solkin BA, MA, CNP

Cindy Solkin BA, MA, CNP

Cindy is a CNP and graduate from the IHN Vancouver campus. She is a personal life coach and Pilates instructor with more than fifteen years’ experience as a complimentary health practitioner. She is also certified in Aromatherapy, Bach remedy therapy and Guided Imagery.
Cindy was born into a romance with food and started working in professional kitchens at an early age. She struggled with her weight and various health issues, which led her to seek out a healthier lifestyle and introduced her to holistic nutrition.
Cindy considers it her mission to help others find a path to health and wellness.
By combining her professional skills and personal experience, Cindy developed Freedom from the Fridge, a signature wellness program designed to free people from emotional eating, physical discomfort, poor health, and find their way back to a natural, harmonious way of eating. Through this work she supports others in reconnecting with their bodies, readjust their appetites and find their true joy.
Cindy teaches Comparative Diets at the IHN Vancouver campus.

  • CD 011 Comparative Diets

    Comparative Diets provides a critical assessment of the many therapeutic benefits and limitations of several alternative diet approaches, including low-carb diets, high-protein diets (Paleo Diet, Dr. Atkins, Keto, Carnivore), Plant-based approaches (Vegetarian, Vegan, Fruitarian, Raw Food, Rainbow), Longevity and Cultural diets (Okinawa, Mediterranean, Macrobiotic, Fasting), Condition-based diets (Glycemic Index, Intermittent Fasting, Food Combining, Low-FODMAP-Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols, GAPS-Gut and Psychology Syndrome, AIP-Autoimmune Protocol). This course will also address, in detail, the main detoxification diets from caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine. Students are taught and evaluated on succinctly identifying dietary imbalances as well as analyzing micronutrient propositions to design custom health-promoting diets and lifestyle programs. Learning Outcomes: • Explore kinetics of living systems, the law of opposites and the effects on the body and feelings of certain foods, the meaning of cravings • Distinguish the models of food dynamics including expansive/contracting and acid/alkaline food products • Describe how holistic individuality, metabolic typing, and the blood type diet are rooted in personalized biochemistry • Explain the benefits of cold-pressed juice to address both acute and chronic health conditions and increase vitality • Develop insights into the fundamental knowledge of mechanistic principles and complementary effects of several alternative diet regimens on health Comparative Diets informs future practitioners to recommend specific dietary protocols that are determined by biochemical individuality. To promote optimal health, this course instructs practitioners to safely and effectively recommend nourishing and cleansing diets.