Dec 4, 2020 | Food Allergies & Sensitivities, Growth & Feeding, Uncategorized
I’m a pediatric nutritionist with long experience, and I wish you’d stop talking so much about food and nutrition with your kids. That sounds crazy, I know. Food and nutrition are absolutely pivotal for your kids’ brains, behavior, growth, mood,...
Oct 29, 2020 | Growth & Feeding, Infection, Illness & Nutrition, Uncategorized
Covid is still here, unbelievably – so what can you do to beat it? You’ve probably heard about inflammatory cytokine storms that can trip a COVID-19 infection from mild and easily beaten, to prolonged, dangerous, or even fatal. Luckily, so far, it...
Jan 2, 2020 | Autism & ADHD, Constipation, Food Allergies & Sensitivities, GMO & Organic, Growth & Feeding, Infection, Illness & Nutrition, Uncategorized
I’ve been in pediatric nutrition practice for some 20 years, but these health and nutrition myths just won’t quit. They can keep kids sick when they could be enjoying better health. Here are 7 myths I encounter week after week. They’re powerful...
Sep 5, 2019 | Autism & ADHD, Constipation, Food Allergies & Sensitivities, FPIES, GMO & Organic, Growth & Feeding, Infection, Illness & Nutrition
How do you get your kids a decent lunch at school? You’re over the top with beautiful Bentos, containers, and boxes for all the best snacks and sandwiches you can think of, you’ve tried every healthy power bar, fruit, carrot sticks, rolled up turkey,...
Apr 25, 2019 | Autism & ADHD, Constipation, FPIES, Growth & Feeding
Functional medicine is all about resolving the root cause for chronic conditions, by giving the body tools to repair and heal itself beyond just prescription drugs to mask symptoms. The idea is to be well to potential, not just un-sick. But there’s a problem,...
Jan 4, 2019 | Autism & ADHD, Food Allergies & Sensitivities, GMO & Organic, Growth & Feeding, Infection, Illness & Nutrition
Let me tell you the five most helpful to-do’s I have seen parents use for their children’s health, as we start a new year. These come from my twenty years’ experience working with families in my pediatric nutrition practice – with mostly...