This course teaches a host-centered way to interpret microbiome patterns by starting with how colon lining cells maintain a low-oxygen environment and what happens when that balance shifts. You’ll learn practical heuristics for dysbiosis (such as obligate versus facultative anaerobes), how short-chain fatty acids like butyrate relate to gut energy use and immune signaling, and how tryptophan can be routed into different metabolites with downstream effects on barrier defense pathways (including AHR to IL‑22 signaling). The training also reviews core features of gut immune architecture and how inflammatory signaling can shape microbial ecology over time. For clinicians, this supports a clearer framework for interpreting testing beyond organism lists and for reasoning through medication and nutrition factors that may influence symptoms. The approach is designed to help guide individualized evaluation with longitudinal follow-up using measurable endpoints such as bowel patterns and selected stool markers, and is well suited for medically trained providers and advanced learners who want mechanism-informed clinical context.

The course is organized as Day 1 and Day 2 recordings that build from core concepts into deeper mechanisms and applied clinician Q&A. It emphasizes themes-first teaching to support structured interpretation and follow-up rather than a single prescriptive protocol.

• Over 10 hours of video content
• 2 modules
• 8 video lessons
• Downloadable learning guides