Cancer as a Metabolic Disease 1 | 2 Credit Hours
Addresses controversies related to cancer origins and provides solutions for cancer management and prevention. Expands upon Otto Warburg’s theory that all cancer is a disease of energy metabolism, providing evidence through case studies that cancer is primarily a metabolic disease requiring metabolic solutions.

Cancer as a Metabolic Disease 2 | 2 Credit Hours
Continues exploring cancer as a metabolic disease, focusing on brain cancer case studies as proof of principle for metabolic solutions. Draws similarities to other cancer types including breast and colon due to shared cellular mutations.

Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions | 3 Credit Hours
Covers more than 4,500 known major interactions between pharmaceutical drugs, nutrients, and herbs. Students learn to identify and manage side effects, adverse reactions, depletion and interference, bioavailability, and drug classifications. Essential knowledge for safe integrative practice.

Functional Medicine 1 | 3 Credit Hours
Introduces foundational concepts in functional medicine, integrating research and clinical experience. Students learn to translate scientific findings into effective, real-world treatment plans using Dr. Vasquez’s proven methodologies.

Functional Medicine 2 | 3 Credit Hours
Focuses on applying functional and nutritional science to address chronic inflammation. Explores three categories of inflammatory dysfunction: metabolic, allergic, and autoimmune inflammation, with practical clinical approaches for prevention and treatment.

Functional Medicine 3 | 3 Credit Hours
Investigates root causes of disease with emphasis on pain management. Covers manual, pharmacological, nutritional, and botanical interventions for musculoskeletal disorders, gastrointestinal imbalances, infections, and endocrine dysfunctions.

Functional Medicine 4 | 3 Credit Hours
Advanced exploration of functional medicine approaches to hypertension, diabetes, migraine, fibromyalgia, autoimmune diseases, and other complex chronic conditions using evidence-based integrative strategies.

Functional Medicine Coaching | 2 Credit Hours
Combines functional medicine principles with positive psychology coaching. Students develop skills to support clients’ health and well-being, preparing for roles in the rapidly expanding field of health and functional medicine coaching.

Longevity 1 | 3 Credit Hours
Explores biological mechanisms underlying aging and age-related diseases, including mitochondrial function and telomere dynamics. Presents Dr. Verburgh’s scientifically backed Longevity Staircase for better health and longer life span through nutrition.

Longevity 2 | 3 Credit Hours
Examines how functional medicine assesses the interaction of nutrition, genetics, hormones, toxins, and infections to improve health and overall longevity. Learn to design personalized interventions for lifelong wellness.

Functional Neurology | 3 Credit Hours
Comprehensive study of the nervous system from embryonic beginnings through biochemistry of receptor activation to functional systems. Emphasizes functional neurological principles in clinical treatment, supported by detailed case studies.

Immunology | 3 Credit Hours
Covers innate and adaptive immunity, biologically significant molecules, cell properties, HLA organization, antigen exposure, and lymphocyte identification. Provides exceptional professional knowledge essential for natural health practitioners.

Signs & Symptoms Analysis 1 | 3 Credit Hours
Presents diagnostic system of signs and symptoms analysis focusing on critical questions organized by body systems. Helps health professionals gather comprehensive information on patients’ functional health status.

Signs & Symptoms Analysis 2 | 3 Credit Hours
Builds on previous course, refining ability to identify symptom patterns and streamline patient history taking. Implements new tools to improve clinical outcomes and diagnostic efficiency.

Homotoxicology | 3 Credit Hours
Integrates principles of homeopathy and naturopathic medicine. Covers homotoxicological remedies for detoxification, homeopathic remedies, tablets, oral drops, topical solutions, inhalation, and synergistic compounds.

Pathophysiology | 2 Credit Hours
Essential study often neglected in naturopathic education. Covers cells, homeostasis, disease, diagnostic tests, tumor classification, infection stages, chronic disorders, and natural medicine applications for various conditions from A to Z.

Biochemical Pathways 1 | 3 Credit Hours
Examines biochemistry of bacteria, plants, and animals. Provides overview of metabolic sequences, chemistry and enzymology of conversions, regulation of turnover, and gene expression fundamentals.

Biochemical Pathways 2 | 3 Credit Hours
Continues biochemical study focusing on immunological interactions and metabolic background of health disorders. Explores advanced concepts in cellular metabolism and disease mechanisms.

The Human Heart | 2 Credit Hours
Challenges conventional understanding of heart function, exploring Dr. Cowan’s research on Steiner’s claim that the heart is not a pump. Examines how misunderstanding heart disease origins affects treatment approaches.

Contemporary Functional Nutrition 1 | 3 Credit Hours
Studies how nutrients work together to support optimal body functions including fluid balance, body defenses, bone health, energy metabolism, blood health, and brain health.

Contemporary Functional Nutrition 2 | 3 Credit Hours
Continues functional nutrition study, exploring advanced concepts in nutrient interactions and their role in supporting physiological functions and preventing disease.

Functional Gastroenterology | 3 Credit Hours
Focuses on disorders of gut-brain interactions affecting 40% of gastroenterology patients. Covers underlying causes, naturopathic functional diagnosis, and individualized treatment approaches for optimal outcomes.

*The Paleo Diet | 2 Credit Hours
Examines ancestral dietary patterns and their health benefits. Uses principles from ancestral diets to retrain the body to use macronutrients from vegetables, fruits, healthy animal proteins, and fats for peak performance.

Teaching Patient-Focused Medicine | 3 Credit Hours
Emphasizes understanding patients’ perspectives in clinical care. Students learn that practicing medicine involves both fixing bodies and easing minds, teaching doctors to think like patients for better health outcomes.

Bioregulatory Medicine | 3 Credit Hours
Introduces comprehensive medical model for personalized medicine and chronic disease treatment. Addresses four pillars of health: drainage/detox, diet, mind-body medicine, and oral health to treat root causes.

Patient-Practitioner Interactions | 2 Credit Hours
Develops self-awareness and communication skills critical for providing ethical, compassionate, and professional treatment and care for patients in clinical settings.

The Oxygen Revolution | 3 Credit Hours
Explores hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for treating tissue damage and promoting healing. HBOT affects over 8,000 individual genes responsible for healing, growth, and anti-inflammation.

Bio-Identical Hormone Balancing & Lab Tests | 3 Credit Hours
Provides comprehensive coverage of over 700 commonly performed diagnostic and laboratory tests. Features full-color design and illustrations to clarify key concepts in hormone balancing and lab interpretation.

*The Fourth Phase of Water | 2 Credit Hours
Investigates latest research on water’s unique properties and role in human health. Explores how water structure changes underlie most energetic transitions of form and motion on Earth.

Final Research Project | 6 Credit Hours
Complete original research creating new knowledge in your field through comprehensive introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusion sections.