Back to “Bases”: Acids, Alkaline Diets and the Body
Dr. Sarah King, ND @sarahhealthyfox Over the past few years, “alkaline” has become a health buzz word. Alkaline diets, and now new brands of alkaline water, are said to promote a healthier state in the body. The health buzz is that they attempt to alkalinize the body and help to prevent cancer since some cancer […]
Is It A Good Idea To Make Your Rehab A Luxury Experience?
Sponsored Post Is It A Good Idea To Make Your Rehab A Luxury Experience? If you are currently struggling with a serious addiction to drugs or alcohol, the time to seek professional help is now. You’ve gone along just as far as you can on your own. Now it’s time for you to get outside […]
Back to School Season Tough on Asthmatic Kids
(NaturalPath) Back to school season can be tough on some kids, not just because they are leaving all the summer fun behind, but because their asthma starts to get worse. One pediatric allergy specialist says that about 6 to 8 percent of school-age children have asthma. According to the University of Michigan Health System, this is […]
Beyond Eating Less and Exercising More: Timing is Everything
Dr. Alethea Fleming, ND We are all too familiar with the broken refrain that to lose weight we must eat less and exercise more. However, starvation portions and more time on the treadmill doesn’t work. This series examines several simple tweaks that help keep weight off. Timing is everything You may have heard of the […]
Cramming Doesn’t Work Long-term when Studying
(NaturalPath) It’s back to school time for some and that means studying. Whether you are in college or your children are in grade school or high school, studying becomes a significant part of your life. Procrastination also enters the pictures creating the need to cram for tests. According to a study out of the Association for […]
Start of School Can Worsen Bedwetting in Children
(NaturalPath) Anxiety can really affect your life, even more in children. Going back to school can be that stress. According to a study out of Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, while the urology department perennially sees bedwetting in children, there is an uptick in September from the anxiety of going back to school. “Back to school is […]
Razi Berry Publisher of NDNR & NaturalPath Accepts Impact Award at the Mindshare Summit
Advancing #Naturopathic Medicine The philosophy set forth at the annual Mindshare Summit is “A rising tide lifts all boats”. Lead by JJ Virgin, the annual meeting held in Southern California, celebrates a culture of collaboration versus competition. Attended by the top leaders in health and wellness digital media, the 3-day event strives to elevate and […]
Autism Healing Begins in the Gut!
Dr. Kendra Becker, ND It has been well reported that autism is intimately connected to the immune system and acts in some way as an autoimmune condition. Immunity begins to develop during the 14th week of gestation, as undifferentiated developing immune cells, which later become major cells of a human’s immune system, with specific and […]
Importance of Breakfast for Both Parent and Child
(NaturalPath) Planning on skipping that breakfast as you ran out of time before school in all the busyness? Don’t. According to a new study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, researchers found that online and in-person group education are effective in helping parents reduce breakfast-skipping and improve other breakfast nutritional […]
Dr. Kendra Becker, ND
Dr. Kendra Becker is one truly integrated physician practicing for 10 years; She is Connecticut’s only “4A Specialist” (asthma, autism, allergies, atopy/eczema). She holds an ND degree from University of Bridgeport and MS, APRN from Sacred Heart University. She is board certified in both areas. Her specialties include MTHFR, fertility and treatment of “the 4As” […]