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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 ...
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 ...
Laurel Mellin, PhD
Laurel Mellin, PhD is an associate clinical professor emeritus of family and community medicine and pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine and the founder of Emotional Brain Training (EBT). She is a health psychologist and her primary expertise is in preventing and treating stress-induced problems, including mental health problems, ...
Vitamin K: The Little Known Vitamin With a Big Role in Health
In the nutrition world, some vitamins are important to our health, but don’t stand out. While we tend to hear a lot about the importance of vitamins C and D lately, we need to keep in mind that there are other vitamins out there that support the functions of our bodies, and that without them, ...
Greg Sazima, MD
1899 E. Roseville Pkwy., #100 Roseville, CA 95661 Phone: (916) 995-0593 Email: [email protected] Website: www.practicalmindfulnessbook.com Greg Sazima, MD is a psychiatrist, educator and author based in Northern California. He teaches physicians-in-training at Stanford’s Family Medicine Residency Program. His new book, Practical Mindfulness: A Physician’s No-Nonsense Guide to Meditation for Beginners, is available now. Q: What ...
Meditation: Just What the Doctor Ordered (For Themself and Their Patients)
Meditation is one of those tried and true therapeutic tools that we all have in the back of our heads and are perhaps routinely recommending to patients in your office. In this article, I’ll be examining the importance of your own self care through meditation as a health care provider. We’ll also look at the ...
Chronic Stress Is Killing Us
A recent Pew research poll conducted in February found that approximately one-third of the U.S. population experienced anxiety and occasional difficulty sleeping in the previous week. When asked about the future, only 22 percent of respondents reported feeling hopeful most of the time, leaving 78 percent with only occasional to slim feelings of hope for ...
Tech Support: How Technology Can Make Healthy Eating Easier
Regardless of your diet or lifestyle, navigating a grocery store and figuring out which products are the best for you can be overwhelming. There are so many products and they aren’t always transparent in the marketing either. Whether you have food allergies, are taking certain medications, following a strict diet, or are simply curious about ...
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