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
Common Vitamin Halts Parkinson’s Disease

Common Vitamin Halts Parkinson’s Disease

Medical scientists consider Parkinson’s disease to be untreatable, which is why plenty of research is being conducted to develop treatments. A new contribution to this literature has just been published in the journal Cell Metabolism that reveals how one common...
Hypothyroidism Causes Weird Skin Changes

Hypothyroidism Causes Weird Skin Changes

Normally, hypothyroidism is a quiet condition that we don’t know we have, unless we are particularly well versed in its symptoms. But the Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College has now published a study to identify the most common skin changes in people with...
This Sweet Stops Diabetes in Its Track

This Sweet Stops Diabetes in Its Track

If you have been diagnosed with type-2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, you have probably been told to avoid anything sugary. Doctors even warn against too much fruit consumption, since fruits contain a lot of fruit sugar. But a new study by researchers at the Illinois...
Parkinson’s Disease Caused By This Food (250% Increase)

Parkinson’s Disease Caused By This Food (250% Increase)

It’s a shame because most of us like this food. But a new study published in the journal Movement Disorders found that this food item increases your risk of Parkinson’s Disease by a terrifying 250%. And it’s safe to say that if you already suffer from Parkinson’s, you...
How Your Hypothyroidism Affects Your Children

How Your Hypothyroidism Affects Your Children

We normally think of hypothyroidism as affecting our own lives. Afterall, the symptoms can be quite severe, ranging from a lack of energy to being overweight and a whole range of other symptoms. But can it affect our children? We know that hypothyroidism in pregnancy...