Healing from Within: The 5R Protocol for Gut Health and Hormone Balance

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Cindi Lockhart, RDN, LD, IFNCP Related seminars and products

Lockhart Wellness Solutions, LLC

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Cindi Lockhart, RDN, LD, IFNCP, is board-certified as an integrative and functional nutrition practitioner with over 30 years in professional practice. She has trained nutrition, fitness, and medical practitioners throughout most of her career, yet maintains a personal practice with clients as she believes that the only way she can effectively educate and inspire other practitioners is through her own practical experience with clients. In addition to educating on how Food is Medicine, Cindi also specializes in coaching clients and practitioners on the importance of managing stress, optimizing sleep, proper exercise and movement, and reducing exposure to environmental toxins. Cindi has extensive expertise in women’s health issues including perimenopause/menopause and thyroid dysfunction as well as autoimmunity, gut health, weight management, cardiometabolic health (insulin resistance, diabetes, heart disease), fasting, histamine intolerance, mold detox, and long COVID.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Cindi Lockhart is the owner and founder of Lockhart Wellness Solutions, LLC. and is a contributing author for Experience Life Magazine. She receives compensation from Fullscript. Cindi Lockhart receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Cindi Lockhart is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians in Integrative & Functional Medicine, the Institute for Functional Medicine, and the Integrative & Functional Nutrition Academy.

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Objectives

1. Analyze the relationship between gut health and hormonal balance by identifying key physiological processes and mechanisms involved, and interpreting patient symptoms that indicate gut-related hormonal imbalances. 
2. Apply the 5R Gut Repair Protocol effectively in clinical practice by designing individualized treatment plans that incorporate nutritional adjustments, supplements, and lifestyle changes to improve gut function and restore hormone balance.
3. Evaluate patient outcomes by assessing improvements in symptoms, monitoring clinical markers of gut health and hormonal balance, and adjusting treatment plans based on patient progress and feedback. 

Outline

Why Does Gut Health Matter?  

• Role & function of the gut  
• Gut and organ connection 
• Digestion  
• Intestinal barrier  
• Microbiome: enter the estrobolome  

Signs & Causes of Dysfunction: What to Look For  

• Digestion issues: you are what you digest, absorb and use  
• Intestinal permeability: leaky gut  
• Dysbiosis: microbial imbalance  

Gut health & Impact on Hormone Balance  

• Cortisol  
• Insulin  
• Thyroid  
• Sex hormones  

Assessing the Gut 

• Objective and subjective measures 
• Baking soda test for HCL status 
• Bristol stool chart 
• Comprehensive stool analysis 
• Nutrient analyses 
• Food reactivities 

How to Repair the Gut with the 5R Protocol 

• Remove  
• Replace  
• Reinoculate  
• Repair  
• Rebalance 

Target Audience

• Athletic Trainers
• Chiropractors
• Dietitians
• Exercise Physiologists
• Nurse Practitioners
• Nurses
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Physician Assistants
• Physicians
• Strength and Conditioning Coaches
• Other Rehabilitation and Fitness Professionals