Gut Hormones

Your “gut instinct” is right – the gastrointestinal tract is key to your health!

On Tuesday April 30, Linda Bazinet B.Sc. discussed some of the gut hormones that regulate digestion, appetite, and metabolism. The gut not only digests food, providing nutrients for your body, but it also produces many hormones. While it's expected that some of these hormones regulate digestion (such as the secretion of enzymes and movement through the G.I. tract), it may come as a surprise that some also control metabolism and appetite. Interestingly, GLP-1, one of the less-known hormones, forms the basis for the popular medication Ozempic.

In This Webinar We Will Discuss:

• Anatomy of the Gastrointestinal (G.I.) tract, including Crypts of Lieberkühn and Paneth cells
• Stomach Hormones: Gastrin and Ghrelin
• Hormones of the Small Intestine: CCK, Secretin, GIP, Intestinal Gastrin
• Lesser-known hormones: Somatostatin, GLP-1
• GLP-1 Agonists - How Does Ozempic Work?

Linda Bazinet B.Sc., M.Sc.

Linda received her B.Sc. from the University of Toronto and then completed her M.Sc. at McMaster University. With over 30 years of teaching experience, Linda's passion as a science educator is to both inform and excite students about the natural world in general and the human body in particular. Linda has taught a wide variety of courses at both Seneca and Sheridan College including Biology, General and Inorganic Chemistry, Mathematics, Microbiology, Histology, Laboratory Techniques and Environmental Science. Linda currently teaches Biological Chemistry, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Body Metabolism and Endocrinology at The Institute of Holistic Nutrition.

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