Gateway to Wellness, The Sixth Annual NHP Research Conference and Trade Show, Feb. 18-21 will explore breakthroughs in understanding the factors that determine how people respond to NHPs, as well as promising treatments emerging from two of the world’s oldest medical traditions: Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Researchers are identifying safe and effective natural health products (NHPs) from among the thousands of choices currently available to Canadians.
Gateway to Wellness, The Sixth Annual NHP Research Conference and Trade Show, Feb. 18-21 will explore breakthroughs in understanding the factors that determine how people respond to NHPs, as well as promising treatments emerging from two of the world’s oldest medical traditions: Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
“Canada is a world leader in the development of regulations that recognize the value and legitimacy of traditional healing systems and the products that arise from them,” says Paula Brown, director of applied research in biosciences at BCIT and conference co-chair. “At the same time, there are significant challenges to overcome in terms of verifying the health claims and assuring the safety and quality of individual products.”
“New technologies enable us to take on these challenges,” Brown adds, “and our conference is going to reflect that.”
“It’s an exciting time to be conducting research in this area,” says conference co-chair Dr. Susan Murch, Canada Research Chair in Natural Products Chemistry at UBC Okanagan, “because of the new technologies that allow us to understand individual differences in genetic make-up, nutrition and how the chemistry of plants, microbes and other NHPs can affect human health.”
Global leaders in the field will present findings spanning traditional knowledge to state-of-the-art novel discoveries, according to Dr. Ann Eastman, president of the NHP Research Society. “The theme of this year’s conference reflects British Columbia’s positioning as a portal to Asia,” adds Eastman, “and the role research plays in unlocking the social, economic, and health benefits of NHPs.”
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