Practitioner Course

How to Reduce Inflammation with Genetic Testing

How to use genetic testing to identify inflammatory susceptibility and personalise nutrition, lifestyle, and prescribing strategies to effectively down-regulate chronic inflammation.
Format

Online Course
1 lesson

Availability

12 Months OR Subscriber Pass

Duration

1.5 hours total

Presenter

Sam Shay

About this course

It is now well recognised that Inflammation is a core pathogenic mechanism in many chronic diseases and it is not just a consequence of them. Importantly, this inflammation often precedes disease by years and can act as a common thread connecting many conditions that cluster in the same patient, such as cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, autoimmune disorders and many more.

Your patients have genetic immune variations that contribute significantly to inter‑individual differences in their inflammatory tone, threshold of immune activation, and their efficiency of inflammation resolution. These variations help explain why people have different clinical responses to similar immune triggers.

These genetic variants do not “diagnose” inflammation per se, but help you identify patients with a lower threshold for chronic, low‑grade inflammation, heightened oxidative stress, or impaired capacity to restore homeostasis following any immune activation. This engaging and entertaining presentation by Dr. Sam Shay will help you identify your patient’s immune variations and show you how to reduce their inflammation through straight-forward genetic analysis.

Dr. Shay has been conducting genetic testing for over 10 years and has developed creative, effective methodologies to analyse patient genetic data and easily implement recommendations for better outcomes. From this presentation you will move from a generic “anti‑inflammatory” approach toward personalised care using genetic risk to prioritise dietary patterns, pharmacologic and nutraceutical agents, and environmental modifications most likely to down‑regulate inflammatory signalling in your patients.
What you receive:
  • A personalised certificate of completion including continuing education hours
  • Clear protocol explanations from some of the world's top practitioners
  • Clinical pearls for improved practice results
  • Access to your audio and video recordings via the App Store
  • A downloadable PDF of the presenter’s slides
  • Links to all referenced research papers and useful clinical handouts
  • Access to the community hub where you can get answers to your questions

From this course you will learn

  • The most important 15 genes for inflammation, and what to do about them.
  • The primary beneficial functions of inflammation and how they've gone sideways in a mismatched environment.
  • The 3 key patterns of inflammation and how they affect patient care
  • Why most weight today is inflammatory water weight, not calorie weight. 
  • How to spot the difference between "inflammatory water weight" vs. "toxic hormonal weight" vs. "calorie fat weight"
  • The "Muffin Test" and other clinical intake questions you can ask to help patients determine if they are hyper-sensitive to inflammatory triggers. 
  • Two key vitamin D genes that control inflammation and what to do about them (and it's not "add more vitamin D")
  • How histamine intolerance affects inflammation and inflammatory weight gain, and what to do about it. 
  • How higher genetic risk of allergic reactivity to foods affects inflammation, and what to do about it. 
  • The difference between "nutritional dosing" and "nutrigenomic dosing" for reducing inflammation. 

What's in this course

Your Presenter

SAM SHAY ND

Dr. Sam Shay is a functional medicine expert, speaker, and stand-up comic. He helps people escape survival mode and reclaim their energy, focus, and vitality. His approach combines personalised lab testing and genetic analysis through his signature programs.

With over 25 years of experience in nutrition science, mind-body medicine, and genetic analysis, Dr. Sam guides others in building personalised health strategies rooted in their unique biology. Known as the “friendly lab nerd,” Dr. Sam makes advanced testing approachable—combining deep data analysis with relatable insights to help clients balance hormones, heal the gut, optimise sleep, and reduce inflammation. Dr. Sam fuses precision-based genetic insights with personalised nutrition and lifestyle coaching to create sustainable health solutions rather than short-term fixes.
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