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'...

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...

Can you redirect ADHD and learning disabilities without prescription drugs? Such a big topic, so I split it into three parts. Short answer: Yes, you can. Bonus: Your child will...

Gluten-free is a big part of my pediatric nutrition practice. It has also been my life since 1998, when we pulled gluten out of my son’s diet. He was 22...

Ezekiel and sprouted wheat breads are taking off in the ancestral diet department – but does this work on a gluten free diet? Spoiler alert: Sprouted grains, while containing less...

World Autism Awareness Day comes every April. Lots of blue lighting going on. I'm not sure this is the best use of the enormous monetary resources that Autism Speaks has...

Even though I became a mom a long while ago (1996), and so much has changed since then, I still remember how it felt to go from independent young woman...

I'm often asked if ketogenic diets are good for kids. Parents are trying this diet and having great results - why not put the whole family on a ketogenic diet?...

Earlier this month, Autism Speaks touted a study claiming that "few children with autism need most of the micronutrients they are commonly given as supplements". Their take-away was a headline shouting that...

So you flunked out of GAPS. Now what? GAPS (Gut And Psychology Syndrome) is a diet strategy branded and popularized by a Natasha Campbell McBride, beginning in 2004 with 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...