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
Hypothyroidism? You Need This Protein

Hypothyroidism? You Need This Protein

You have probably heard that hypothyroidism manifests in low thyroid hormone levels, and you may have heard that inflammation plays a big role. That is just half the story. A new study in the Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology demonstrates...
Common Vitamin Treats Neuropathy

Common Vitamin Treats Neuropathy

Conventional medicine has no effective treatment options for neuropathy. The few drugs available to treat it are not very effective and have serious side effects. That’s why a new study published in Nutrients is so important. It reveals that a common vitamin...
Diabetes and Enlarged Prostate—A Shocking Connection

Diabetes and Enlarged Prostate—A Shocking Connection

Type 2 diabetes is a condition that causes your blood sugar levels to rise excessively. Enlarged prostate is inflammation of the prostate gland. At first glance, there is no connection. However, a new study published in The Aging Male took a second look. It revealed a...
How Neuropathy Turns Lethal

How Neuropathy Turns Lethal

The occurrence of neuropathy has been rising rapidly in recent decades. However, it’s often overlooked as a disease in itself and just considered an annoying consequence of diabetes. A new study by the American Board of Family Medicine changes this by revealing two...