NP Features
Perchance to Dream
Americans are being robbed of quality sleep (and therefore, broken dreams)—here’s how you can help. “Idon’t sleep well anymore,” is perhaps one of the most common admissions heard today. And, when one person comments about his/her lousy sleep, it sparks a rather convivial conversation wherein just about everyone agrees that quality sleep is now woefully ...
How Sweet It Is: Helping Patients Manage Blood Sugar
High blood sugar is years in the making, but you can help your patients take control with dietary supplements and lifestyle changes. Before type 2 diabetes sets in, you can help your patients potentially stave it off. But it appears that there may be several baked-in misunderstandings about the cause of erratic blood sugar and ...
2022 Practitioner’s Choice Awards
Natural Practitioner (NP) magazine polled its practitioner readers on their most recommended products to compile its 2022 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 2022 Practitioner’s Choice Awards represent a random sampling of practitioners across the country polled ...
Pre-, Pro- and Postbiotics: The Benefits on Health
Beyond digestive health, what do natural practitioners recommend biotics for? Though probiotics have been around since ancient times, they only began to gain popularity approximately 150 years ago. And since the 1990s, these “good bacteria” have garnered increased interest. While much is known about the benefits of pre-, pro- and postbiotics when it comes to ...
Putting Health to the Test
As patients become more health conscious, the demand for personalized results from testing labs continues to increase. Testing labs can be effective resources for practitioners who need answers about their patients’ medical conditions. These labs have the tools needed to perform diagnostic tests with quick results so that practitioners can interpret them and suggest the ...
Stress and Relaxation: Intersections and Information
What are natural health practitioners and manufacturers seeing now related to stress and relaxation in the U.S.? Stress. The word means many different things to different people. Among its many definitions, stress is defined in Merriam-Webster as, “to cause or experience physical or emotional tension.” That clearly sums up how many around the world are ...
Aging Gracefully
Patients want to live their best lives but may need to manage health challenges. Here’s how to help. Although Ponce de Leon’s mythical Fountain of Youth has yet to be found, research is discovering how accelerated aging may be slowed down if not prevented. Patients choose to work with naturopaths as they already have the ...
Practical Immune Support
People have a new mindset—immune support as a health priority. Here’s how to help them navigate the complexity of good health. New COVID-19 variant BA.5 plus Monkeypox equals increased traffic to your practice for immune safety—especially with the annual cold season about to begin. Integrative medicine physician Jeff Gladd, MD, chief medical officer at Fullscript ...
Whole Child Health
Innovation, information and integration for children’s health. Whether the mom or dad of a new baby or seasoned pros of teenagers, parents have a lot of questions about the health of their children. “Is this normal?” and “At what age should my child do this?” are common questions floating around pediatricians’ offices. Natural practitioners want ...
Combatting Pain and Inflammation
A panel of experts discuss causes and natural treatments for pain and inflammation so that patients can feel their best. Panelists: Kristin Chapman, Product Manager, Life Extension, Fort Lauderdale, FL, www.lifeextension.com Crystal M. Gossard, DCN, Education Specialist, Life Extension, Fort Lauderdale, FL, www.lifeextension.com Dayna Dye, Education Content Writer, Life Extension, Fort Lauderdale, FL, www.lifeextension.com Vanessa ...
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