Natural Practitioner Magazine
2026 Practitioner’s Choice Awards
Natural Practitioner (NP) magazine polled its practitioner readers on their most recommended products to compile its 2026 Practitioner’s Choice Awards. After all, who is better qualified to determine the industry’s winners than the people who recommend them to their patients? The 2026 Practitioner’s Choice Awards represent a random sampling of practitioners across the country polled ...
Naturopathic Medicine On the National Stage
A Seat at the Table: Naturopathic Doctors Called to Lead It has been a demanding year for naturopathic medicine on the legislative front. So far this year, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) has raised alarms about the proposed AHEAD “Do No Harm” Accountability Framework, which threatens to penalize integrative, whole-person and small-practice professions ...
Strategies for Formulating Evidence-Based Supplements with Compelling and Substantiated Claims
Are you familiar with the phrase “soapbox issue?” If not, it refers to a topic that someone cares about deeply and brings up frequently to express a strong opinion or complaint. The phrase comes from the 19th and early 20th centuries when public speakers stood on empty wooden crates to elevate themselves in parks or ...
INM Joins National Leaders at Andrew Weil Center Convening on Whole-person Care
This month, the Institute for Natural Medicine (INM) was invited to a national convening on whole-person care, hosted by the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine (AWCIM) Oct. 12-14. Wyn Delano, INM’s deputy director, and I joined national health care leaders and experts in research, marketing and public relations for three days of work on ...
Turning Off the Brain Inflammation
The frequent common denominator for pain, sensitivity, weight gain and more. In earlier columns we discussed an organized approach to pain. This included the four domains of: 1. Biochemistry (herbals, nutrients and meds) 2. Structural (e.g. chiropractic, osteopathy, massage and myofascial release, etc.) 3. Biophysics (e.g. acupuncture, chakra, FSM, etc.) 4. Mind-body We also discussed ...
Metabolic Matters
Natural Practitioner explores the natural remedies and lifestyle approaches practitioners can use to address blood sugar support and metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome and blood sugar problems are increasingly common in patients of all ages. One 2026 systematic review and modelling analysis published in Nature Communications found that the prevalence of metabolic syndrome rose by 16 ...
Down the Waterfall
Natural solutions to manage the cascading effects of stress and anxiety. The 2025 Stress in America report1 from the American Psychological Association (APA) indicates several significant stressors: future of the nation (76 percent), the economy (75 percent), work among employed adults (69 percent), misinformation (69 percent), housing costs (65 percent), societal divisiveness (62 percent), emerging ...
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[Extra! Extra!] Practitioner Roundtable—Continued
In the September/October 2026 print issue of Natural Practitioner (NP), an expert panel of practitioners talked trends they are noticing, technology, patient- and self-care, as well as the future of complementary and integrative health. Here is a continuation of what they had to say. Participants: Rudrani Banik, MD, IFMCP, Double Board-certified Neuro-Ophthalmologist and Functional Medicine ...
We Are the Ground They Tilled: A Call to Protect the Future of Naturopathic Medicine
Some stories stay with us long after they happen. As I reflected on what I wanted to share at the AANP Annual Gala and Awards after spending the week connecting with hundreds of my fellow naturopathic doctors, one memory kept returning to me. It wasn’t about legislation, organizational milestones or professional accomplishments. It was about ...
Natural Fisetin: A Synolytic and Anti-inflammatory Agent for Healthy Aging
The term “hallmarks of aging” refers to the biological processes that drive aging. When first introduced into the scientific literature in 2013,1 nine hallmarks of aging were identified. This framework was updated in 20232 to include a total of 12 hallmarks, which describe interconnected biological processes that together drive aging across tissues and organ systems. ...
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