. The great interest they have aroused in the last 20 years has been due to the introduction of new methodologies that have extraordinarily increased our perception of their diversity and the beneficial role they play in health. This suggests that the gut microbiome could be used to prevent, treat, or diagnose infectious, autoimmune, and metabolic processes.

Alterations in the balance of the gut microbiome conditions the overgrowth of pathogens and the loss of microbial diversity and accompanies digestive disorders and some immune-based diseases. Given the role that the gut microbiome plays in the development of these pathologies, their modification through food, probiotics, prebiotics and, in some cases, fecal transplantation, is considered to be a tool that may help in their prevention and treatment.

Objectives

To introduce what the microbiota and the microbiome are, their location and physiological functions

To learn their applications when consulting the tools available for studying the intestinal microbiome

To identify the changes that the microbiome undergoes in health and disease

To learn what science has to say about the effectiveness and safety of food, prebiotics, probiotics, symbiotics, postbiotics, and fecal transplantation to manipulate the gut microbiome.

Who is it for?

Dietitians-nutritionists, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and third and fourth year students of the Bachelor Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics.

Course content

  1. Generalities of the microbiome, fermented foods, probiotics, prebiotics, symbiotics, postbiotics and defined bacterial consortia deriving from the human microbiome.
  2. Usefulness of blood tests and gut health checks and gut microbiome tests in medical consultations.
  3. Clinical applications of probiotics, prebiotics and symbiotics for digestive, immune, metabolic and mental health.
  4. Solving case studies in the classroom and in the kitchen.

Faculty

Dr. Xavier Aldeguer; Head of the Digestive System Service of the University Hospital Dr. Josep Trueta in Girona and Santa Caterina de Salt Hospital and co-founder of GoodGut.

Noemí Cuenca; dietician-nutritionist and professor at the Blanquerna School of Health Sciences-Universitat Ramon Llull.

Andreu Prados; pharmacist, dietician-nutritionist and professor at the Blanquerna School of Health Sciences-Universitat Ramon Llull.

Més informació

Per a més informació, pots contactar amb [email protected]

Tuition fee

Tuition fee
€230
Facultat de Ciències de la Salut FCS

Descompte

Descompte (no acumulatiu) del 15% en el preu de la matrícula a: alumni, estudiants de la Facultat de Ciències de la Salut Blanquerna-URL i membres del CFC*, COIB* i CODINUCAT*.
*Cal aportar l'últim rebut d'aquest any.

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