Natural Practitioner Magazine
An Immunity Improvement
Alternative approaches are becoming more popular for patients as they look to strengthen their first line of defense—the immune system.Maintaining a strong immune system is at the base of preventative health care. Immune system health is a fickle thing; not only are essential nutrients critical for the production and maintenance of key germ-fighting cells in ...
Lifestyle’s Link To Brain Health
The correlation between unhealthy lifestyles and Alzheimer’s and dementia, and suggests promise for supplements that increase brain function.According to 2011 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures, a report from the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 5.4 million Americans are known to be living with the disease.What’s worse, the prevalence of decreased brain health and memory decline among ...
An Integrative Approach To Restoring Digestive Health
As Americans’ lifestyles increase the frequency and severity of digestive distress, natural practitioners have the tools to help sufferers restore balance.The American Gastroenterological Association reports that nearly 50 percent of theU. S. population has digestive issues that impact their personal and professional lives.From acid indigestion, reflux and regurgitation; to constipation, Crohn’s disease, diarrhea, irritable bowel ...
Treating Springtime Allergies The Natural Way
Natural practitioners offer therapies to ease for allergy sufferers’ symptoms.As Cold winter days begin to turn into the bright, sunny days of spring, most Americans are happy to see the temperature rise and the flowers bloom.While many are glad to see the winter come to an end, those suffering from springtime allergies dread the days ...
Natural Approaches To Treating Stress & Anxiety
Wholistic practitioners offer a well-rounded dose of natural support for the overly stressed.The stress level of most Americans (unsurprisingly) is quite high. Faced with today’s all-too-common issues, such as paying bills, finding work, raising children, a hectic lifestyle and any number of other daily challenges, it’s no wonder that many U.S. adults confess to being ...
Nutritional Support For Heart & Cardiovascular Health
Natural and alternative therapies offer safe approaches to improved cardiovascular health.There’s little about Americans’ lifestyles that don’t lend themselves to creating cardiovascular issues: insufficient exercise; diets dependent on heavily processed foods leading to an obesity epidemic and skyrocketing cholesterol levels; financial issues causing stress levels to go through the roof. Then, there’s the genetic aspect ...
Overcoming Obesity, Naturally
Natural practitioners—and natural approaches—play a leading role in helping patients decrease their weight.Obesity, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), exists when an adult has a body mass index (a calculation based on height and weight) of 30 or higher. Alarmingly, this adverse medical condition exists among approximately 34 percent of ...
Supplement Science: Magnesium: A Mineral for Better Health
Magnesium is an essential mineral for health that is required for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body. It helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function, keeps heart rhythm steady, supports a healthy immune system and keeps bones strong. Magnesium also helps regulate blood sugar levels, promotes normal blood pressure, and is known to ...
Regaining Control
Expanding waistlines and staggering statistics have consumers actively seeking natural options to help get their blood sugar in line.According to the American Diabetes Association, 23.6 million children and adults have diabetes—7.8 percent of the US population. Of these, 5.7 million do not know they have the disease.Each year, about 1.6 million people aged 20 or ...
The Importance Of GMP Compliance
In essence, the Dietary Supplement Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) Final Rule 21 CFR Part 111, issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) June 2007, requires that the proper controls be in place for dietary supplements during manufacturing, packaging, labeling and holding operations. The move was supposedly in response to concerns about substandard dietary ...
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