Instructor: Akil Palanisamy, MD

General Schedule: Video Presentation (5 hours)

Credit Available: No CE credits available (Please note: The KI Certificate of Completion is not issued for any Master Class course.)

Course Description

 The T.I.G.E.R. Protocol — An integrative clinically proven approach to treat and reverse autoimmune disease by addressing toxins, infections, gut, diet, and rest/stress.

 The T.I.G.E.R. Protocol
Course Schedule

Part 1 – Overview of the T.I.G.E.R. Protocol (60 Minutes) 

• An evidence-based review of a comprehensive five-step program to help your patients treat and heal their autoimmunity by addressing the primary drivers of chronic inflammation. 

Part 2 – Deep Dive into the Microbiome (90 minutes) 

• A comprehensive overview of the microbiome and gut-immune axis with special emphasis on dietary strategies to improve diversity and boost keystone species.
• Understanding your patient’s most important microbiome keystone species with an in-depth discussion on Akkermansia, Faecalibacterium, Lactobacillus, and Bacteroides.
• How to assess the microbiome with the underutilized standard lab test of stool pH, and how to optimize that with food and prebiotics.

Part 3 – How to Use Food as Medicine for Autoimmunity (75 Minutes) 

• Incorporating an evolutionary perspective to understand why a plant-based paleo diet is what human beings have primarily evolved to eat.
  
• Detailed discussion of how to use 12 powerful spices for improving autoimmunity and lowering inflammation to reduce the risk of immune-mediated and all other chronic diseases. 

Part 4 – Critical Importance of the Mind-Body-Immune Connection (35 Minutes) 

• The incredible power of mindset and beliefs to shift physiology in the domains of diet, exercise, sleep, and stress.
  
• Tools to offer your patients for reducing stress and improving their mind-bodyimmune axis. 

Part 5 – Review of Patient Cases (30 minutes) 

• Case illustrations to help you put it all together for your most complex and challenging patients.