All Articles
You may read our selection of articles written by TrueNorth Health staff below.
Articles
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
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
Fasting: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Applications
This article originally appeared in Cell Metabolism 19, February 4, 2014
Authors: Valter D. Longo and Mark P. Mattson
Abstract: Fasting has been practiced for millennia, but, only recently, studies have shed light on its role in adaptive cellular responses that reduce oxidative damage and inflammation, optimize energy metabolism, and bolster… read more
Intermittent Fasting and Weight Loss
Intermittent Fasting and Weight Loss
A form of calorie restriction, intermittent fasting may help you lose those extra pounds.
By Jennifer Marano, D.C.
For many people, following a whole-food, plant-based diet is the key to maintaining optimum weight and health. However, for some of us, strictly adhering to a health-promoting diet as well as… read more
Fasting: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Applications
This article originally appeared in the journal Cell Metabolism 19, February 4, 2014
Authors: Valter D. Longo and Mark P. Mattson
Fasting has been practiced for millennia, but, only recently, studies have shed light on its role in adaptive cellular responses that reduce oxidative damage and inflammation, optimize energy metabolism, and bolster… read more
Jami Dulaney, MD interviews Dr. Goldhamer (podcast)
In this October 2014 audio podcast, Dr. Jami Dulaney and Dr. Alan Goldhamer discuss the benefits of water fasting to break the addiction of sugar, salt and oil as a means to transform into a lifelong nutrition plan of a plant based diet free of sugar, salt and oil. The message of this podcast is that people can take back their health and get off… read more
GQ Article: How the Terrible, Insufferable Six-Day Water Fast Made Me a New Man
The below article was featured in the November 2013 issue of GQ Magazine.
What if there were a cure-all treatment for high blood pressure, migraines, chronic pain, arthritis, and, of yeah, fatness? The catch: You'll be really, really hungry. Ben Marcus spends a long and profoundly satisfying week on a strict diet of absolutely nothing… read more
Please Help Us Learn About Fasting and Vegan Diet
Bastyr University & TrueNorth Health
“Fasting and Alternatives to Standard Therapeutics (FAST): Determining the Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms Responsible for Adult Hypertension and Obesity”
Please Help Us Learn About
Fasting and Vegan Diet
Is medically supervised water-only fasting an effective treatment for High… read more
Treating Patients by Doing Nothing
Water-only Fasting: Treating Patients by Doing Nothing - Interview with Dr. Alan Goldhamer from Aron Choi on Vimeo.
Fasting is the Answer, What is the Question?
This article originally appeared in Health Science Magazine.
In the world of our ancient ancestors, fasting occurred primarily by force, not by choice. Humans would fast when resources became scarce, such as when Spring came late. The ability of humans to fast was a biological necessity born from the disproportionate use of glucose by… read more