The Human Microbiome

Learn how a healthy microbiome can combat disease

Please note this course runs without facilitation. A Spanish version of the course can be found here, and a version in French here.

The microbiome – the microbes that live within the human body – can have a huge impact on human health. As such, it’s vital to understand the complexity of the microbiome, and how it can impact on disease and wellbeing.

On this course, you’ll go on a fascinating journey into the human body – down to the gut – where the ecology and roles of the human microbiome will be narrated.

You’ll explore how your microbiome changes throughout your life, reflect on the role of food in its modulation, and explain the functions the microbiome has in the gastrointestinal tract in daily life.

This course is for anyone interested in subjects related to the human microbiome, how food can influence it, and how this resultantly impacts on human health.

If you’re looking to expand your knowledge on this topic, you might also find of interest the following EIT Food courses on health and nutrition:

• Food for Thought: The Relationship Between Food, Gut and Brain
• Nutrition for Health and Sustainability
• Superfoods: Myths and Truths
• Food and Nutrition: The Truth Behind Food Headlines
• Understanding Mediterranean and Okinawa Diets

This course is for anyone interested in subjects related to the human microbiome, how food can influence it, and how this resultantly impacts on human health.

If you’re looking to expand your knowledge on this topic, you might also find of interest the following EIT Food courses on health and nutrition:

• Food for Thought: The Relationship Between Food, Gut and Brain
• Nutrition for Health and Sustainability
• Superfoods: Myths and Truths
• Food and Nutrition: The Truth Behind Food Headlines
• Understanding Mediterranean and Okinawa Diets

• Describe how the human microbiome changes throughout the human life
• Identify the role of food in the modulation of human microbiome
• Explain the functions that human microbiome has in the gastrointestinal tract
• Discuss the links between the human microbiome and diseases
• Debate the human microbiome and its relationship on our daily lives
• Assess the complexity of the human microbiome communities