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Improving Your Gut MicrobiomeDiploma Course

Discover the power of your gut microbiome to support your mind, body, and emotional well-being with this Improving Your Gut Microbiome course. This course empowers you to make simple, effective choices that boost digestion, energy, and immunity, helping you build sustainable habits that genuinely support your well-being, inside and out.

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10 Modules

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What Will You Learn?

Gut health isn’t just about digestion; it’s about energy, immunity, mood, and feeling good in your body every day. This course shows you how to improve gut microbiome balance through practical, sustainable habits that support your whole-body wellbeing.

Begin by exploring what the microbiome is, where it lives in the body, and why it plays such a vital role in your physical, emotional, and mental health. Discover how your gut communicates with your brain, influences stress and mood, and supports your immune system.

Learn how everyday habits, what you eat, how you sleep, move, and manage stress, can either support or disrupt this delicate system. Get practical with real-life tools for improving your microbial diversity, from what to eat to improve microbiome, such as eating more plant-based foods, to spotting hidden sugars and decoding confusing food labels.

Understand the deeper connections between gut health and your skin, your emotional well-being, and your cultural environment. Embrace small, flexible changes that feel good and work for your unique lifestyle.

By studying this course, you will:

Understand the gut microbiome and its role in whole-body health.
Learn how food, lifestyle, and stress impact your gut.
Discover the gut-brain connection and its effect on mood.
Gain tools to build a personalised, gut-friendly routine.
Explore global traditions that support microbial diversity.
Cut through myths and feel confident in your gut health journey.

This course is ideal for anyone passionate about health and wellbeing, including nutritionists, wellness coaches, holistic therapists, and fitness professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of gut health. It’s also perfect for individuals experiencing digestive issues, low energy, skin problems, or stress-related imbalances who want practical tools for healing.

Whether you're a healthcare student, a parent wanting to support your family’s health, or simply curious about gut health and improving the microbiome, this course offers valuable, accessible insights for all.

Introduction
Part 1: What Is Your Microbiome Really?
Part 2: The Secret Life of Gut Bacteria
Part 3: How Your Daily Choices Work
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1: Assessment

Part 1: What Is the Immune System?
Part 2: The Fascinating History of Immunology
Part 3: How Your Gut Talks to the Rest of Your Body
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2: Assessment

Part 1: Habits That Help Your Gut Thrive
Part 2: Can Stress Really Change Your Gut?
Part 3: Sunshine and Stomach Bacteria
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3: Assessment

Part 1: Eat the Rainbow: Why Variety Matters
Part 2: Seasonal Eating
Part 3: The Power of Prebiotics and Probiotics
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4: Assessment

Part 1: What Is Your Gut Trying to Tell You?
Part 2: Food Allergies
Part 3: How to Spot Patterns in What You Eat
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5: Assessment

Part 1: What Does Your Skin Say About Your Gut?
Part 2: The Role of Hormones
Part 3: Clear Skin Starts from the Inside
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6: Assessment

Part 1: Gut Health: What Is Fact and What Is Fiction?
Part 2: Are All Supplements Created Equal?
Part 3: Making Informed Choices for Your Microbiome
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7: Assessment

Part 1: What Can We Learn from Traditional Diets?
Part 2: How Global Habits Influence Gut Health
Part 3: Gut-Friendly Foods Worldwide
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8: Assessment

Part 1: Morning to Night: A Gut-Friendly Day
Part 2: Staying Balanced Without Feeling Deprived
Part 3: Small Changes, Big Results
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9: Assessment

Part 1: What Has Changed for You?
Part 2: Creating Your Gut Health Action Plan
Part 3: Staying Curious and Connected
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion
Module 10: Assessment

The Improving Your Gut Microbiome Diploma Course will take up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course; it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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