Nutritional Deficiencies
Nutritional deficiencies are almost a given in children’s chronic health conditions, given that most children eat a Standard American Diet (SAD).
Nutritional Deficiencies Articles
Picky Eaters
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, offers solutions to common obstacles such as sensory issues and nutritional deficiencies seen in children who are picky eaters. Children with developmental delays and chronic health conditions are often picky eaters. Generally, neither clever recipes nor ... Read More
Kryptopyrroluria (Pyrrole Disorder / Pyroluria) Main Info Page
What Is Kryptopyrroluria? Kryptopyrroluria (KPU) is a condition in which zinc and pyridoxine (vitamin B6) are excreted in high amounts into the urine. Elevated kryptopyrroles (HPL) are found in the urine due to abnormality in the synthesis of heme (hemoglobin) ... Read More
Vitamin D Deficiency
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman explains why vitamin D is so helpful to the immune system and neuroimmune conditions such as autism. Increasing amounts of research (see Sources & References, below) point to a vitamin D deficiency as being ... Read More
Nutritional Deficiencies
Most children with chronic illness diagnoses or symptoms are known to have nutritional deficiencies. This does not mean that they are not eating or that they are starving, rather, it means that their bodies are either: a) Not getting the ... Read More
Child Malnutrition
In this blog post Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, discusses child malnutrition in the form of empty-calorie malnutrition. What Is High- or Empty-Calorie Malnutrition? Child malnutrition is often associated with the image of a thin, forlorn child with a distended belly ... Read More
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Ella: Almost Autism
Something Was Wrong I knew something wasn't quite right shortly after giving birth to my daughter, Ella. Nursing was difficult. When she started ''waking up" after those early weeks there was no "peace" about her. She wriggled and writhed and arched, ... Read More
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