Case Study Articles

Abstract: Objective: This single-arm, pre–post interventional trial (clinicaltrials.gov, NCT04515095) investigates the safety, feasibility, and potential effectiveness of prolonged water-only fasting followed by a whole-plant-food diet in the long-term management of hypertension and other cardiometabolic disorders. Methods: Safety was assessed… read more

Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. High Lp(a) levels are genetically determined and lack effective pharmacotherapy. This case report describes a 67-year-old, vegan male with elevated blood pressure (BP), total cholesterol (TC), LDL, and Lp(a) who underwent a 10-day… read more

Abstract Long COVID is a broad range of symptoms that develop in a subset of people after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Current treatment options are investigational, not yet standardized, and aimed at symptomatic management of individual organ systems. This report presents the case of a 73-year-old male patient who achieved sustained improvements… read more

Published Online - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers: 13 Dec 2023 Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is a common autoimmune disease and current treatment aims to manage symptoms with ongoing hormone replacement therapy. Here we present the case of a 61-year-old female who experienced a sustained decrease in symptoms of HT as well as levels of thyroid-… read more

Santa Rosa, CA, January 9, 2024 -TrueNorth Health Foundation announced today that a new observational study has been published by the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention. Abstract Evidence suggests that prolonged water-only fasting is safe and may improve cardiometabolic biomarkers in normal-weight males, but data in… read more

This article originally appeared in BMJ Case Reports 2015; doi:10.1136/bcr-2015-211582 Authors: Alan Goldhamer, D.C., Michael Klaper, M.D., Afsoon Foorohar, D.O., and Toshia R Myers, Ph.D. Summary: Follicular lymphoma (FL), the second most common non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), is well characterised by a classic histological appearance and an… read more

Here we present a 3-year follow-up report of a case that was originally published in BMJ Case Reports in December 2015.1 Briefly, a 42-year-old woman presented to her primary physician with a palpable mass in her right inguinal region and was subsequently diagnosed with stage IIIa, grade 1 follicular lymphoma (FL). In November 2014, the patient… read more

(1) Background: Chronic inflammation and insulin resistance are associated with cardiometabolic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Therapeutic water-only fasting and whole-plant-food refeeding was previously shown to improve markers of cardiometabolic risk and may be an… read more

Abstract The overconsumption of calorie-dense foods high in added salt, sugar, and fat is a major contributor to current rates of obesity, and methods to reduce consumption are needed. Prolonged water-only fasting followed by an exclusively whole-plant-food diet free of added salt, oil, and sugar may reduce the consumption of these hyper-palatable… read more

Santa Rosa, CA, April, 2022 - The TrueNorth Health Foundation has announced today a case study showing that prolonged water-only fasting followed by an exclusively whole-plant-food diet initiated remission of severe plaque psoriasis symptoms in a 47-year-old male. Introduction Psoriasis is an immune-mediated, inflammatory disease with a… read more