Articles by Lisa Schofield
Baby, It’s Cold OUCH-Side
Cold weather kicks up the joint pain and often muscle discomfort. Be ready! Nobody wants their mobility impaired. There’s way too much to do, especially around the holiday season. So much merriment to be had! However, pain, discomfort, inflammation and soreness can slow people down—and those who enjoy being active and fit will experience less-than-sufficient ...
What’s New in the World of Biotics & Enzymes
The microbiome’s relationship with health continues to prove powerful, and biotics and enzymes can help your patients/clients to support long-term homeostasis. Your patients seem to love them. Probiotics (and related pre-, syn- and post-) are perceived as powerful for health promotion. According to ADM Outside Voice consumer research, 58 percent of global consumers see a ...
Who Has Time for Pain?
People are stressed but want to enjoy full-plate lifestyles—they simply don’t have time to be timed-out by pain. Here’s how to help. The old joke about the guy who says to his doctor, “Hey Doc, it hurts when I do this,” to which the doctor advises, “Don’t do that” tends to tickle the funny bone. ...
Keys to Brain Power
Helping patients/clients sustain cognitive abilities. It’s funny in a way—when middle-aged adults say, “I keep forgetting where I put my phone, am I getting Alzheimer’s?” They are mostly kidding, but there is an underlying rivulet of anxiety about potentially going into mental decline. Unlike clients of only about five years ago, the current crop of ...
Seasonally Well
After a long cold winter, springtime is most welcome—except for those who endure allergy symptoms. “So, what brings you to us today?” you ask. “Um, I really don’t know … but I’m sneezing a lot and my throat is scratchy … and my head is stuffy…” stammers your client/patient. The calendar may help pinpoint what’s ...
Perchance to Dream
Americans are being robbed of quality sleep (and therefore, broken dreams)—here’s how you can help. “Idon’t sleep well anymore,” is perhaps one of the most common admissions heard today. And, when one person comments about his/her lousy sleep, it sparks a rather convivial conversation wherein just about everyone agrees that quality sleep is now woefully ...
How Sweet It Is: Helping Patients Manage Blood Sugar
High blood sugar is years in the making, but you can help your patients take control with dietary supplements and lifestyle changes. Before type 2 diabetes sets in, you can help your patients potentially stave it off. But it appears that there may be several baked-in misunderstandings about the cause of erratic blood sugar and ...
Aging Gracefully
Patients want to live their best lives but may need to manage health challenges. Here’s how to help. Although Ponce de Leon’s mythical Fountain of Youth has yet to be found, research is discovering how accelerated aging may be slowed down if not prevented. Patients choose to work with naturopaths as they already have the ...
Practical Immune Support
People have a new mindset—immune support as a health priority. Here’s how to help them navigate the complexity of good health. New COVID-19 variant BA.5 plus Monkeypox equals increased traffic to your practice for immune safety—especially with the annual cold season about to begin. Integrative medicine physician Jeff Gladd, MD, chief medical officer at Fullscript ...
I Think It Was Something I Ate!
Bad reactions to foods are common. And they can beset anyone at any age, masquerading as other issues. Here’s how to help identify food-borne issues. That meal or snack may have been quite pleasant going down. But a little while later, the ugly side may rear up: the uncomfortable post-prandial effects may be distressing, irritating, ...
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