NP 2021
Turning to Turmeric: Potential Health Benefits of Oral and Topical Use
Turmeric has a long history of use in cooking, medicine and cosmetics. For centuries, cultures in India have used this spice as a staple for their cuisine. It has long been valued for its beautiful golden color and aromatic flavor. Turmeric also holds an important place in traditional herbal medicinal practices. Included in the manifold ...
Matthew Fogel, CannaCore, The Green Elephant
Matthew Fogel is a board-certified family nurse practitioner, an entrepreneur, business owner and published author. He graduated from Simmons University in Boston, MA with a master’s degree as a family nurse practitioner. Fogel is the co-founder of CannaCore, a company dedicated to cannabis focused education and patient empowerment. He is a fierce advocate for cannabis ...
Maximizing Immunity: What Can You Do to Make the Most Your Immune Health?
Some are suggesting that the interest in immune system health is here to stay, and I agree. The pandemic has ignited an interest in preventing illness, and the best way to achieve this goal is to have a strong immune system. What Exactly Does the Immune System Do in Your Body? The immune system is ...
Enhancing Immune Function With Maitake Fruiting Body Extract
The medicinal mushroom extracts have continued to grow in popularity as a segment of the dietary supplement market. In fact, the global medicinal mushroom extract market size is projected to reach $261.8 million (U.S.) by 2026, from $198.7 million (U.S.) in 2021, at a coumpound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.7 percent during 2021-2026.1 Of ...
Introducing Enzy-biotics
Enzymes and supplemental biotics are growing, morphing and playing off each other. Many of your patients/clients know about probiotics and enzymes for digestive complaints and regularity. But yet many still look at these products as short-term tools, not quite understanding that they should be consumed regularly and long-term like multivitamins, especially as they get older. ...
Practitioner Roundtable
The Participants: Serena Goldstein, ND, San Francisco, CA, www.drserenagoldstein.com Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, Kailua Kona, HI, www.vitality101.com Nicole Avena, PhD, New York, NY & Princeton, NJ, www.drnicoleavena.com Elizabeth Livengood, ND, Tempe, AZ, (480) 495-0007, www.livengoodhealth.com Since Natural Practitioner’s (NP) inception, the field of complementary and integrative health (CIH) has grown. Here, NP talks with a panel ...
Tackling Pain & Inflammation
Education and prevention are key to managing this persistent problem. Achy back, hip, knee, shoulder pain and toothache are just a few examples of the various forms of pain and inflammation plaguing Americans. Unfortunately, pain and inflammation are incredibly prevalent problems that affect most people at some point during their lifetime. According to data from ...
Food is Medicine: A Strategy Whose Time Has Come!
You are what you eat. We’ve all heard that. But it is a little more complicated; you are what you eat, process, absorb and fail to eliminate correctly. Digestion and nutrient absorption are fundamental aspects of our health and understanding the gut microbiome is now a cutting edge of medicine. A study published in June ...
INM Creates an Interdisciplinary Advisory Board to Help Deliver on the Promise of Whole Health Models of Care
Health care is being re-imagined in the U.S. The medical profession is at a critical crossroads as the public gains greater awareness, acceptance and desire for integrative therapies and institutions are seeking to learn how to adopt and maximize this approach to health. Here are three examples that demonstrate a whole health movement is taking ...
Improving Male Sexual Function With Black Ginger Methoxyflavones, Fenugreek and Tribulus
As men age, there is often a decline in levels of testosterone. Research1 indicates that testosterone levels in men fall progressively with age and that a significant percentage of men over the age of 60 years have serum T levels that are below the lower limits of young adult men (age 20-30 years). Some studies2 ...
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