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Nutritional Paradigms for Treating Chronic Disease
The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners (SMHP) represents all researchers and practitioners working to improve metabolic health around the world through education, training, and support of evidence-based nutritional approaches, including carbohydrate restriction, as a valid therapeutic option or intervention. Professionals accredited by SMHP may offer nutrition and lifestyle education and coaching in line with SMHP…
Read More >>Spreading the Word About Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction in Tennessee
Amanda Decker Purchases 4,000-Square-Foot Building for Her Growing Metabolic Health & Weight Management Clinic When we last spoke with Amanda Decker, MSN, FNP-C, MHP–a nurse practitioner working for a respected medical group in rural Tennessee—she had recently become one of the very first to receive the Metabolic Health Practitioner (MHP) accreditation from the Society of…
Read More >>“Stay Off My Operating Table” —Philip Ovadia, MD
Cardiac surgeon who used carbohydrate restriction to overcome obesity & restore metabolic health is now helping patients avoid heart disease & surgery Over the past 15 years, thousands of people have found their way onto cardiac surgeon Philip Ovadia’s operating table. “Far too many of those surgeries could have been avoided,” laments Ovadia, who has…
Read More >>He’s Helping Patients Find Metabolic Health on Chicago’s South Side, Now Dr. Tony Hampton Aims to Help the SMHP as Chair of Outreach Committee
Ever since he discovered the many benefits of therapeutic carbohydrate restriction (TCR), Dr. Tony Hampton has been using this knowledge to help his predominantly African American patients on Chicago’s South Side. The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners (SMHP) recently announced Dr. Hampton has been named chairman of the organization’s Outreach Committee, which has been formed…
Read More >>Dr. Ben Bocchicchio to Deliver Grand Rounds Presentation on June 5
Monthly Grand Rounds presentations are one of the many benefits of being a member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. These presentations are generally held on the first Saturday of the month and are presented exclusively to SMHP members. If you’re not already a member of the SMHP, you can learn how to join the…
Read More >>Why ‘Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction’ (or ‘Reduction’) May Communicate the Message Better than ‘Keto’ or ‘Low Carb’
Adele Hite, PhD, MHP, RDN, weighs in on the importance of the words being used to define the low-carb space We’ve recently seen a noticeable increase in the use of the terms therapeutic carbohydrate restriction and therapeutic carbohydrate reduction (both abbreviated with the letters TCR), to describe the low carb way of eating, particularly when…
Read More >>Low-Carb Lifestyle Helped Board Certified Obesity Medicine Physician Change His Own Life & Lives of Countless Patients
Dr. Tro Kalayjian Hopes to Help Other Practitioners As Founding Board Member of SMHP Many forces must align in order to launch a non-profit organization like the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners (SMHP), with the lofty mission of representing and supporting researchers and practitioners around the world as they work to improve metabolic health. One…
Read More >>Low Carb Clinical Guidelines for Type 2 Diabetes Among Goals of New Nonprofit, SMHP
Adele Hite, RD, PhD, Optimistic About Future of Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction When Dr. Adele Hite starts talking about the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners (SMHP), her enthusiasm is palpable. That’s because to Adele—a registered dietician with a PhD in rhetoric, communication, and digital media—the newly launched non-profit organization has the potential to usher in…
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