Episode 13: Coco Newton, RD
The Art and Soul of Healing travels to the great state of Michigan to visit with a leader in integrative and functional nutrition, Coco Newton. Coco authored the chapter Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): The Application of Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy.
Thank you, Coco Newton, for your tenacity and accomplishments in treating ALS! As promised, I will place the website information that Coco mentioned including: https://healingalsconference.org/ and http://www.alsuntangled.com/ associated with Duke University, and the links to the products LEAP and HEAL on the Art and Soul of Healing website. Coco would like me to tell you she has no financial ties to these organizations. She also would like listeners to know that if they have ALS they should be tested for Lyme disease or other tickborne illnesses. Coco can be found at www.coconewton.com.
Coco Newton received her Bachelors of Science degree in dietetics from the University of California, Davis and her Masters of Public Health in Nutrition from the University of Minnesota. She completed her dietetic internship at the University of California, San Diego and is a registered dietitian through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Coco is a Certified Nutrition Specialist through the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists. She is currently in private practice with expertise in functional medicine nutrition therapy for prevention and treatment of chronic disease and syndromes.
Coco co-founded and served on the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Nutrition Advisory Board from 2007 to 2010. In 2010, she co-founded the University of Kansas Integrative Nutrition Fellowship program, a collaborative program through the University’s Department of Integrative Medicine and Dietetics and Nutrition.
Coco served on the State of Michigan Board of Dietetics and Nutrition from 2007 to 2013 and championed the successful repeal of the anti-competitive and discriminatory Dietetics/Nutrition Licensure law which occurred on July 1, 2014. This was the first repeal of its kind in the United States with other states successfully following Michigan’s lead.
