NP 2012
Sleeping Easy
As more Americans struggle with getting a good night’s rest, practitioners are encouraging both lifestyle changes and supplements to help them achieve that goal.Sleep is a critical biological function that influences a wide variety of physiological processes. Sleep deficiency can affect mood and the ability to make memories and learn, but it also affects metabolism, ...
Process Of Elimination
Natural steps for detoxification provide tools to enhance the body’s own processes—or aid in a more aggressive approach.Natural detoxification is not a new concept: the use of herbs, minerals and other organic ingredients as a means of cleansing the body has been practiced for centuries and by cultures worldwide.But detoxification is a natural process that ...
A Tough Egg To Crack
With infertility a looming threat, getting pregnant requires discipline from patients and emotional, nutritional and lifestyle guidance from practitioners.An egg and a sperm meet. Nine months later, we have laughter, tears and countless adorable photographs posted on Facebook walls.Lost in the pageantry and simplicity lies a fact that natural practitioners know all too well: Having ...
Special Report: Branded Nutritional Ingredients
Offering readers insight on the clinical backing and strategic development that has gone into top-tier ingredients.Abranded ingredient on a finished product label has became shorthand for 1) an ingredient’s uniqueness and/or how it is produced, 2) scientific studies back its safety and efficacy, 3) GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status is approved in the United States, ...
Tools Of The Trade
Diagnostic AssistanceIllinois-based Doctor’s Data, Inc. (DDI) is a clinical laboratory founded in 1972, as part of Miller Pharmaceutical, Inc., a dietary supplements supplier to complementary medical practitioners.When George Hickok, then leader of Miller, left the company, he took ownership of DDI with him, continuing to serve the natural practitioner market in a more specific way.DDI’s ...
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 ...
Holistic Health’s Female Focus
What are the top women’s health risks? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) the leading causes of death in females in the United States are heart disease, cancer and stroke.Another way of answering this question depends on their age group. Tori Hudson, ND, who serves on the scientific advisory board for ...
2012 Company Profiles
Curious about the companies offering dietary supplements and natural products for you to provide your patients? Want to know about their ingredient sourcing, quality assurance measures and formulation techniques? Looking for information on the services provided by diagnostic laboratories or the origins of proven branded ingredients? Then Natural Practitioner’s 2012 Company Profiles are here to ...
Encouraging Natural Bone Health
Osteoporosis and low bone mass are not mandatory conditions of aging.With that in mind, natural strategies should help raise expectations for good bone health.According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, osteoporosis is not part of normal aging although many people continue to believe this is true. A long term, national effort is needed to educate younger ...
Insightful Vision Care
Poets say, “The night has a thousand eyes.”Meanwhile, human beings are blessed with just two, and they’d better take care of them if they want to continue reading Kindles and seeing sunsets into their eighth and ninth decades.On the cutting edge of technology, this may call for sophisticated surgical procedures like vitrectomy to repair damage ...
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