About this Program
Day 1: Understanding the Gut Brain: Stress, Appetite, Digestion, and Mood - The enteric nervous system, the gut brain, plays a pivotal role in regulating inflammation, stress, metabolism, appetite, and mood.
Day 2: Changing How We Feel by Changing What We Eat - Learn how foods affect hormones underlying anxiety, mood, appetite, and sleep. Emphasis is placed on the role of chronic inflammation and health benefits of anti-inflammatory nutrients.
Day 3: An Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle - Learn how mind-body connections affect inflammation. This program describes how diet and an anti-inflammatory lifestyle can improve the quality of health including stress, pain, mood, anxiety, and sleep.
Participants completing this program should be able to:
Day 1
- Describe key functions of the gut brain.
- List several ways the gut brain regulates appetite.
- Identify how stress contributes to digestive disorders.
- Describe how inflammation of the gut can affect mood and anxiety.
- List several disorders that can be effectively treated with probiotics.
Day 2
- Describe how anxiety is affected by inflammation and diet
- State how mood is affected by inflammation and diet.
- Discuss how appetite is affected by inflammation and diet
- Review how sleep is affected by inflammation and diet
Day 3
- State how diet and stress contribute to chronic inflammation.
- List anti-inflammatory drugs and foods.
- Name appetite regulating foods.
- Describe foods indicated for cardio-metabolic disorders and hypertension.
- Foods indicated to reduce GI tract inflammation.
- Review the connection between diet, mood, and neuroinflammation.
- Name foods that can improve sleep and are neuroprotective.
- Describe habits that promote an anti-inflammatory lifestyle.
About the Instructors
Chris Lowry, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, is an expert and award-winning neuroscience instructor concerning how anxiety, mood, and PTSD are related to the GI tract. His practical presentation describes how foods can regulate the immune system, serotonin and mood-related disorders.
Lisa Goehler, Ph.D., University of Virginia, a neuroscientist, is recognized for her discovery that GI inflammation produces disorders of mood and anxiety. Dr. Goehler has developed and taught national training programs and is the author of Food for Thought: Changing How We Feel By Changing How We Eat (2023).
Sally Fisher, MD, has been Assistant Clinical Professor, University of New Mexico School of Medicine. She is Board Certified as a Physician Nutrition Specialist and is trained in Preventive Medicine, Integrative and Holistic medicine, and also conducts ongoing clinical trials. Dr. Fisher has developed and taught national programs for continuing education and is recognized for her clinical wisdom, compassion and sense of humor.
About the Venue
Situated next to the Monterey Marriott and the Portola Hotel & Spa, the Monterey Conference Center is within a short walk to the Monterey Wharf, Cannery Row, and amazing ocean vistas. Nearby is the Monterey Aquarium, Carmel, the 17-mile drive, excellent cuisine, and ocean sunsets.
To book lodging and airfare to California, contact Debbie Anderson with Travel Partners by email at danderson@travelpartnersindublin.com or by phone at (614) 639-9190.
Complimentary Instructional Materials with Registration
Participants completing this program also receive complimentary 6-hour programs by Dr. Fisher: 1) Psychological and Medical Benefits of a Plant-Rich Diet, and by Dr. Goehler: 1) Conscientious Eating, 2) Mind-Body Interactions and the Stress-Inflammation Connection, 3) Understanding and Managing Autoimmune Disorders Through Lifestyle Interventions, and 4) Who Gets Sick and Who Stays Well. Participants will also receive copies of the books Training Your Brain to Adopt Healthful Habits (2024) and Food For Thought (2023).
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Topics to be covered
Day 1: Understanding the Gut Brain: Stress, Appetite, Digestion, and Mood
- The Gut Brain
- The Hidden Brain
- Inflammation
- Listening to the Gut
- Stress, Appetite, and the Gut Brain
- "Starvation" Response
- Diet, Chronic Stress and Cortisol
- Leptin: Full but Not Fulfilling
- Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes
- Ghrelin: Fulfilling but Not Filling
- Foods that Inhibit Ghrelin and Suppress Appetite
- Stress and Digestive Disorders
- Stress and the GI Tract
- Inflamed Gut-Inflamed Brain
- IBS
- Food Allergies
- GERD
- Inflammatory Bowel Disorders
- Nutritional Approaches
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders
- Inflammatory Effects of White Adipose Cells
- Inflammation, Antidepressants and the GI Tract
- Understanding and Using Probiotics
- Probiotics
- Immune Disorders
- GI Tract Disorders
- Stress-Related Disorders
- Oral and Sinus Health
- Prebiotics
- Evidence-Based Guidelines
Day 2: Changing How We Feel by Changing What We Eat
- Psychological Stress and Protective Nutrients
- Cortisol
- Inflammation
- Immune System, Stress and Inflammation
- Anti-Inflammatory Foods
- COVID-19
- Appetite
- Psychological Stress and Cortisol
- Appetite-Regulating Foods
- Anti-Inflammatory Foods
- Habit Formation
- Generalized Anxiety and Related Disorders
- Gut Bacteria Contribute to Anxiety and AnxietyDepression
- Anxiety
- Anti-Anxiety Effects of a Plant-Based Diet
- Mood
- Altered Brain/Altered Mood
- Treating Sadness and Depression
- Neuroprotective Foods that Improve Mood
- The Pros and Cons of Probiotics
- Energy, Sleep, and Aging
- Insomnia
- Nutrition and Sleep
- Foods that Improve Sleep
- Nutrients and the Aging Brain
Day 3: An Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle
- Understanding Inflammation and Nutritional Interventions
- The Connection Between Stress and Inflammation
- Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Foods
- Chronic Pain
- Anti-Inflammatory Foods
- Appetite Regulation
- Cardio-Metabolic Disorders
- Hypertension
- GI Inflammation
- The Gut-Brain Axis, Mood, Anxiety and Diet
- Mood, Antidepressants and Diet
- Neuroprotective Foods
- Sleep Helps Remove Neurotoxins
- Habits of An Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle
- Healthy Sources of Stress
- Anti-Inflammatory Physical Activity
- Meaning-Based Anti-Inflammatory Activities
- Adopting Guidelines of the Inflammatory Food Index
- Preventing and Managing Chronic Conditions
- Nutritional Strategies for the Aging Brain
- Restorative Sleep
Policy and Procedures
- Schedule for Each Days: Check-in: 8:15-9 AM Pacific Time, program starts: 9 AM, lunch (on own): 11:30 AM, Q & A and discussion with instructor: 12-12:30 PM, lecture resumes: 12:30 PM, adjournment: 4PM. Please register early.
- Group Registration: The discount is for two or more guests enrolling together prior to the program dates.
- Confirmation Notices and Certificates of Completion: Confirmation notices are emailed or mailed. In-person certificates of completion are provided at the time of adjournment; successful completion includes full attendance and submission of the evaluation form. Interactive Broadcast certificates of completion are emailed or mailed. Successful completion includes: 1) Participating in the interactive webcast or watching the recording or DVD, 2) Submission of the evaluation form and post-test by email or mail, and 3) Receiving a passing score of 70% on the post-test. You may retake the exam without penalty or fee. No partial credit will be given. Psychologists are encouraged but not required to submit the evaluation form.
- Unable to Attend? Request a refund minus a $50 fee. Refund requests should be made in writing or by e-mail at refund@ibpceu.com.
- Rescheduling: In the unlikely event a seminar cannot be held, it will be rescheduled. No IBP seminar has ever been canceled as the result of low attendance.
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