Articles by Shari Barbanel
Battling Blood Sugar
As metabolic syndrome becomes a larger problem in the U.S., practitioners are urging patients to make lifestyle changes. Blood sugar issues have become a major issue in the U.S. According to the American Diabetes Association, 29.1 million (9. 3 percent) of Americans had diabetes 2012. That number jumped from 25.8 million (8.3 percent) just two ...
An Encompassing Approach To Neuroinflammation
With a potential link between increasing rates of obesity, diabetes and neuroinflammatory conditions, practitioners provide an integrative health view.Research has shown that inflammation is at least a part of the root cause of chronic diseases, which have become a 21st century epidemic. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , ...
Private Label Priorities
Practitioners looking to develop a private label line must weigh the factors and challenges before deciding to make an investment.There has been a major shift in recent years to preventative care, and dietary supplements have become a huge part of it. In fact, according to the 2013 Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) Consumer Survey on ...
Immune Defenders
As the number of immune health issues in the U.S. rises, natural practitioners stress the importance of patient education.Cold and flu season can wreak havoc on the immune system. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , Americans get approximately one billion colds each year, while influenza affects approximately 60 million Americans ...
Living Well
Natural practitioners guide their patients to healthy lifestyles that can help prevent or reverse signs of illness.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the public health challenge of the 21st century is chronic disease. Seven out of 10 deaths among Americans each year are from chronic diseases, and heart disease, cancer and ...
Pulmonary Support: A Natural Approach
The average person takes 15 to 20 breaths per minute (more than 20,000 breaths daily), according to the American Lung Association, and the lungs trans- fer the oxygen taken with each breath through the bloodstream to every cell in the body. Consequently, anything that the body breathes in can affect the lungs. Shannon Jenkins, DO, ...
A Natural Approach To GI Inflammation
Botanicals provide sound solutions for patients’ gastrointestinal issues.The father of modern medicine, Hippocrates, once said, “All disease begins in the gut.” That statement couldn’t be truer today. Scientists refer to the gut as the body’s “second brain” as more than half of the body’s nerve cells are located in the gut. Further, approximately 70 percent ...
A Natural Approach To Joint Health
As many Americans grow dissatisfied with traditional care for joint issues, more are turning to natural practitioners for alternative solutions.Every movement that the human body makes puts pressure on the joints, and as the body ages, wear and tear on the joints can cause pain, inflammation and discomfort.According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
A Natural Approach To Regaining Energy And Endurance
With many Americans fighting fatigue on a daily basis, they are now looking to their health care practitioners for advice on how to reclaim their energy.Managing busy family lives can take a lot out of a person.Couple that with the fact that many Americans do not exercise enough, have a restful sleep or eat the ...
An Alternative Approach To Sexual Function
Botanicals offer natural practitioners solutions for men’s and women’s sexual function issues.Americans have witnessed a former politician in a television commercial for an erectile dysfunction drug, which made the subject a bit less taboo.Unfortunately, many men and women still feel that they are alone when it comes to problems with sexual function and would rather ...
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