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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease. Thomas Edison. |
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Naturopathic
News is a quarterly newsletter written by Naturopathic Doctors
who are members of the North Carolina Association of Naturopathic
Physicians. It's purpose is to educate consumers about health and
wellness news that is useful and practical in your daily life. Each
quarter we will include information about nutrition, exercise, specific
vitamins and nutrients, as well as book reviews and healthy recipes.
Please feel free to pass it onto your friends and relatives. Suggestions
for issues to include are welcome. Please visit our website for
information on how to find an ND in your area or in other parts of the
state.
Naturopathic medicine is a
primary health care profession emphasizing prevention and treatment of
disease
with the use of natural non-toxic therapies. The naturopathic
perspective views
each person as a whole and recognizes the healing force within each
individual.
Natural therapies are used to support and stimulate that vital healing
force. A
naturopathic doctor addresses the underlying cause or imbalance within a
person
rather than simply treating one's problem symptomatically. Naturopathic
therapies include clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy,
hydrotherapy,
physical medicine and lifestyle counseling.
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Vitamin
D: The "Miracle Vitamin"
Dr. Crystal Abernathy, N.D.
 Vitamin D is involved in
almost every process in the entire human body. In fact, some research
indicates
that it may in fact not even be a vitamin, but rather a hormone. Vitamin
D
deficiency can lead to conditions as varied as diabetes, fatigue
(including
chronic fatigue syndrome), extreme body aches & pains/fibromyalgia,
osteoporosis, obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, depression
and other
mood disorders, cancer, depressed immunity and inability to fight all
kinds of
infections, allergies, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis,
seasonal cold
& flu epidemics, and many other. http://www.ncanp.com/HealthArticles.html
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You Need Fat in Your Diet
to Reap
Cancer Prevention:
Benefits of Vegetables
by
Susan Delaney
 The conventional wisdom of
eating no-fat/low-fat diet may be lacking scientific support these days.
Wendy
White, an associate professor of food science and nutrition at Iowa
State University,
conducted a study that shows eating salad vegetables with fat promotes
the
absorption of lycopene, alpha and beta-carotenes. These nutrients are
needed by
your body to prevent heart disease and cancer, so eating salad and
vegetables devoid of fat deprives your body of these healthy substances.
http://www.ncanp.com/HealthArticles.html
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News Seen through a
Naturopathic Doctor's
Eyes
by
Gil Alvarado, N.D., L.Ac.
 A recent study published in
the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Volume 102, Number 8 Pp.
529-537) has concluded that eating fruits and vegetables doesn't seem
to make much difference in preventing cancer in people. This study
included
over 400,000 men and women from 10 European countries aged 25-70 years. http://www.ncanp.com/HealthArticles.html
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Book Descriptions
by Jennifer Ito, ND
The New ME, Metabolic Effect Diet: Metabolic Effect Diet: Eat More, Work Out Less, and Actually Lose Weight While You Rest by Jade Teta, ND and Keoni Teta, ND
Docere, or doctor as teacher,
is one of our six principles
of Naturopathic Medicine. It refers to the doctor/patient relationship
as seen
by the naturopath, where the doctor and patient are in equal
partnership. Guided by their Naturopath, patients learn to work with
their own innate
natural healing ability so they can take responsibility for their own
health. In line with that principle, I often point my patients to
reliable resources, my favorite of which is books. In some cases the
book
itself is the medicine. In this column I will review books written by
Naturopathic Doctors and comment on how and for whom I might prescribe
them. http://www.ncanp.com/HealthArticles.html
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Aerobic Exercise Fails at Fat Loss
By
Jade A. Teta ND, CSCS and Keoni Teta ND, LAc, CSCS
Aerobic exercise is one of the worst ways to burn fat. Most
people will find this statement shocking. After all, the fitness experts
have
been telling us for decades that aerobic exercise is the only way to
reach
optimal body composition. They are wrong. If you are serious about fat
loss,
you should seriously rethink your exercise program. Replacing an aerobic
regime, with one focused on anaerobic cardiovascular exercise is the
surest way
to increase fat consumption during exercise and rest. http://www.ncanp.com/HealthArticles.html
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