Miralax is one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for infants, toddlers and kids. It isn’t FDA approved for them. It contains ingredients found in anti-freeze. Concerns for its toxicity have...

I've helped kids with autism use nutrition supports, including gluten free diets, since 1998. Some twenty years later, it still isn't a standard of care to get a thorough nutrition...

Can a baby have a fungal infection? Yes - and undiagnosed, untreated fungal (yeast, thrush) infections could be one of one biggest failures of pediatrics today. How could this be?...

This will make a lot of people mad: Feeding clinic may be a waste of time and money Not at all to diminish the important work and skills of occupational...

An all too common picture in my practice is meeting a young child who is growing weakly or even presenting with failure to thrive (unable to grow above 5th percentiles),...

Getting your kids' annual physicals this month? Take this check list with you to your appointment. There are straight forward, nutrition-focused solutions to all of the problems on this list....

Hard to believe it has been eighteen years since I began my work in pediatric nutrition, starting with the surprise landing of my own beautiful, red head, now-grown-and-handsome-launching-for-college son (surprise because...

One of the more frequent lab requests that I make in my practice is for stool testing. Why? Because it tells me a lot about what is going on in a...