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
Vegan Diet KOs Type 2 Diabetes

Vegan Diet KOs Type 2 Diabetes

Eating a diet free of meat and all animal products helps diabetics lose weight and control their blood sugar, according to a review published in Nutrition Reviews. In this review paper, scientists poured over 12 previously published studies investigating the influence...
Processed Meats Contribute to Diabetes

Processed Meats Contribute to Diabetes

A diet loaded with hot dogs, lunch meat and Spam can significantly increase your risk of diabetes, according to research conducted by University of Washington scientists. In this study, scientists investigated the diets of rural-dwelling Native Americans and compared...
Coffee Can Help Diabetic’s Brains Work Better

Coffee Can Help Diabetic’s Brains Work Better

Compounds in coffee can help those with type 2 diabetes process blood sugar better in the brain, reports a study conducted by Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers. In this study of diabetic mice, scientists gave the rodents a decaf coffee supplements for...
Asian Apple Found to Reduce Diabetic Blood Sugar

Asian Apple Found to Reduce Diabetic Blood Sugar

A team of Malaysian researchers discovered that an extract from an apple popular in Southeast Asian countries can reduce high blood sugar. In the study, researchers tested the ability of compounds within the apple (known as the “water apple”) to block the same key...