Khan Sikandar MD (A.M.), CNP, ROHP

Khan Sikandar was born and raised in Tanzania, East Africa. He is African at heart, Indian by origin and Canadian by residency. His background in conventional medicine and his keen interest in alternative, complimentary and integrative therapies proved useful during his Clinical postings in Rural Tanzania, where pharmaceutics and lab diagnostic facilities were minimal, absent or unaffordable.
This experience set him on a quest to bridge the gap between the Science and the art of Medicine – or healing, to be more precise. His quest led him to India where he did his MD (A.M.) in Medicina Alternativa, and finally to IHN Vancouver, where he graduated as a Certified and Registered Orthomolecular Nutritional Practitioner.
Khan believes in “Evidence that demands a verdict.” If we understand how a system goes from order to disorder, from ease to dis-ease, then reversing it shouldn’t be like taking a shot in the dark. As Einstein said, “If you can’t explain it simply, then you probably do not understand it that well.”
Khan teaches Nutrition & Health: The Fundamentals and Preventative Health Care at The Institute of Holistic Nutrition’s Vancouver Campus.

  • FN 001 Nutrition and Health: The Fundamentals

    Nutrition and Health: The Fundamentals changes the lens for how the world of health and healing is viewed. It sets the stage for the examination of nature’s power within the holistic paradigm. It is IHN’s foundational course, providing students with an understanding of “food as information” and orthomolecular concepts in the prevention of disease and the acquisition of optimal health. Fundamentals offers students a framework for the study of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), energy-yielding nutrients (carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins), metabolism, digestion, absorption, and energy balance. The syllabus provides an in-depth analysis of their functions, classification and dietary requirements within an evidence-based model. This course teaches the mechanics and principles of essential nutrients for restoring the body’s ability to heal. Learning Outcomes • Assess the relationship between soil, cell, environment and human health • Identify the structure and function of the GI tract, common digestive disorders, and links to major fatal diseases that are restored through the gut • Explain functions of macronutrients and micronutrients, their requirements, sources, reasons for deficiencies, and use in disease prevention • Understand the importance of water, antioxidants and detoxification • The knowledge of how isolated nutrient interventions work against acute and chronic health condition Nutrition and Health: The Fundamentals is a foundational axis course that lays the groundwork of knowing how to determine root cause—a key tenant of functional nutrition. This course stresses the importance of knowing “by which mechanism” essential nutrients orchestrate ideal physiological functions and optimal health.

  • PHC 005 Preventive Health Care

    Preventive Health Care emphasizes the significant factor of nutrition in the prevention of disease states. This course explores how proper nutrition can protect against or reverse many ailments including stress, inflammation, immune deficiencies, compromised brain health, inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, asthma, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, arthritis, and cancer. Students will be exposed to current research developments and trends on phytochemicals, antioxidants, and nutraceuticals. Special attention in this course is given to the management of diseases of the cardiovascular system. This course instructs students to become familiar in detail with natural health strategies, dietary modifications, and supplement protocols to treat, prevent and reverse degenerative conditions. Students are taught and evaluated on specific dietary and lifestyle protocols in the prevention of disease. Learning Outcomes: • Understand the holistic viewpoint on the etiology of degenerative disease • Develop protocols for specific health conditions through the use of nutrition, lifestyle changes, therapeutic modalities, and nutraceuticals • Gain insight into the importance of why managing stress is critical for lowering the risk of disease and creating resilience • Exposure to evidence-based nutrition research to demonstrate preventive strategies in acute and chronic health conditions Preventive Health Care instructs future practitioners to recommend highly customized client protocols for a broad range of health conditions through the use of natural nutrition, lifestyle, holistic therapies, and supplementation. This course highlights the centrality of digestive health in the management of stress.