Food for Thought: The Relationship Between Food, Gut and Brain

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Course overview

Provider
Futurelearn
Course type
Free trial availiable
Deadline
Flexible
Duration
5 hours
Course author
Alessandro Cicerale

Description

The gut and brain are very closely linked. Explore how neurology, the microbiome and more interact to affect health.
Find out how your diet affects your brain, and your brain affects your diet

Please note this course runs without facilitation. A Spanish version of the course can be found here.

Over the last few years, the importance of the link between gut and brain has become clear. On this course you’ll explore this complex relationship.

You’ll learn how the brain works, and is affected by diet and nutritional deficiencies. You’ll also discover less known, cutting-edge subjects such as the gut-brain axis, the microbiome, and the relationship between food and reproductive health.

Food for Thought: The Relationship Between Food, Gut and Brain
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