About Us

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Since the Foundation’s inception in 2011, our mission has been to expand evidence-based knowledge of how medically supervised, water-only fasting and an exclusively whole-plant-food diet impact human health, train clinicians in the use of these interventions, and publicly share our findings.

Our Clinical Research

Prolonged water-only fasting is an established clinical practice, but rigorous data on safety and effectiveness are limited.

We are filling that gap with groundbreaking clinical research. Our results have confirmed previous data and identified novel findings. We have published this research in peer-reviewed journals including Nutrients, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Cureus.

Our Clinical Education

We are also committed to expanding access to medically supervised water-only fasting with active training programs that operate within TrueNorth Health Center. We have helped train hundreds of clinicians and scientists in the best practices of fasting supervision and research.

We also collaborate with TrueNorth Health Center to publish clinical findings in peer-reviewed journals, such as BMJ Case Reports. These remarkable cases educate patients, clinicians, and researchers and may lead us to conduct clinical research to further elucidate findings.

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Highlights of Our Progress

  • Formed a federally recognized Institutional Review Board. READ MORE
  • Completed several research studies with more in progress. READ MORE
  • Published a variety of original research articles. READ MORE
  • Published a variety of case reports. READ MORE
  • Compiled a comprehensive database of early water-only fasting literature. READ MORE
  • Provided stipends for numerous resident doctors. READ MORE
  • Published Can Fasting Save Your Life, an educational book on water-only fasting. READ MORE.
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Meet Our Board of Directors

The Foundation is governed by its Board of Directors. Board members are experts in their individual fields and collectively possess more than 150 years of experience with medically supervised, water-only fasting and diet modification for health maintenance and recovery. 

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Dr. Toshia Myers

Meet our Director

Dr. Toshia Myers is Executive Director and Research Director of the TrueNorth Health Foundation. Under her direction, TNHF has developed a pioneering research program that efficiently conducts cost-effective patient-centered clinical research into the sustained effects of prolonged water-only fasting on various aspects of human health.  READ MORE

Our Research Team

The Foundation operates a dynamic clinical research program with a core team of researchers, clinicians, and support staff committed to the highest standards of scientific rigor and participant safety. MEET OUR TEAM

Learn how you can support our work

Your generous gifts to the TrueNorth Health Foundation help advance research and education about the clinical effects of medically supervised, water-only fasting on healthy aging and chronic disease.

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