Diet helps protect against hospital-acquired infection
Photo Cred: Adhy Savala/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A diet high in carbohydrates and low in fats and protein may help alleviate the hospital-acquired infection Clostridioides difficile, according to a new study...
Read MoreVA teaching kitchens offer nutrition education to older veterans
Photo Cred: Max Delsid/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthy Teaching Kitchen programs offers a new vehicle for nutrition education among older veterans, according...
Read MoreInsight into the integrative psycho-oncology program at Inova Life With Cancer
Photo Cred: Courtesy Photo/Inova Life With Cancer By Bill Reddy, LAc, DiplAc While waiting for credentialing as a new hire for the Inova Health System based in Falls Church, Virginia,...
Read MorePracticing direct primary care with an integrative focus
Photo Cred: StockSnap/Pixabay By Wendy Pecoraro, MSN, APRN, DipACLM In our integrative care practices, we convey the importance of downtime, mindfulness, movement, sleep, spending time in nature, and fostering meaningful...
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#79 – The role of our food system in chronic disease
Mark Hyman, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss the ways our food system influences policy, science, health, social justice and environment and climate change. This episode is sponsored...
Read MoreIntegrative healthcare trends to watch in 2020
By Katherine Shagoury As we celebrate not only the start of a new year, but the start of a new decade, we’re taking a closer look at the trends in...
Read MoreHalf of population projected to have obesity by 2030, Harvard study says
Photo Cred: Robert Bye/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury About half of the adult U.S. population will have obesity and about a quarter will have severe obesity by 2030, according to a...
Read MoreAddressing controversial food claims with patients
By Laura Rokosz, PhD The internet has had a resounding impact on human health. There is so much information at our fingertips, but, unless you are an authority, interpretation of...
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