Sugar May Supercharge Antibiotic Gut Damage Hospital Study Suggests
By Allison Proffitt October 6, 2026 | Cutting back on sweets while taking antibiotics could help protect the gut’s bacterial community, according to a study published yesterday in Nature that...
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Follow the Money: Nasal Microbiome, Women’s Wellness
By Integrative Practitioner Staff September 30, 2026 | Funding news from around the wellness space including investments in microbiome testing, smart food brands, sweat-based hydration monitoring, AI for health and...
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A 1970s Lipid-Lowering Compound May Offer a New Approach to Obesity
Obesity can cause metabolic conditions, including abnormal blood lipid levels, insulin resistance, and diabetes. Incretin-based drugs, such as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), continue to see widespread use for...
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Rethinking Pregnancy Nutrition: The Overlooked Issue of Environmental Chemical Exposure
By Irene Yeh Eating a healthy diet during pregnancy may come with an unexpected tradeoff: some foods recommended for good nutrition can also be sources of environmental chemical exposure. The...
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Fluorescent Nanosensor Offers Rapid Way to Measure Gut Health Biomarker
By Integrative Practitioner Staff Researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a...
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Keto Diet Could Be an Effective Treatment for Anorexia
By Irene Yeh Anorexia nervosa is a mental illness characterized by extreme food restriction, self-starving, significant weight loss, fear of gaining weight, and body dissatisfaction. Even after restoring weight, patients...
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Connecting Patients, Providers, and Farmers to Improve Chronic Care and Local Economies
By Irene Yeh Food intervention programs not only benefit patients by improving their lifestyle and health conditions but can enhance local economies, quality performance, and chronic care outcomes. At this...
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How to Integrate Food as Medicine into Existing Care Models
By Irene Yeh At this month’s Food as Medicine Summit, there were many conversations surrounding getting payers involved in expanding food as medicine into healthcare and how to expand programs...
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