Healing Your Microbiome: Probiotics and Microbes

THIS LESSON WILL ALLOW YOU TO:

Name and classify the types and genera of pathogenic microorganisms and how they are distinguished from each other
• What is a germ?
• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Viruses
• Parasites
• Mycoplasmas, Thermophiles and others
• Anatomy of a bacteria
• Anatomy of a yeast
• Anatomy of a parasite

THIS LESSON WILL CONSIST OF:

1. watching the video lecture (excuse the poor sound quality - we are trying to improve this)

2. downloading the instructor's book – Probiotics: Protection against Infection in the resources link (free- included in the course)

3. reading pages 1-7 in the book

4. answering the short quiz

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LECTURE VIDEOS ALL CONTAIN CAPTIONS, SO PLEASE TURN OFF THE UDEMY CAPTIONING (AS IT IS NOT ACCURATE).

THIS SECTION WILL:

Introduce some major diseases caused by pathogenic organisms, including:
• Digestive diseases
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Urinary tract/bladder/kidney diseases
• Liver and gallstone diseases
• Dental and gum diseases
• Sepsis
• Arthritis

THE LESSON WILL CONSIST OF:

1. watching the video lecture (please excuse poor sound quality - we are working on this)

2. reading pages 7-9 in the book - Probiotics: Protection against Infection.

3. reading the articles linked in the resource section

4. try your hand at answering the short quiz (optional of course)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LECTURE VIDEOS ALL CONTAIN CAPTIONS, SO PLEASE TURN OFF THE UDEMY CAPTIONING (AS IT IS NOT ACCURATE).

This lesson will introduce the following:

Describe the major roles, functions and development of probiotics within the body
• Digestive roles
• Protect the body
• Boosting immunity
• Balance mucosal biochemistry

This lesson will consist of:

1. watching the video lecture

2. answering the short quiz at the end of the video

3. reading pages 63-76 in the book - Probiotics: Protection against Infection.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LECTURE VIDEOS ALL CONTAIN CAPTIONS, SO PLEASE TURN OFF THE UDEMY CAPTIONING (AS IT IS NOT ACCURATE).

This lesson will introduce the following:

Describe the function and source of antibiotics
• What antibiotics are
• How antibiotics are produced
• Antibiotic resistance
• Antibiotics produced by probiotics
• Difference between static and commensal antibiotic application

This lesson will consist of:

1. watching the video linked below

2. reading pages 10-18 in the book - Probiotics: Protection against Infection.

3. answering the short quiz

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LECTURE VIDEOS ALL CONTAIN CAPTIONS, SO PLEASE TURN OFF THE UDEMY CAPTIONING (AS IT IS NOT ACCURATE).

This lesson will give an understanding to the following:

The relationship between pasteurization and the germ theory
• What is pasteurization?
• Germ theory
• Field theory
• Which theory is right?

This lesson will consist of:

1. watching the video linked below

2. answering the short quiz at the end of the video

3. reading pages 18-32 in the book - Probiotics: Protection against Infection.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LECTURE VIDEOS ALL CONTAIN CAPTIONS, SO PLEASE TURN OFF THE UDEMY CAPTIONING (AS IT IS NOT ACCURATE).

This lesson will introduce the following:

Describe the major genera and species of probiotics
• Lactobaccillus
• Bifidobacteria
• Streptococcus
• Bacillus
• Other species

This lesson will consist of:

1. watching the video linked below

2. reading pages 37-40, 60-61 and 175-202 in the book - Probiotics: Protection against Infection.

3. test your knowledge by answering the short quiz (optional)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LECTURE VIDEOS ALL CONTAIN CAPTIONS, SO PLEASE TURN OFF THE UDEMY CAPTIONING (AS IT IS NOT ACCURATE).

This lesson will:

Describe the major pathogenic organisms
• Bacterial – E. coli, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, etc.
• Viral – Ebola, Influenza, Herpes, HIV, SARS
• Parasites – Blastocystis, etc.

This lesson will consist of:

1. watching the video linked below

2. reading pages 10-18 in the book - Probiotics: Protection against Infection.

3. test your knowledge by answering the (optional) short quiz

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LECTURE VIDEOS ALL CONTAIN CAPTIONS, SO PLEASE TURN OFF THE UDEMY CAPTIONING (AS IT IS NOT ACCURATE).

This lesson will:

• Identify sources of supplementing probiotics

• Probiotic Foods

• Probiotic Beverages

• Probiotic Supplements – capsules, tabs, powders, shells

• How to determine a viable probiotic supplement

• Fermented foods versus non-probiotic commercial analogs

This lesson will consist of:

1. watching the video lecture

2. reading pages 240-249 and 203-228 in the book - Probiotics: Protection against Infection.

3. test your knowledge by answering the optional short quiz

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LECTURE VIDEOS ALL CONTAIN CAPTIONS, SO PLEASE TURN OFF THE UDEMY CAPTIONING (AS IT IS NOT ACCURATE).

This lesson will:

Examine the research on probiotic intervention for particular diseases and conditions
• Diseases most notably treated with probiotics
• Surprising diseases treated with probiotics
• Central mechanisms of probiotic treatment in disease

This lesson will consist of:

1. watching the video

2. reading pages 79-173 in the book - Probiotics: Protection against Infection.

3. test your knowledge by answering the short quiz (optional)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LECTURE VIDEOS ALL CONTAIN CAPTIONS, SO PLEASE TURN OFF THE UDEMY CAPTIONING (AS IT IS NOT ACCURATE).

This is Part Two of Module Nine - continuing on the discussion of the research showing how some diseases can be treated and prevented by probiotic supplementation.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LECTURE VIDEOS ALL CONTAIN CAPTIONS, SO PLEASE TURN OFF THE UDEMY CAPTIONING (AS IT IS NOT ACCURATE).