Foundations in G.E.M.M
Gut Ecology and Metabolic Modulation (G.E.M.M.)
Introducing the G.E.M.M Protocol
G.E.M.M. was developed by experienced Nutritional Biochemist, Dr Christine Houghton PhD., B.Sc., R. Nutr. after 30 years in clinical practice, and extensive research into the complexities of digestive health and the intricate connections that link the gut to every other system of the body.
An Innovative Approach to Health
G.E.M.M. adopts an innovative approach in its goal to mimic the way Mother Nature restores our health. This is quite different from popular approaches which aggressively target unwanted bacteria and other undesirable gut microbes. By contrast, G.E.M.M. is both gentle and very effective, supporting the inbuilt defence and repair processes within our cells. By understanding Nature’s own inbuilt cellular defence processes, G.E.M.M clinicians can directly target gut-immune abnormalities. It is these abnormalities that directly lead to the inflammation so typical of gut and immune disorders.
The Power of our ‘Friendly’ Bacteria
What has emerged relatively recently in our understanding is that the ‘friendly’ – or commensal bacteria – and other microbes living in a healthy digestive tract are absolutely essential for the human immune system to function normally. Knowing this has completely changed the way clinicians must focus on treating both digestive and immune-related disorders. These immune disorders include susceptibility to infection, allergy, autoimmunity, food intolerances and generalised inflammation in the gut and throughout the body.
The essential elements of the sciences of Cell Biology, Immunology, Microbiology and Nutrigenomics have been incorporated into an approach that harnesses the inbuilt processes of our cells. As we say, “The science is complex; the implementation is simple.”
A short message from G.E.M.M developer,
Dr Christine Houghton
The Gut-Immune-Metabolism-Disease Link
Perhaps surprisingly, around 80% of the human immune system resides just below the layer of cells lining our digestive tract.
Knowing this has provided clinicians with a real advantage in dealing with infectious diseases, allergies and the like. G.E.M.M. provides clinicians with very specific strategies for targeting the abnormalities that stem from poor function linking the Gut, its Immune network and the metabolism of distant organs.
We can summarise how G.E.M.M. addresses the prevention and treatment of disease in these ways:
- G.E.M.M. leverages what is already known about cellular function to encompass the repair and restoration of the epithelial cells of the entire gut ecosystem.
- G.E.M.M. allows the clinician to simultaneously – and non-invasively – target the key elements of the gut ecosystem, a process which in turn favourably modulates the function of distant organ systems.
Underpinned by 21st century science, Gut Ecology and Metabolic Modulation (G.E.M.M.) is a comprehensive system founded on the principles that Nature has used to sustain human life on this planet for millennia.
G.E.M.M. utilises a diet and lifestyle approach together with unique evidence-based nutraceuticals that are designed to target key biochemical imbalances.
Introducing the Key Concepts of G.E.M.M
Are you a clinician thinking of enrolling in the G.E.M.M Foundations Course but want to know more? Watch this 40 minute introduction to the key concepts that underpin the uniqueness of G.E.M.M.
What our G.E.M.M Clinicians are Saying
Accredited G.E.M.M Clinician, Nina Ward speaks with educator Robert Thomas how using an upstream, Nutrigenomic approach with the G.E.M.M Protocol has changed her practice and clinical outcomes.
G.E.M.M. Helping to Build a Budding Clinic
A Clinician's Personal Health Journey with GEMM
G.E.M.M Accredited Clinicians
An Accredited G.E.M.M. Clinician can explain how this effective but gentle approach can help restore the necessary balance to your system. If it seems that you need additional treatment for specific conditions, G.E.M.M. provides the foundation for reducing unwanted inflammation and for initiating the cellular repair processes that are common to all human cells.
An Accredited G.E.M.M clinician differs from a G.E.M.M Trained Clinician whereby they have undergone additional assessment and annual re-accreditation education and evaluation of knowledge. This exceptional level of education supports your clinician to not only implement the procotol as intended, but to navigate the subtle nuances that make G.E.M.M a personalised food and lifestyle program.
G.E.M.M Training & Accreditation Requirements
Those who hold qualifications in nutritional medicine modalities, and their clinical practice is nutrition-centric, may go on to become an Accredited G.E.M.M Clinician. Accreditation allows access to our Global Online Directory, referrals from our Clinician Education team, access to the G.E.M.M Accredited Marketing Kit, and VIP pricing to select education courses.
If you are an approved clinician and would like to undertake the online G.E.M.M. Protocol Foundation Course, login to the Clinician Dashboard and purchase the course.
*Please note: As Cell-Logic have clinicians studying the G.E.M.M Protocol internationally, and qualifications vary by country, the nutritional medicine qualification criteria is decided at the discretion of the Cell-Logic education team, for both local and international applicants to become G.E.M.M Accredited. Clinicians who have undergone Bridging Training through the Integra Nutritionals application process are ineligible to study the G.E.M.M Protocol.
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