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Gut Feelings
The gastrointestinal tract is responsible for many slightly panicked visits—here’s how to help calm the issues. Digestive issues seem more prevalent than ever. Part of this is because they are, and another is that there is so much more awareness due to marketing of OTCs (over-the-counters) and pharmaceuticals aimed at upper and lower digestive symptom ...
High-fiber Diet May Reduce Risk Of Dementia
We’re always hearing that we should eat more fiber. It’s known to be vitally important for a healthy digestive system and also has cardiovascular benefits like reduced cholesterol. Now, evidence is emerging that fiber is also important for a healthy brain. In a new study published in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience, researchers in Japan have shown ...
Where the Spirit Meets the Gut
Treating IBS and IBD with ayurvedic strategies. Digestive concerns are often one of the classic reasons that bring patients into our clinics each year. Whether from an auto-immune angle, such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, or for those with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms and non-specific food intolerances, the naturopathic doctor remains one the ...
Accelerating Personalized Nutrition in 2021
The American Nutrition Association (ANA) has identified the following trends to watch in 2021. Immune Resilience The global pandemic is top of mind among the world’s health care community as vaccine programs are mobilized. Many health experts are noting the important role that personalized nutrition (PN) can play in confronting challenges posed by the pandemic. PN is ...
Maintaining & Supporting the Immune System
Keeping one’s immune system strong is paramount, especially given today’s current events and the benefits it provides for overall health. Now more than ever, patients are in search of ways to keep their immune systems as fit as possible. The word “fit” was utilized for a reason—immune support can be cared for in multiple ways, ...
Child’s Play
Helping children enjoy overall health and well-being is more critical now than ever. Although you may not focus much on children as patients or clients, their parents who are devoted to your practice likely slip in requests for advice about how to handle common issues with their children. According to www.healthychildren.org, the top 10 most ...
A Gut Check on Probiotics and Enzymes
Probiotics and enzymes are versatile, as they address gut health and general wellness. Every person has bacteria in his or her body. Some bacteria are, of course, harmful, but others are helpful. To balance the gut, many people take probiotics, which are live bacteria that are particularly beneficial to the digestive system by improving one’s ...
The Effects of Five Different Sweeteners on Weight Gain/Loss
By Prof. Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG) Huntington University of Health Sciences The public and health care professionals alike have always had a love/hate relationship with low-calorie sweeteners—especially artificial sweeteners. Many like that fact that these sweeteners have no calories but dislike the fact that they are synthetic. I do understand the sentiment. This is ...
Testing Technology Update
Improve the health and well-being of your patients by using data from innovative testing methods to develop personalized treatment plans. People are more self-aware than ever—paying more attention to their bodies’ signals, habits and expressions and overall constitution. This is good news in that they can likely be more eloquent when describing what they are ...
First Gut Bacteria May Have Lasting Effect on Ability to Fight Chronic Diseases
New research showing that the first bacteria introduced into the gut have a lasting impact may one day allow science to adjust microbiomes—the one-of-a-kind microbial communities that live in our gastrointestinal (GI) tracts—to help ward off serious chronic diseases. Findings by the University of Alberta (U of A) microbial ecologist Jens Walter and his colleagues ...
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