Case study follows patient with brain cancer on ketogenic diet
Photo Cred: Ronit HaNegby/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A British man who rejected the standard of care to treat his brain cancer has lived with the typically fatal glioblastoma tumor growing...
Read MoreNutritional considerations in Alzheimer’s prevention and treatment
Photo Cred: Anna M. W./ Pexels By Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP I remember being devastated when my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) in her late sixties. She...
Read MoreNutrients and social determinants of health in wound care management
Photo Cred: Markus Spiske/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Practitioners should consider an integrated strategy of wound healing, said James Carter, Jr., MD, FACC, RPVI, IFMCP, at the 2021 Institute for Functional...
Read MoreAn integrative nutrition approach to high cholesterol
Photo Cred: Alexander Mils/Pexels By Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and, while its development is multifactorial, suboptimal lipid...
Read MoreWhen intuitive eating isn’t enough: Addressing disordered eating patterns with patients
Photo Cred: Kaboompics/Pexels By Carolina Brooks, BA, IFMCP It’s difficult to scroll through social media or read a consumer publication without mention of intuitive eating. Touted as a solution to...
Read MoreIntegrative management of obesity
Photo Cred: Freepik By Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP Obesity has many consequences and can be overwhelming for practitioners to treat. There is no one root cause to target, an...
Read MoreHigh-fiber diet may help control inflammation associated with COVID-19, study finds
Photo Cred: Vie Studio/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Compounds produced by gut microbiota during fermentation of insoluble fiber from dietary plant matter do not affect the ability of the novel coronavirus...
Read MoreLifestyle strategies for prediabetes reversal
Photo Cred: Bonnie Kittle/Unsplash By Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP Prediabetes is reversible most of the time, so I’m always surprised when a patient has been told their blood sugar...
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