Nutrition, Supplementation, Weight Loss and Diabetes
ACBN ACPE ANCC CME Pharmacology Approved Course

NUTRITIONAL THERAPY AND SUPPLEMENTATION THERAPY

1. The Importance of Nutritional Consultations and Foods that cause diseases and Foods that may help disease 2hrs

2. Summarize the components of a nutritional consultation

3. Review medical conditions for insurance reimbursement

4. Describe why blood sugar stability is key to preventing diabetes and inflammation

5. Discuss the evidence on which food ingredients may cause illness and which food components can heal tissues and biochemical abnormality.

6. Review Research on food components that cause symptoms and diseases

7. Environmental causes of symptoms

8. How to access and use literature on food research

9. The Digestive System and evidence based herbal and food based remedies for supplementation therapy 2 HOURS

10. Review the physiology of upper and lower GI: tissues, cells, enzymes, tight junctions

11. Define the importance of bile and pH in balancing the GI

12. Review Phase 3 Detoxification that takes place in the G.I.

13. Identify how toxins, pathogens and diets cause GI dysfunction

14. List foods with polysaccharides and how they can help with mucus tissues in the GI

15. Identify research based herbal and food therapies that can have a positive effect of GI physiology

16. Probiotics and Prebiotics: More than you know 1 HOUR

17. Define the function of Probiotics, prebiotics, vitamins and SCFA’s in the lower GI

18. Evaluate the research on various strains of probiotics and function

19. List foods that are prebiotics and contain SCFA with symptom and function improvement.

20. Review probiotics science-based evidence in auto-immune, GI and mental health/ brain conditions.

NUTRITION AND WEIGHT LOSS IN OBESITY AND DIABETES-PART 1

1. List foods that cause illness and disease.

2. Review the important food components that should be placed into the diet.

3. Correlate various fatty acids that can cause inflammation and those that are anti-inflammatory.

4. Describe why fiber is important to health and weight loss.

5. Identify foods and herbs with anti-inflammatory properties

6. Review the physiology of GI tract that regulates digestion, satiety and weight

7. List diets that have shown effectiveness in causing weight loss.

8. List diets with most effect on decreasing diabetes and pre-diabetes markers.

9. Review the difficulty and side effects of diets.

10. Describe the physiology of pancreas and it’s connection to blood sugar regulation and digestion.

11. Explain how the microbiome plays a role in weight and blood sugar.

NUTRITION AND WEIGHT LOSS IN OBESITY AND DIABETES-PART 2

1. Review glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists.

2. List differences between GLP-1 and dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist.

3. Analyze melanocortin 4 (MC4) receptor agonists.

4. Describe effects of fat blockers.

5. Review amphetamine like drugs and their side effect profile.

6. List other weight loss and diabetes/weight loss drugs.

7. Review the biochemical pathways of the adrenal glands.

8. Describe how acute stress may cause weight loss and chronic stress may lead to diabetes and weight gain.

9. List integrative medicine techniques to reduce stress.

10. Discuss the role of the adrenal glands in blood sugar regulation.

11. Discuss the role of vitamins and minerals in blood sugar regulation and weight management.

12. List foods that may help with blood sugar management and weight loss.

13. Describe how to select the correct medication for patients for diabetes and weight loss management.

14. Review how important digestion and microbiome is to weight and blood sugar management and what to do about them.

15. List integrative strategies that can be used for weight loss and diabetes management programs.