Special Educational Event: GI Biomarkers: Navigating Gastrointestinal Assessment and Function

Join us for this educational event with our special guest speaker Ben Brown, presenting for Pure Encapsulations.

We'll be looking at functional gastrointestinal disorders, how the identification of various causes of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms can be made possible with laboratory and clinical biomarkers, and how some of these are actionable and can be used to guide personalised nutrition and lifestyle medicine.

These functional gastrointestinal disorders include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), functional dyspepsia, bloating, constipation and diarrhoea. These can be due to many different possible causes unique to each individual.

We'll also be discussing the fact that not all biomarkers are valid, reliable or cost effective. This important seminar critically reviews the clinical usefulness of available biomarkers that measure changes in the microbiome, gastrointestinal function, intestinal permeability, immune activation, food intolerances, nutritional status and genetics.

Actionable biomarkers have the potential to replace non-specific, symptom-based treatments by identifying the underlying reason for…