Jodi Knapp

Author at Blue Heron Health News

Hi, I'm Jodi Knapp — a health researcher, former clinician, and author. I'm also one of the five co-founders of Blue Heron Health News.

Back in 2008, Christian Goodman, Shelly Manning, Scott Davis, Julissa Clay and I came together around the same quiet frustration. We had each built private practices we loved — and each of us had hit the same wall. We could only help a handful of people at a time. Blue Heron was our answer: a way to finally reach the people who needed us, no matter where in the world they lived.

My own path into this work started at home. I watched my mother struggle with Type 2 diabetes for years, and later watched my best friend Jane slowly come back to life after years of misdiagnosed hypothyroidism. Over and over, I saw people I loved being handed a prescription for a problem that actually lived deeper — in the gut, in the nervous system, in the slow fire of chronic inflammation. That's what pushed me to formally study nutrition and build a career around it.

For years I ran my own clinic, sitting across from patients and watching how their bodies responded to careful changes in food, supplements, sleep, and stress. Eventually I closed the clinic so I could put everything I had learned — and everything I kept learning from conferences, journals, and colleagues around the world — into programs anyone could follow from their own living room.

Today I'm the author of five of those programs: The 3-Step Diabetes Strategy, The Hypothyroidism Solution, Neuropathy No More, The Parkinson's Protocol, and The Multiple Sclerosis Solution.

Each one is built on the same belief. Conventional medicine is good at managing symptoms, and I have never asked a reader to abandon their doctor. My work simply starts one layer deeper — with the inflammation, the toxins, the missing nutrients, and the small daily imbalances that add up over a lifetime.

Best health,
Jodi Knapp


Articles by Jodi Knapp
Diabetes and High Blood Pressure by Surprise

Diabetes and High Blood Pressure by Surprise

Today’s article is quite personal. You see, on Monday morning, a good friend called me internationally telling me he had collapsed on the floor and couldn’t move for about two hours. After that he staggered to bed and fell asleep. Why this happened has everything to...
White Rice Contributes to Type 2 Diabetes

White Rice Contributes to Type 2 Diabetes

A new study published in the journal BMJ raises concerns about eating too much white rice. Researchers examined the results of 4 studies that spanned the globe to look at the number of times per day a participant ate white rice. They then correlated it with the...
Scientists Discover the Key of Type 2 Diabetes

Scientists Discover the Key of Type 2 Diabetes

Insulin resistance has been traced back to a key protein, cites breakthrough research from scientists at the Gladstone Institute. Investigating researchers were able to identify a key protein that is very active in the regulation of glucose in the body. Using mice...
Vegan Diet Can Reduce Diabetes Medication Dosage

Vegan Diet Can Reduce Diabetes Medication Dosage

Diabetics looking for an easy way to reduce their dependence on prescription drugs should adopt a vegan lifestyle, according to a paper published in Diabetes Spectrum. The paper notes that several studies have linked a vegan diet to decreased risk of developing type 2...
Sitting Is Silent Contributor to Diabetes In Women

Sitting Is Silent Contributor to Diabetes In Women

Sitting while watching TV, working, reading or for any other reason may significantly increase risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to new research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. In this study, scientists looked at how long people...