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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of standard care. Standard care is what medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, and allied health professionals, such as nurses and physical therapists, practice.
Complementary medicine is used together with standard medical care. An example is using acupuncture to help with side effects of cancer treatment.
Alternative medicine is used in place of standard medical care. An example is treating heart disease with chelation therapy (which seeks to remove excess metals from the blood) instead of using a standard approach.
The claims that CAM treatment providers make can sound promising. However, researchers do not know how safe many CAM treatments are or how well they work. Studies are underway to determine the safety and usefulness of many CAM practices.
To minimize the health risks of a CAM treatment
Discuss it with your doctor. It might have side effects or interact with other medicines
Find out what the research says about it
Choose CAM practitioners carefully
Tell all of your doctors and practitioners which CAM and standard treatments you use
NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Video Rating: / 5
You may already know a few ways to avoid getting sick like washing your hands, get enough sleep and stay hydrated but did you know that there are others you may not have thought of.
You are what you eat.
We’ve all heard that expression countless times from parents, teachers, and friends who encourage you to eat healthily. The food you eat gives your body the “information” and materials you need to function properly. Just like any computer, if you don’t get the right information into your body, your metabolic processing suffers and your health declines. You should be mindful of what you feed your body.
In today’s episode we’re here with Dr. Kathy Gruver who is going to open up her Alternative Medicine Cabinet to share with us her best tips and advice for boosting your immune system through alternative medicine. She strongly believes that the secret to the endless benefits of alternative medicine lies in the fact that it uses nature as the healer. She’ll help you better understand how alternative medicines can be a long term health benefits and overall wellness. Let’s dig deep into this episode with her as she shares more about:
* The secret of alternative medicine and why it shouldn’t really be an alternative
* How what we eat affects our health and impacts the way we live
* Suggestions on the types of foods that can keep you health, not what’s in the food pyramid
* Foods you think are healthy, but actually aren’t
About Kathy:
Kathy Gruver, PhD is a motivational health speaker, an award-winning author and hosts the national TV show based on her first book, The Alternative Medicine Cabinet (winner Beverly Hills Book Awards). She has earned her PhD in Natural Health and has authored five books including, Body/Mind Therapies for the Bodyworker, Conquer Your Stress with Mind/Body Techniques (Winner Indie Excellence Awards, Beverly Hills Book Awards, Global E-book Awards, Irwin Awards, Finalist for the USA Best Books Award), Journey of Healing (Winner USA Best Book Awards, Beverly Hills Book Awards, Pinnacle Awards, Indie Excellence Awards and the non-fiction category of the London Book Festival) and she co-wrote Market my Practice.
She has studied mind/body medicine at the famed Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at Harvard Medical School and has been featured as an expert in numerous publications including Glamour, Fitness, Time, More, Women, Wall Street Journal, CNN, WebMD, Prevention, Huffington Post, Yahoo.com, Ladies Home Journal, Dr. Oz’s The Good Life, First, and Women. Dr. Gruver has appeared as a guest expert on over 250 radio and TV shows including NPR, SkyNews London, Every Way Woman, Morning Blend in Las Vegas, CBS Radio, and Lifetime Television, and has done over 150 educational lectures around the world for everyone from nurses in the Middle East to 911 dispatchers in New Orleans, corporations around the US and teachers in her own backyard. She just completed work on a project for the military to create and institute a stress reduction program. For fun and stress relief Dr. Gruver does flying trapeze and hip hop dance.
Link to her official website:
http://www.kathygruver.com/
http://www.thealternativemedicinecabinet.com/
https://www.facebook.com/DrKathyGruver4health/
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Dr. Kathy Gruver author of The Alternative Medicine Cabinet. Kathy was honored this year with the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award in health and fitness by the Santa Barbara Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. She has also produced an instructional massage DVD, Therapeutic Massage at Home; Learn to Rub People the RIGHT Way speaking about natural health. She says it was a true joy to be recognized by that organization and the community for all her hard work in building her business and helping people heal.
Are you interested in exploring alternative healthcare options? Alternative medicine, such as acupuncute offers great options to patients looking for natural remedies for their health. Video Rating: / 5
What is complementary and alternative medicine? Dr. Jeffrey D. White, Director of the NCI’s Office of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, explains the different types of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and discusses what to think about when considering a CAM therapy, including separating fiction from CAM facts.
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More than 30 percent of cancer patients report using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) like yoga, acupuncture, and herbal supplements. As Dr. Nina Sanford explains, some can be beneficial while undergoing treatment, while others come with risks. Video Rating: / 5