{"id":2931,"date":"2025-10-14T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/naturopathy-in-september-2025-new-dimensions-new-standards-new-challenges\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T08:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:42:42","slug":"naturopathy-in-september-2025-new-dimensions-new-standards-new-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/en\/naturopathy-in-september-2025-new-dimensions-new-standards-new-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Naturopathy in September 2025: new dimensions, new standards, new challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>September was the month when naturopathy \u2014 previously more associated with the \u201calternative\u201d \u2014 began to form systemic signals: education, global initiatives, increased attention to evidence. For Ukraine, this means: time not just to catch up, but to set the tone.<\/p>\n\n<p>Below are key events, analysis, and signals for action.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Educational breakthrough: the intermittent fasting epidemic and epigenetics<\/h3>\n\n<p>Several important materials were published on the Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges (AANMC) website in September:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>&#8220;Intermittent Fasting: Clinical Evidence and Safe Implementation Protocol&#8221;<\/strong> is a detailed review of the evidence on when and how to use intermittent fasting in naturopathic practice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>&#8220;How Your Lifestyle Choices Control Your Genes: The Science of Epigenetics&#8221;<\/strong> is an article about how nutrition, stress management, and physical activity can affect gene expression.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>This is a signal: naturopathy is no longer just \u201cherbs + massage.\u201d It includes body science, biomarkers, personalization.<\/p>\n\n<p>For Ukrainian specialists, this is a chance to elevate the profession to a level where it will be perceived as part of integrative medicine.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Global initiative: World Health Organization (WHO) creates a library of traditional medicine<\/h3>\n\n<p>On September 25, 2025, WHO announced the launch of the Traditional Medicine Global Library (TMGL), a digital repository for traditional and complementary medicine, including naturopathy.<\/p>\n\n<p>The platform will integrate over 1.5 million records (logs, evidence cards, multimedia). This means:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>increasing access to research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>possibility of standardizing practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>global recognition of the direction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>For Ukraine, this opens up the opportunity to use the repository for educational programs, translations, and the formation of national standards.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Upcoming event: 6th Annual ANP Summit in London \u2014 \u201cDetoxification in Clinical Practice\u201d<\/h3>\n\n<p>On September 20-21, 2025, a summit will be held in London, the theme of which will be &#8220;Detoxification in Clinical Practice&#8221; &#8211; with presentations on renal function, nutrigenetics, metal toxicity, and therapy in complex clinical scenarios.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is another sign: naturopathy is developing clinically-oriented protocols that can be incorporated into the healthcare system.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Challenges: Evidence, Ethics, Expectations<\/h3>\n\n<p>Along with the growing attention, questions arise:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How ready are Ukrainian specialists to measure up to international standards?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to ensure that naturopathy does not turn into a &#8220;fashionable gestalt&#8221; but becomes part of medicine?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to respond to criticism when traditional methods are questioned?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>These questions are not a fear, but a trigger: now is the time to define a position. The institute can take on the roles of expert, developer, and communicator.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Conclusions: Rethinking the role of naturopathy<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Naturopathy moves beyond the scope of &#8220;alternative&#8221; \u2192 into the field of integrative medicine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The advantage is given to those who: have educational programs, standards, and an evidence base.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ukraine has the opportunity to be not only a user of trends, but also a co-author \u2014 to develop its own standards, adapted practices, and educational models.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psychological triggers: &#8220;recognition&#8221;, &#8220;science&#8221;, &#8220;professionalism&#8221;, &#8220;opportunities&#8221;. The institute should take advantage of these.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September became the month when naturopathy \u2014 previously more associated with &#8220;alternative&#8221; \u2014 began to form systemic signals: education, global initiatives, increased attention to evidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[289],"tags":[215,217,209,214,378],"class_list":["post-2931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-naturopathy","tag-current-achievements-of-naturopathy","tag-innovative-methods-of-bathing","tag-naturopathy","tag-phytotherapy","tag-trends2025"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/avelife.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/873d3757-76d7-46ca-b345-d28195b4e64e.png?fit=1536%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2932,"href":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions\/2932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avelife.pro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}