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
Insulin May Cause Death for Type 2 Diabetics

Insulin May Cause Death for Type 2 Diabetics

All drugs carry the risk of side effects, which is a well-known fact of health and wellness. This is what drives many to reject the message when their doctors try to push pharmaceuticals as a method to manage chronic diseases instead of natural alternatives. New...
Breakthrough in Type 2 Diabetes Research

Breakthrough in Type 2 Diabetes Research

While diabetes mellitus type 1 is largely considered to be caused by genetics, scientists have been furiously studying type 2 diabetes and its causes, which are different and elusive. In some camps, the finger points to inflammation. In others, it is purely...
Why People are Living Longer but Sicker

Why People are Living Longer but Sicker

Can a nation actually have the highest concentrations of deadly diseases like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and high blood pressure and still live longer than other nations? Yes, but a longer life doesn’t mean a healthier one…at all. In a report from the United...
Type 2 Diabetes Linked to This Common Acid

Type 2 Diabetes Linked to This Common Acid

In a recent study looking at the metabolic domino effect of a diet-caused disease, scientists were able to show that (easily preventable) spikes in this certain acid is linked to increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. For those suffering from gout, a...
This Extract Helps Diabetics Manage Blood Sugar

This Extract Helps Diabetics Manage Blood Sugar

Researchers in Italy recently found promising effects on blood sugar of an extract that is found in an unlikely place. This study showed that the extract might make it possible to manage blood sugar without having to sacrifice carb consumption as strictly. The obvious...