Water Fasting Benefits, Safety, and Science with Dr. Alan Goldhamer | NHA Today

Can water fasting really reverse chronic disease? And is it safe to do?

In this episode of NHA Today, Dr. Esser sits down with the person best qualified to answer those questions: Dr. Alan Goldhamer, founder of TrueNorth Health Center and the

world's foremost expert on water-only fasting.

Over 42 years and more than 25,000 fasting patients, Dr. Goldhamer has done more to document the safety and efficacy of medically supervised water fasting than anyone alive. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and his team is now preparing a landmark 3,000-person study to track health outcomes across a lifetime.

In this conversation, Dr. Goldhamer explains:

• What water fasting is and how it differs from other types of fasting

• Which conditions respond best to medically supervised water fasting

• The real risks of fasting - and how TrueNorth manages them safely

• Why refeeding after a fast is just as important as the fast itself

• Who is and is not a good candidate for water fasting

• How to access TrueNorth health coaching remotely without traveling to the facility

• Why salt, oil, and sugar hijack the brain's satiety system

• The Navigator Study: a 3,000-person lifetime health tracking project

• What Dr. Goldhamer is presenting at the NHA Conference this June

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ABOUT DR. ALAN GOLDHAMER

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Dr. Alan Goldhamer is a doctor of chiropractic and the founder of TrueNorth Health Center in Santa Rosa, California. He has supervised more than 25,000 fasting patients over 42 years and has published 24 papers in peer-reviewed journals on fasting and lifestyle medicine. He is the author of The Pleasure Trap and co-author of Can Fasting Save Your Life?

He will be presenting new research on health span at the NHA Annual Conference, June 25 to 28, 2026.

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LINKS AND RESOURCES

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Full episode and show notes:

NHA Today on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgXfvjZj34HbsD3-47eEC2kjBWeIvNhHl

Subscribe: https://www.healthscience.org/podcast/

NHA True North Community (water fasting + plant-based living): https://membership.healthscience.org/join-membership?_ga=2.196155116.1397875101.1780330419-1283726110.1775770362

NHA Annual Conference (June 25 to 28, 2026): https://checkout.healthscience.org/2026-nha-conference

TrueNorth Health Center: https://www.truenorthhealth.com

Books:

The Pleasure Trap: https://www.healthpromoting.com/store/book/pleasure-trap?v=9

Can Fasting Save Your Life?: https://www.healthpromoting.com/store/book/can-fasting-save-your-life

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