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2023 Practitioner’s Choice Awards
Natural Practitioner (NP) magazine polled its practitioner readers on their most recommended products to compile its 2023 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 2023 Practitioner’s Choice Awards represent a random sampling of practitioners across the country polled ...
Blood Sugar & Metabolic Health: What’s Next?
Lifestyle changes and natural supplements may help improve blood sugar and metabolic health. When thinking of preventing heart disease, many people aren’t automatically considering metabolic health. In fact, most people aren’t aware of what metabolic syndrome even is. This is a cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular disease. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, the cluster ...
Baby, It’s Cold OUCH-Side
Cold weather kicks up the joint pain and often muscle discomfort. Be ready! Nobody wants their mobility impaired. There’s way too much to do, especially around the holiday season. So much merriment to be had! However, pain, discomfort, inflammation and soreness can slow people down—and those who enjoy being active and fit will experience less-than-sufficient ...
Growing Older Gracefully
How the healthy aging marketplace is faring post-pandemic and what new trends are emerging. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), by 2030, one in six people will be over age 60. This means that the population for this demographic will increase from 1 billion in 2020 to 1.4 billion. And by 2050, said WHO, ...
Lab Testing Enters a New Era
With the convergence of the mapping of the human genome and pandemic-fueled at-home testing, direct-to-patient lab tests have exploded in popularity. The at-home diagnostics market in the U.S. is expected to be valued at $8.5 billion by 2030, expanding by 4.5 percent annually.1 Used to assess health status, genetic predispositions, previously undiagnosed medical issues and ...
Strengthening Immune Health
Which products and lifestyle changes may best support a healthy immune system? It starts as a tickle in the throat. Then a few sneezes. Before long, a full-blown cold, flu or another virus has incapacitated an otherwise healthy individual. What gives? Immune health is key to overall health and affects many other systems in the ...
Children’s Health: From Immunity to Mental Wellness
Many parents are entrusting natural practitioners with their children’s health; here are some products and approaches for practitioners to consider implementing in their practices. One of the most crucial concerns for parents is keeping their children healthy. And many parents are turning toward the naturopathic and homeopathic industries for products. “Parents are in control of ...
Practitioner Roundtable
Participants: Jeff Anshel, OD, FAAO, Author of Smart Medicine for Your Eyes (Second Edition), Kapaa, HI, https://cvconsulting.com/ Dr. Nicole Avena, Princeton, NJ, www.drnicoleavena.com Michael Edson, MS, LAc, New Paltz, NY, www.naturaleyecare.com Marc Grossman OD, LAc, New Paltz, NY, www.naturaleyecare.com Jason Napuli, DC, Adjunct professor at Logan University and Chief of Chiropractic and Complementary & Integrative ...
What’s New in the World of Biotics & Enzymes
The microbiome’s relationship with health continues to prove powerful, and biotics and enzymes can help your patients/clients to support long-term homeostasis. Your patients seem to love them. Probiotics (and related pre-, syn- and post-) are perceived as powerful for health promotion. According to ADM Outside Voice consumer research, 58 percent of global consumers see a ...
“What’s in That?”
Tips, techniques and products to help your patients/clients navigate the tricky world of food allergies and intolerances. Approximately 20 million people were living in the U.S. with food allergies as of 2021, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). This number has risen steadily in children over the past 20 years. While ...
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