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
When Neuropathy Is Caused by Weight Loss

When Neuropathy Is Caused by Weight Loss

Like most people, you may be wanting to shed a few pounds. Especially if you also have type 2 diabetes. But there’s one weight loss method you absolutely must avoid. Because a new study in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology proves it causes Neuropathy. And this is...
Common Drink Causes Type-2 Diabetes

Common Drink Causes Type-2 Diabetes

A new 16-year study involving 350,000 people and published in the journal Diabetologia shows that there is a devastating effect of one of the most popular drinks on the market. Just one drink per day can worsen type-2 diabetes by a whopping 22%. This same drink has...
Strange Parkinson’s and Sleep Apnea Connection Discovered

Strange Parkinson’s and Sleep Apnea Connection Discovered

Parkinson’s is a neural disease of the brain. Sleep apnea happens when your breathing passages collapse while sleeping. What could these two possibly have in common? A lot, says a new study presented at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. In fact, the...
How healthy alternatives cause Hypothyroidism

How healthy alternatives cause Hypothyroidism

Health advocates have been busy banning various chemicals used in cleaning products and everyday items. Instead, they recommend “healthy” alternatives. Except that these healthy alternatives cause hypothyroidism — that’s according to a new study in the journal...
This oil heals Diabetes without weight loss

This oil heals Diabetes without weight loss

Body fat often carries the blame for type 2 diabetes. But 20% of type 2 diabetics are lean. So, how do they explain that? Well, a new study in Nutrients doesn’t give that kind of explanation, but it reveals how one common oil can balance blood sugars in slim...