WELLNESS CAREERS– BOARDS AND REGISTRATION EXAMS

This blog is co-authored by Amanda Lattin, ACHS Aromatherapy Program Chair, Professor So you’ve graduated from your ACHS program. What’s next? Are you ready to take the next steps? Before you put those books away and breathe a sigh of relief, get your board and registration exams scheduled and complete your professional membership applications! With […]

Wellness on the Rise: 3 Holistic Practices Sweeping Modern Healthcare

For years, complementary medicine has taken heat from the allopathic medicine world. Cutting terms like “quack” and “witch doctor” have been thrown around brutally, but the stigma is finally beginning to shake off. With more data showing the benefits of holistic healthcare, more patients are turning to alternative treatments. I recently read an interesting article […]

Holistic Nutrition for Busy People

According to the American College of Sports Medicine’s Health & Fitness Journal, getting healthy could be as easy as seven minutes a day! Curious how? Keep reading to learn more…

Exploring the Indonesian Herbal Tradition of Jamu

By Dorene Petersen, President, American College of Healthcare Sciences This past May, I was invited to speak at the Asian Aroma Ingredients Congress & Expo on the beautiful Indonesian island of Bali. This biannual conference brings together producers, processors, exporters, scientists, and educators (like me!) to discuss essential oils, essential oil products, and the future […]

Holistic Nutrition in History: Neanderthals Used Plants for Medicine?

An international team of scientists from the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Agriculture and Environment recently identified that Neanderthals “cooked veggies and used plants for medicine”. [1] What does this mean to us? While much of the research about Neanderthals describes them as primarily meat eaters, this new research suggests that they consumed far more […]