I have watched many videos on how to become a certified clinical nutritionist, I have read many books on how a clinical nutritionist can help patients with IBS, IBD and leaky gut plan a healthy diet . After reading the first through third week modules, I learned a lot about the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and how to apply behavior change theory. This week I dedicate a lot of time to learning about the digestive system, in particular celiac disease and inflammatory bowel diseases. I had a better understanding of the use of integrative therapies in treating conditions such as cholecystitis, cholestasis, gallstones, irritable bowel syndrome. Before reading materials on the digestive system, I was familiar with different disorders such as IBS and IBD, but now I had a better understanding of their pathophysiology and the different approaches to treating these different disorders. I had a better understanding of the integrative therapies used to treat these different disorders. I had a better understanding of the difference between ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. A very dear friend of mine, her son suffers from Crohn's disease, he was recently diagnosed with Crohn's disease, last year he became very ill and went from doctor to doctor, he has to eliminate all fiber from his diet, she lost a lot of weight and was placed on calorie restriction. He would get really sick and his whole body would become inflamed. Today, after reading all this information about digestive disorders, especially watching the video about Dr. Mike Evans, reading the PDF about inflammatory bowel disease in natural medicine, I am sending it to my friend, she really liked it and said she will make it her own son Read