Seattle Naturopathy & Acupuncture Center

10/19/2021

Retirement announcement & a new chapter for the clinic!

It is with bittersweet feelings we, Dr. Felice Barnow and Dr. Rick Posmantur, let you know that after thirty-five years of practice we are retiring. We will greatly miss all of you and our meaningful interactions, but we are looking forward to our next phase of life.

05/01/2020

We are now offering well-child visits & COVID-19 antibody testing! -

03/25/2020

💛We are here for you! - https://mailchi.mp/223fdfa0cbfd/we-are-here-for-you

03/16/2020

As of Monday, March 26th we are open for our normal business hours. Any patient that is presenting with a fever, flu (muscle aches, fevers, chills, malaise) or moderate to severe respiratory symptoms (cough, shortness of breathing, wheezing) will be required to call the office to consider changing their appointment to either a telemedicine visit or possibly be triaged to urgent care. We are also asking for patients with appointments that will likely not require a physical exam to also switch over to a telemedicine visit.

We will be practicing social distancing by having people not lingering in the waiting room and also will be asking patients to wait in their cars if they can before their appointment times.

If you need supplements you can still call on the phone to order them. We will bag them up and either hand them to you at the door or mail them to you at the end of the day.

Be well, and wash your hands!

12/25/2019

“Based on current knowledge, this long term benefit of tea consumption is due to the bioactive compounds in tea leaves... These compounds exhibit anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential and other bioactive properties that may protect the brain from vascular damage and neurodegeneration.” 🍵

Whether you drink green or black tea, this new study further builds on a growing body of research which says that a cup of tea a day can keep dementia away.

12/18/2019

Sweat for your health! 😅

More than 30 years of research have culminated together to show an astonishing array of health benefits from frequent sauna usage.

12/11/2019

Sleep hygiene is so 👏🏽 important👏🏽 but often never obtained. If you need help with your sleep, come talk to one of the docs at SNAC about it. We have so many resources to help get you to sleep, stay asleep, and wake well-rested!

I don’t know who needs to hear this but stop scrolling on Instagram at night and start meditating.

12/05/2019

Organic diets might not give you more vitamins, but they do give you less chemicals! The proof is in the (organic) pudding!

Eating organic foods free from pesticides is strongly correlated with a dramatic reduction in the risk of cancer, according to a groundbreaking study published today in an American Medical Association journal.

11/27/2019

Enough said 🍂

11/20/2019

Piggybacking off of last week's post, PPIs are nothing to be messed with! Safe (relatively) for short-term use, PPIs have often been prescribed for years, without FDA approval of longterm dosing. If you have chronic heartburn go see your naturopathic doctor. We have the training and tools to help you get your gastrointestinal tract back in proper working order.

A study has linked long-term use of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) to fatal cases of cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and upper gastrointestinal cancer.

11/13/2019

Have you on a PPI (proton pump inhibitor) such as omeprazole/Prilosec, Protonix, or Prevacid for a very long time? One stuy showed that over 75% of PPIs were over-prescribed! The doctors at SNAC have a lot of experience with helping patients come off their unneeded PPI meds while remaining symptom-free.

Popularity of the stomach- and intestine-protecting drugs has skyrocketed, but related adverse events, like osteoporotic fractures, C difficile infection, and pneumonia, are problematic.