For Health Coaches and Practitioners
“Your microbes are unique to you. They’re affected by our food & lifestyle and promote a long, healthy life. This is Gut Health!”
Dr. Lucy Williamson
Broaden your whole health approach with my CPD-approved Gut Microbiome Course
This newly updated 2024/25 Gut Health Course, is designed to empower you with cutting-edge knowledge on the role of the gut microbiome as a powerful tool for creating positive health change. Currently approved as 6 hours CPD by the UK & International Health Coaches Association
Are you curious about the increasing interest in the gut microbiome?
Would you like a firm grounding in Nutrition?
As an award-winning Registered Nutritionist, with a Nutrition MSc from King’s College London, my approved Gut Health Course equips & resources you with the nutrition knowledge you need to enhance your best practice. It’s designed specifically for Health Coaches and Practitioners seeking an evidence-based approach.
Here’s what this hybrid course offers for you:
6 Self-paced, online modules + Live online connect sessions with Lucy: Stay up-to-date with the latest evidence on gut health & nutrition with the added value of connecting together as a group twice monthly – drop in when suits you.
Life-long Resources for you, your clients & patients: Recipes and updated Factsheets to download & share as well as access to discounted Gut Health & Nutrition Guides.
MEET LUCY
Dr. Lucy Williamson
What will you gain?
Clarity around food choices to nurture the gut microbiome and its profound impact on whole health – please take a look at the individual session content below.
The evidence-base in current nutrition understanding across all life stages
Key points for lasting behaviour change – how gut health-centred nutrition helps with habit-forming
The facts around sourcing truly sustainable food – Fibre, Dairy, Meat, Fish and Eggs – within plant-based eating. Good for us; good for our planet!
Why multiple symptoms such as sleep, emotional wellbeing, digestion and cognition are often all connected
What’s included?
(£149-£199 See below for the topics covered)
This course is a hybrid program of self-guided content + live, online contact time with Lucy. You also have the option to share Gut Health and Nutrition resources with your clients:
Six pre-recorded videos with Lucy
(see below for the individual topics)
Six LIVE online flexible contact sessions with Lucy:
Group discussion to embed learning and motivate!
Six Audio sessions
going beyond food for extra context and understanding eg stress management
Learning Outcomes & Reflections
How to integrate this learning into your practice
Resources – share with your clients & patients:
Factsheets, Recipes & affordable (discounted) Gut Health & Nutrition Guides
1. GUT HEALTH & WHOLE HEALTH: AN INTRODUCTION
THIS SESSION PROVIDES YOU WITH:
- An introduction to the foundations of gut health.
- A change of approach to how you think about your food – how it can drive your biology to work as well as it can
- Key facts around sourcing sustainable, gut-healthy foods
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Recognise a new approach to whole health via the gut
- Clearly understand what it means to eat plant-based, nutrient-rich food
- Use & apply practical food sourcing tips for gut healthy foods for you and others you care for.
WE RECOMMEND YOU TAKE THE WHOLE COURSE, BUT YOU CAN ALSO BOOK THIS EPISODE HERE
2. FERMENTED FOODS, INFLAMMATION, STRESS AND PROBIOTICS
THIS SESSION PROVIDES YOU WITH:
- Knowledge on the role of gut health in immunity & inflammation, and the profound impact that stress can have.
- Food choices and lifestyle changes to support the microbiome and the calming, parasympathetic nervous system
- Learning around fermented foods
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Outline the impact of gut health on immunity and inflammation
- Choose anti-inflammatory foods and immune strengethening foods
- Recognise fermented foods, their value to gut health, how to prepare a veggie ferment and the importance of stress management
WE RECOMMEND YOU TAKE THE WHOLE COURSE (THIS EPISODE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BOOK AS A STAND ALONE SOON)
3. WEIGHT CONTROL, DIETARY FIBRE & YOUR GUT MICROBIOME
THIS SESSION PROVIDES YOU WITH:
- A fresh approach on how to use your gut microbiome to sustain long term weight control while keeping the joy in food! (including further detail on hidden sugar, sweeteners and ultra-processed foods)
- Clarity on Fibre – what is it & why it’s a vital part of eating for long term, successful weight control
- The science of eating for appetite regulation
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Understand the foods and helpful behaviour changes vital for sustaining a healthy weight
- Recognise fibre-rich foods & the importance of plant variety for your gut microbiome
- Combine fibre, protein & energy for balanced, everyday, easy and delicious meals
WE RECOMMEND YOU TAKE THE WHOLE COURSE (THIS EPISODE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BOOK AS A STAND ALONE SOON)
4. FATS, FIBRE & METABOLIC HEALTH (INCLUDING TYPE 2 DIABETES, HEART HEALTH & CHOLESTEROL)
THIS SESSION PROVIDES YOU WITH:
- The role of dietary fibre and gut health to protect against &/or support, heart and cardiovascular health, blood cholesterol levels and Type 2 Diabetes
- Evidence on different types of dietary fats and their health impacts
- Dairy and Fish: The need to knows!
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Describe nutrition to support heart health, Type 2 Diabetes and Cholesterol levels.
- Recognise the potential value of dairy and fish within plant-based eating (and planetary health)
- Prepare and recommend gut healthy recipes within the above health requirements, which can include fish & dairy
WE RECOMMEND YOU TAKE THE WHOLE COURSE (THIS EPISODE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BOOK AS A STAND ALONE SOON)
5. SLEEP, DIGESTION AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH: YOUR MICROBIOME STORY (EXTRA LEARNING: MENOPAUSE)
THIS SESSION AIMS TO SHARE:
The evidence connecting mental wellbeing, sleep and digestive health. This episode is especially helpful for support around the challenges of Menopause
The Gut-Brain Axis: how and why to optimise its role in our body
Plant antioxidants – what are they and why are they so vital?
Extra content on eating to support the Menopause/ Perimenopause
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
Recognize how the microbiome, sleep, mood and digestive disorders are connected
Identify healthy food and lifestyle habits with positive impacts on digestive health and why
Apply new food knowledge for improved sleep and digestion into every day food choices.
Recognise beneficial foods, eating and lifestyle habits to support you through the menopause
WE RECOMMEND YOU TAKE THE WHOLE COURSE BUT YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THIS INDIVIDUAL SESSION HERE
6. SUSTAINABLE FOODS FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE AND PLANET
THIS SESSION AIMS TO SHARE:
- How to make sure you’re getting a completely balanced plant-based diet, in particular, which nutrients might be low
- The role of grazing animals for our planet’s health and our own health too.
- How to recognise climate-friendly dairy, meat and fish and include it in a plant and planet-based diet
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Recognise a new approach to whole health via the gut
- Understand how to use animal based foods within a plant-based diet
- Use & apply practical food sourcing tips for gut healthy, sustainable foods for you and others you care for.
WE RECOMMEND YOU TAKE THE WHOLE COURSE (THIS EPISODE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BOOK AS A STAND ALONE SOON)
Why this course, why now?
For Your clients & patients: Enhanced health outcomes & supported to take control
For You/ your practice: Keep up to date with current Nutrition and Gut Health understanding
Clear, evidence-based guidance from my Master’s-level knowledge.
Sustainable Food Choices
As in nature, our body’s systems are connected together, with our vital gut health, our microbiome, at the core. As a former Vet turned award-winning Registered Nutritionist, I link health back to its roots: the food we eat, how it’s farmed, and a whole health approach. This ensures sustainable healthy outcomes for you as well as our animals & our land.
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