All Articles
You may read our selection of articles written by TrueNorth Health staff below.
Articles
An Introduction to the Whole-Plant-Food, SOS-Free Diet
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of Health Science magazine, the member magazine of the National Health Association.
What it is, why TrueNorth Health Center promotes it, and the details of how to eat it.
The TrueNorth Health Center (TNHC) in Santa Rosa, California serves an exclusively whole-plant-food
diet that is… read more
Can a Whole Plant-Food Diet Help Lupus?
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of Health Science magazine, the member magazine of the National Health Association.
Diet is emerging as a cost-effective treatment for chronic inflammatory conditions, including autoimmune disorders such as lupus. There are reports showing that fasting and plant-food diets improved clinical… read more
TrueNorth Health Foundation featured in Health Science Magazine
The vision and projects to fulfil the Foundation's mission in research and education were recently featured in the National Health Association's Winter 2018 edition of Health Science Magazine.
This article was written by Jen Howk, Director of TrueNorth Health Foundation.
You can read the full article, by clicking on the file attached below.
British Medical Journal - Follow-up of water-only fasting and an exclusively plant food diet in the management of stage IIIa, low-grade follicular lymphoma
This article originally appeared in BMJ Case Reports 2018; doi:10.1136/bcr-2018-225520
Summary: This is a 3-year follow-up report of a case that was originally published in BMJ Case Reports in December 2015.
It involves the treatment of a 42-year-old woman, who was diagnosed with stage IIIa, grade 1 follicular lymphoma (FL). In November 2014… read more
Is Fasting Safe? A Chart Review of Adverse Events During Medically Supervised Water-Only Fasting
Evidence suggests that fasting, during which only water is consumed, results in potentially health promoting physiological effects. However, peer-reviewed research assessing the safety of water-only fasting is lacking. To address this, we conducted a chart review to describe adverse events (AEs) that occurred during medically supervised, water-… read more
TrueNorth Health Center: A snapshot of the Center's past, present and future
Read an article by Dr. Alan Goldhamer on the TrueNorth Health Center's past, present and future. This article originally appeared in the National Health Association's Fall 2017 edition of Health Science Magazine.
Learn about the history of the Center's experience in supervising over 15,000 water-only fasts to patients during the last 33 years.… read more
Dr. Klaper to retire from Medical practice
To my Colleagues, Patients and Friends at TrueNorth,
As I enter my ninth year on the TrueNorth Health Center clinical staff, I feel blessed to have practiced the most rewarding medicine of my career here at this remarkable clinic. I am humbled to have witnessed over the years skilled clinicians, determined patients, and dedicated support staff… read more
Long-Term Relief from Chronic Posttraumatic Headache after Water-Only Fasting and an Exclusively Plant-Foods Diet
This article originally appeared in Alternative and Complementary Therapies: August 2017 edition, Vol. 23 issue 4.
Summary: Chronic posttraumatic headache (CPTHA) occurs in up to 95% of patients following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and can prove highly debilitating.
Here, the case is reported of a 52-year-old woman with unremitting… read more
Clinical Fasting
This article originally appeared in Sonoma Medicine: the summer 2017 edition.
Summary: Modern humans evolved while surviving prolonged periods without food and have voluntarily fasted for spiritual and therapeutic reasons since ancient times. Water-only fasting (complete abstinence from all foods and beverages except for pure water) is now… read more
World-Class Health Care at TrueNorth
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2016 issue of Health Science magazine, the member magazine of the National Health Association.
NHA president gets up close and personal at TrueNorth Health Center
By Mark Huberman
From September 10–17, my wife Wanda and I (pictured below) had the wonderful experience of spending a week at Dr. Alan… read more