Antidepressant Alternatives

Antidepressant Alternatives

Sep 20, 2021 | Blue-Light Exposure, Circadian-Rhythm Dysregulation, Conditions, Emotional, Behavioral and Mood Symptoms, Food & Mood, Functional Nutrition, Gut-Healing Diets, Lack of Movement, Lack of Sunlight, Lyme Disease, Neurodevelopmental Therapies, Neurofeedback, Pharmaceuticals, Root Causes & Stressors, Therapies & Supports, Vitamin D

Depression and anxiety are commonly misunderstood to be mental-health disorders when in fact they could be symptoms of imbalances within the body. Recent medical research (see Sources & References below) is showing time and time again that they are whole-body...
Top Five Supplements for Anxiety

Top Five Supplements for Anxiety

Jul 16, 2021 | Blood-Sugar Dysregulation, Conditions, Emotional, Behavioral and Mood Symptoms, Functional Medicine, Functional Nutrition, GABA, Healing Modalities, Magnesium, Naturopathic Medicine, Root Causes & Stressors, Therapies & Supports, Vitamin D

Learn more about our recommendations for our top five supplements for anxiety: Magnesium, GABA, cannabidiol (CBD), vitamin D and probiotics; all of this is backed up by peer-reviewed medical literature that you’ll find below under “Sources &...
How Phenols and Salicylates May Be Contributing to Your Child’s Mood, Behavior and Hyperactivity

How Phenols and Salicylates May Be Contributing to Your Child’s Mood, Behavior and Hyperactivity

Apr 20, 2021 | Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD & ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder, Conditions, Emotional, Behavioral and Mood Symptoms, Food & Mood, Functional Nutrition, Phenols & Salicylates, Therapies & Supports

Phenols are the chemical compounds that give color to foods such as the red in a raspberry and the blue in a blueberry; phenolic compounds created by plants are called salicylates. Phenols are also found in artificial colors, artificial flavors and preservatives, and...
Optimizing the Health of Children with Down Syndrome

Optimizing the Health of Children with Down Syndrome

Mar 25, 2021 | B Vitamins, Biomedical Therapies, Carnitine, Conditions, Down Syndrome, Functional Nutrition, Genomics, Nutrition Basics, Reference Library, Therapies & Supports

Guest blogger Erica Peirson ND writes about ways to optimize the health of a child or adult with Down syndrome. Common Health Tendencies in Down Syndrome Ever since the extra chromosome was discovered in 1959, physicians and researchers have been searching for answers...
It’s Time to Undo Down Syndrome Bias

It’s Time to Undo Down Syndrome Bias

Mar 17, 2021 | Conditions, Down Syndrome

Jane Winans discusses that it’s time to undo Down syndrome bias seen in medicine, education and the community. Bias About People with Down Syndrome As individuals across the world examine beliefs, actions, and the systems that perpetuate implicit bias, I implore...
It IS Possible to Thrive Through Cancer

It IS Possible to Thrive Through Cancer

Mar 1, 2021 | Cancer, Conditions

In this blog post, Season Johnson of the KICKcancER Movement talks about her family’s experience of thriving through pediatric cancer. Getting the Cancer Diagnosis My husband and I sat there shaking, unable to hold hands, and filled with a complete hollowness....
Organic Acid Test

Organic Acid Test

Jan 28, 2021 | Labs & Biochemistry, Reference Library

The medical histories of distractible children often include frequent use of antibiotics or steroids, digestive disturbances and/or food sensitivities. Any one of these can impair immune functioning and pre-dispose children to the overgrowth of small amounts of...