Questions and Answers

1. What are the best monthly newsletters -- holistic, integrative, complementary, alternative -- for lay persons and practitioners?

Nutrition & Healing by Drs. Jonathan Wright and Alan Gaby, 800-528-0559

Interestingly written from a conditions-and-issues basis, well indexed each year, excellent for transitioning holistic practitioners, worthy of buying all past issues [see Acknowledgements]. 

Self Healing by Dr. Andrew Weil, 800-523-3296

Very strong in botanical medicine; integrative of spirit-emotion-mind-body; chronicles what's-now-and-what's-new with Andy [see Acknowledgements].

Health & Healing by Dr. Julian Whitaker, 800-539-8219

Passionately written by a its-not-alternative-its-just-good-medicine physician, well indexed, well referenced.

 

2. What are the best monthly journals for holistic transitioning practitioners and interested lay persons?

TOWNSEND LETTER for Doctors and Patients, 360-385-0699

"The Examiner of Medical Alternatives", eclectic format with a chat-room style.

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 800-345-8112

Larry Dossey, MD, Editor; the editorials alone are worth the subscription price; holistic! -- i.e., spirit/emotion/mind/body -- i.e., some of the other journals are strong on mind-body but soft on spirit-emotion; peer reviewed.

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 301-251-0318

"Research on Paradigm, Practice and Policy", the so-called "Blue Journal", peer reviewed.

Alternative & Complementary Therapies, 914-834-3100

The so-called "Green Journal"; eclectic, integrative, alternative medicine's alternative to Conn's Current Therapy.

Common Boundary, 800-548-8737

"Exploring Psychology, Spirituality and Creativity", offers a balance to mind-body journals.