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...

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...

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....

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),...

Everyone has heard about probiotics - but how do you know which are friendly and helpful, and which are UN-friendly and detrimental? Not all probiotics are all friendly, all the...

Healing leaky gut is one of the most requested tasks in my pediatric nutrition practice. Many parents are surprised to hear me say that it is possible to repair leaky...

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...

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...