(reprinted with the permission of the author of this article from www.AgeOfAutism.com)

July 20, 2009

Dr. Kohlstadt’s new medical textbook entitled “Food and Nutrients in Disease Management” is the feature of Julie Deardorff’s Health Colulmn in the the Chicago Tribune. Click on Read the rest of this entry (below) to follow the hyperlink to the article.
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/features_julieshealthclub/2007/12/writing-the-boo.html

March 23rd, 2008 - Chicago Tribune Health and Food Editor Julie Deardorff seached for answers on sweetners, and quotes Dr. Ingrid Kohlstadt M.D., M.P.H., Fellow of the American Colllege of Nutrtion as a Nutrition Doctor Specialist.

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Good news! Progress on the next medical textbook entitled Food and Nutrients for Disease Managment is building momentum with chapters nearing completion.

This is the first medical nutrition book to emphasize whole foods over isolated nutrients.  A team of approximately sixty contributing authors will translate medical research on nutrients into practical dietary recommendations and offer evidence-based interventions for patients.

See Julie Deardorff’s Chicago Tribune’s Health Column for Dr. Kohlstadt’s answer:

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/features_julieshealthclub/2008/08/why-are-apples.html#more

Click on the link below to read additional interesting insights about nutrition and Coumadin on Doctor Ingrid Kohlstadt’s Nutrition Blog.

I recently attended a conference in Chicago where I got more insights into Olympic nutrition. Much of it is how nutrition controls inflammation and oxidation. Here are 4 practical take home messages for the athlete in all of us.

What nutrition advice should doctors dispense?  This is not a simple question with a straightforward answer.  On one hand what people eat is a lifestyle choice reasonably beyond the scope of ever-shrinking doctor visits.  On the other hand, recent nutritional advances are proving integral to optimal treatment of many chronic diseases.