Research/Consulting
Nutritional and medical research has been so narrowly focused and concentrated on pharmaceutical and allopathic medical research that it will likely undergo changes to examine more lifestyle and multifactorial influences which are more 'real world' and preventive in nature. There is also a change in our understanding of biological individuality and common genetic influences which promote the importance of developing individual and unique approaches for each person.
Dr. Edman has collaborated on a number of research studies dating back to his Master's Thesis at Drexel University that examined zinc status in women with recurrent yeast infections, to his Doctoral research at Boston University that looked at vitamin B12 and folate influences on depression and cognitive dysfunction, to his research on lower carbohydrate diet effects on weight loss and heart disease risk, to a range of current projects. See below a sample of peer-reviewed articles and abstracts that address a number of nutritional and medical issues and a summary of the findings.
ARTICLES:
1. Edman JS, Sobel JD, Taylor ML. Zinc status in women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1986;155:1082-5.
2. Bell IR, Edman JS, Marby DW, Satlin A, Dreier T, Liptzin B, Cole JO. Vitamin B12 and folate status in acute geropsychiatric inpatients: affective and cognitive characteristics of a vitamin non-deficient population. Biological Psychiatry 1990;27:125-37.
3. Bell IR, Edman JS, Morrow FD, Marby DW, Perrone G, Kayne HL, Greenwald M, Cole JO. Brief Communication: Vitamin B1, B2 and B6 augmentation of tricyclic antidepressant treatment in geriatric depression with cognitive dysfunction. J Amer Col Nutr 1992;11(2):159-63.
4. Edman JS, Williams, WH, Atkins RC. Nutritional therapies for ulcerative colitis: Literature review, chart review study and future research. Altern Ther Health Med 2000;6:55-63.
5. Foster GD, Wyatt HR, Hill JO, McGuckin BG, Brill C, Mohammed BS, Szapary P, Rader DJ, Edman JS, Klein S. A randomized trial of a low-carbohydrate diet for obesity. N Engl J Med 2003:348:2082-90.
ABSTRACTS:
1. Edman JS, Atkins RC. Glucose tolerance testing and hypoglycemia in seizure disorders. J Amer Coll Nutr 1997;16(5):479.
2. Edman JS, Rosenzweig S, Halbert SC, Cantor IC, Foster JS, Cyrus I, Lafferty D, Moore J, Smith JB. A pilot study of elimination/challenge diets in patients with fibromyalgia. J Amer Coll Nutr 2001;20:574.
3. King L, Edman JS. Abnormal glucose tolerance may contribute to or cause hot flashes in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: two case reports. J Amer Coll Nutr 2005;24:431.