Sarah Tydings, (MS'22)

Share your story:

I've always had an affinity for nutrition and integrative medicine, but it was just a hobby in college. After graduating from Berkeley with a degree in Economics, I realized I wanted to create a career out of my love for nutrition and natural healing. I found the IHN and am forever grateful that I did! I graduated from the IHN in 2022 and pursued my MD degree, which I am currently doing at the University of Rochester. I plan to make nutrition the forefront of my future practice and spread information about functional/nutritional medicine and its root cause healing capacity. 

Is there a memory that stands out from your time at IHN?

I just absolutely loved biochemistry. I found every lecture fascinating, especially learning about the vitamin transporters and the postprandial fasting states. Dr. Igal was the best! 

What skills or values do you think are essential for being in your professional field today?

Learning to treat a patient from the root cause is vital to healing. Balanced nutrition is a root-cause approach that must be implemented into one's lifestyle to ensure proper vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants for the body to run correctly. Gaining this knowledge from the IHN has been indispensable and should be a non-negotiable in every physician's training.