Research Roundup
June 2026 — The Same Word, Different Thing
Research Roundup
Nine studies where a familiar name means something unfamiliar — a curcumin-diabetes finding that is not about turmeric supplements, a mangosteen result that is not about capsules, and a dementia diet comparison that is not what it appears.
Research Roundup
May 2026 — Whose Evidence Is This?
Research Roundup
Eight studies that produce real findings about people who may not be your clients — a cardiac herbal trial that does not travel, a keto review about paediatric epilepsy, and a creatine meta-analysis whose bone-density headline was null.
Research Roundup
April 2026 — The Precision Problem
Research Roundup
Ten studies examined for how much they actually establish — a diet-attributable death toll with an eight-fold uncertainty range, a meta-analysis at 97.6% heterogeneity, and a trial reporting significance with no effect size at all.
Research Roundup
March 2026 — When the Headline and the Data Disagree
Research Roundup
Ten studies where the quotable sentence and the underlying data part company — a 62% IBD remission rate that beats nothing, a multivitamin that moved two of five aging clocks, and an ashwagandha trial written by its own sponsor.
Career & Credentials
How to Become a BCHN® Certified Holistic Nutritionist in 2026
Career & Credentials
Requirements, timeline, exam breakdown, salary data, and the fastest path from education to board certification in 2026.
Sean Emery
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Exam Prep
The Complete BCHN® Exam Prep Guide (2026)
Exam Prep
Everything you need to pass the BCHN® exam — domain breakdowns, practice questions, study timeline, and strategies from practitioners who passed.
Clinical Herbalism
20 Herbs Every Holistic Nutritionist Should Know
Clinical Herbalism
The essential medicinal herbs for nutrition practitioners — clinical applications, safety profiles, drug interactions, and how to integrate them into your practice.
Clinical Herbalism
The Complete Guide to Herbal Actions
Clinical Herbalism
Adaptogens, nervines, bitters, demulcents, and 9 more — the practitioner's guide to herbal actions with clinical examples and key herbs for each.
Career & Credentials
How to Become a Certified Herbalist in 2026
Career & Credentials
Every herbalism credential explained — RH(AHG), clinical certificates, university programs, and which path fits your career.
Exam Prep
How to Complete Your BCHN® 500 Contact Hours
Exam Prep
DIY strategies, documentation tips, and how a residency program can fast-track your path from BCHN® Candidate to full certification.
Career & Credentials
You Graduated from Nutrition School — Now What?
Career & Credentials
Just graduated from NTI, NTA, Purdue Global, or another program? Your step-by-step guide to certification and career.
Career & Credentials
NTI Graduate? Your Complete Career Roadmap
Career & Credentials
Step-by-step guide for Nutrition Therapy Institute graduates — BCHN® certification, practice building, and career strategy.
Career & Credentials
NTA Graduate? Your Next Steps After the NTP Program
Career & Credentials
Finished your NTP certification? Here's exactly what to do next — from BCHN® exam to first clients.
Career & Credentials
Purdue Global Nutrition Graduate? Your Career Roadmap
Career & Credentials
How to leverage your BS in Nutrition — BCHN® certification, practice building, and turning your degree into a career.
Career & Credentials
MUIH Graduate? Advanced Career Paths
Career & Credentials
Maximize your MS from Maryland University of Integrative Health — BCHN®, functional testing, and advanced clinical practice.
Career & Credentials
ACHS Graduate? From Herbal Medicine to Thriving Practice
Career & Credentials
Turn your ACHS education into a real career — credentials, practice building, and advanced herbal training paths.
Career & Credentials
Energetic Health Institute Graduate? Your Career Roadmap
Career & Credentials
Your step-by-step guide from EHI certification to BCHN® credential and a sustainable practice.
Career & Credentials
Pacific Rim College Graduate? Your Next Steps
Career & Credentials
Turn your Diploma of Holistic Nutrition into a career — BCHN®, practice building, and international credentials.
Career & Credentials
Institute of Holistic Nutrition Graduate? Your Career Roadmap
Career & Credentials
From IHN certification to thriving practice — BCHN® credential, business skills, and career strategy for Toronto graduates.
Career & Credentials
CSNN Graduate? Your Path to a Thriving Career
Career & Credentials
Stand out among thousands of CSNN graduates — BCHN® credential, niche positioning, and practice building.
Career & Credentials
Hill College Holistic Wellness Graduate? Your Career Roadmap
Career & Credentials
Turn your affordable community college education into a thriving holistic nutrition career.
Career & Credentials
Holistic Nutritionist vs Registered Dietitian
Career & Credentials
The honest comparison — education, scope, salary, philosophy, and which career path is right for you.
Building Your Practice
How to Start a Holistic Nutrition Practice
Building Your Practice
Step-by-step from business formation to first clients — the complete guide to launching your practice.
Career & Credentials
BCHN® vs CNS vs RD: Which Credential Is Right?
Career & Credentials
Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition, Certified Nutrition Specialist, or Registered Dietitian? Honest comparison.
Career & Credentials
Holistic Nutrition Scope of Practice: State Guide
Career & Credentials
What you can and can't do as a holistic nutritionist — state-by-state guide to practicing safely and confidently.
Career & Credentials
Is Holistic Nutrition a Good Career?
Career & Credentials
Real salary data, career paths, market demand, and honest advice from practitioners who've built sustainable practices.
Research Roundup
February 2026 — From Population to Precision
Research Roundup
Eight landmark studies reveal how nutritional science is shifting from population-level averages to precision approaches — new evidence on saturated fat, metabolomics, plant-based diets, ultra-processed food, coffee, sweeteners, meat, and creatine.
Functional Nutrition
Root-Cause Constipation
Functional Nutrition
Most constipation advice stops at fiber and water. A systematic root-cause framework covering magnesium, food sensitivities, H. pylori, hormones, and stress.
Business Building
Stop Talking to Everyone
Business Building
Your practice serves nobody until you decide who it serves. How to name your ideal client, define their frustrations, and create content that actually lands.
Clinical Herbalism
Bitter Herbs & The Skin
Clinical Herbalism
How T2R bitter taste receptors discovered throughout the body — including skin — are opening new frontiers in topical herbal medicine, from anti-aging to antimicrobial applications.
Functional Nutrition
A Holistic Approach to Cholesterol Management
Functional Nutrition
The real drivers of high cholesterol are not what most people think. Understanding insulin, thyroid, and inflammation pathways changes everything about how practitioners work with lipid health.
Research Roundup
January 2026 — From Keto for Depression to Curcumin for Colitis
Research Review
Eight studies across nutritional psychiatry, cardiovascular risk, food quality, and precision nutrition — including meta-analyses from JAMA Psychiatry and the BMJ.
Research Roundup
December 2025 — From Saturated Fat Controversies to Cannabis for Pain
Research Review
Eight studies spanning the Mediterranean diet for IBS and psoriasis, a whole-food diet for Crohn's, plant-based diets and brain health, the largest cannabis pain trial, and time-restricted eating for liver disease.
Research Roundup
November 2025 — The Microbiome Revolution
Research Review
Eight studies on gut microbiome precision, Mediterranean diet meta-analyses, plant-based diet comparison, omega-3 benefit-risk tradeoffs, and the first 12-month ashwagandha safety study.
Research Roundup
October 2025 — Context Is Everything
Research Review
Eight studies on PREDIMED-Plus diabetes prevention, ultra-processed food, cocoa flavanols, synbiotics vs omega-3, brain aging, Parkinson's probiotics, ashwagandha dosing, and curcumin/boswellia formulation.
Research Roundup
September 2025 — When the Evidence Surprises You
Research Review
Eight studies on vitamin D2 vs D3 interference, magnesium for sleep, adaptogen safety, Green-MED brain aging, ketogenic diet for depression, omega-3 cognition, carb restriction meta-analysis, and berberine for cancer prevention.
Research Roundup
August 2025 — Context Determines Outcome
Research Review
Eight studies on ultra-processed vs minimally processed food, dietary fibre across 17M people, berry gut microbiota, lion's mane cognition, lavender vs sertraline, curcumin for depression, exercise intensity and inflammation, and dietary patterns for RA prevention.
Research Roundup
July 2025 — Thresholds and Timelines
Research Review
Eight studies on intermittent fasting (99 RCTs), vitamin D and telomeres, gut permeability repair, sleep deprivation and inflammation, exercise anti-inflammatory meta-meta-analysis, polyphenol gut repair, saffron for sleep, and green tea for mood.
Research Roundup
June 2025 — Macronutrient Architecture
Research Review
Eight studies on nut lipids (113 RCTs), ketogenic body composition (33 RCTs), high-protein diets (83 RCTs), prebiotics for depression and cognition (54 RCTs), natural cognitive enhancers, psilocybin for depression, weight-loss inflammation thresholds, and mind-body immune effects.
Research Roundup
May 2025 — Food Architecture, Nutraceuticals, and Inflammation
Research Review
Eight studies on food groups and diabetes (67 meta-analyses), sugar and IBD, probiotics for GI disorders, 44 nutraceuticals ranked for depression (192 RCTs), curcumin and cognition, probiotics for clinical depression, exercise modes and inflammation (60 RCTs), and curcumin across 12+ health outcomes.
Research Roundup
April 2025 — Food Groups, Movement, and Supplement Science
Research Review
Eight studies on food groups and mortality (41 meta-analyses), plant-based meat alternatives, anti-inflammatory diets and CVD, IBS dietary interventions, multi-modal metabolic syndrome treatment (98 RCTs), exercise and cognition (258K participants), omega-3 for depression, and a vitamin D course correction.
Research Roundup
March 2025 — Gut Metabolites, Mediterranean Diet, and Botanical Precision
Research Review
Eight studies on gut microbiome metabolites in IBD, food groups and obesity (166K participants), dietary patterns and the gut-heart axis, Mediterranean diet for Alzheimer's (30% reduction) and depression, saffron vs. SSRIs, lifelong exercise and inflammaging, and plant compounds for rheumatoid arthritis.
Research Roundup
February 2025 — Ultra-Processed Food, Brain Imaging, and the Anti-Inflammatory Toolkit
Research Review
Eight studies on ultra-processed food and diabetes (692K participants), Mediterranean diet umbrella review (238 RCTs), intermittent fasting for metabolic health, dietary patterns and brain imaging, vitamin deficiencies in Alzheimer's, curcumin across 103 RCTs, vitamin D and autoimmune disease, and resistance training for inflammaging.
Research Roundup
January 2025 — Gut Microbiome Therapies, Apple Cider Vinegar, and Plant Pigment Medicine
Research Review
Eight studies on synbiotics vs. probiotics for fatty liver (37 RCTs), apple cider vinegar dose-response in diabetes, Mediterranean vs. vegetarian diet inflammation, pregnancy diet and gestational diabetes (41K participants), egg consumption umbrella review, vitamin D for triglycerides, nano-curcumin for pain, and anthocyanins for cognition.
Business Building
Content Marketing for Nutrition Professionals
Business Building
Creating genuinely valuable information for the people you want to serve — not pitching, not selling. The bridge between clinical competence and a thriving practice.
Professional Development
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Professional Development
Up to 76% of nutrition practitioners experience imposter syndrome. Every day you don't show up, you're preventing real people from getting help they need.
Clinical Herbalism
Why Nutrition Professionals Should Learn Herbalism
Clinical Herbalism
Herbalism is not a departure from what you do — it's the natural next chapter. An extension of the food-as-medicine foundation you already stand on.
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