GOES MAINSTREAM Today’s Complementary Trends Support Natural Health Care by Kathleen Barnes
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aven’t we all at some time shifted to more healthy foods, enjoyed a massage, consulted with a chiro-
practor or naturopath, popped a vitamin C supplement or attended a yoga, Tai chi, qigong or Pilates class? Many of us also meditate regularly and pray for sick friends and relatives. If we’ve engaged in any of these
activities, we are among the nearly two-thirds of Americans that use complementary and alternative medi- cine (CAM) therapies each year. While these approaches to wellness have been practiced for millennia, it’s only been in the past decade or so that they have begun to move from the U.S. alternative fringe into the American mainstream. The widespread use of CAM
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therapies is due to a confluence of three trends: a growing body of cred- ible scientific research that supports their effectiveness; popular demand for these natural, non-invasive and effective therapies; and growing recognition by conventional practitioners that healing is accomplished through holistic treatments that address body, mind and spirit.
Signs of the Times Today, even the staid American Medical Association recommends a multivita- min supplement for virtually everyone; you can find a yoga class in almost any YMCA or community college; presti- gious medical schools have departments of complementary and alternative medi- cine; and some hospitals are encourag-
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