Autoimmune Disorders

One mom in California, biochemist Katherine Reid PhD, used her science-based knowledge to create a low-glutamate diet that stabilizes protein and eliminates all inflammatory foods that were excitatory for her daughter with autism. The diet is called the Reduced Excitatory ... Read More

What Are Autoimmune Disorders? Autoimmune disorders are inflammatory conditions in which antibodies, protein molecules produced by the body's immune system, attack and destroy healthy body tissue. Doctors recognize more than 100 types of autoimmune disorders, including: Chronic bronchitis Rheumatoid arthritis ... Read More

The immune system is the human body’s first line of defense that protects against viruses, bacteria, foreign invaders and toxicants, both natural and synthetic. When a person’s immune system is strong and healthy, it regulates normal growth and development and ... Read More

What Is Diarrhea? Diarrhea is the body's way of saying something in the gut needs attention. A short bout often clears an infection or irritant. But when loose stools linger or keep coming back, they usually point to deeper imbalances ... Read More

What Is Constipation? Constipation is among the most common gastrointestinal complaints, but it is especially common in children with autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder, allergies, eczema, asthma, autoimmune disorders and mood disorders. As the gut and the brain are tightly ... Read More

Does Your Child Have Anxiety or Nervous-System Dysregulation? If your child has any of the following symptoms, they likely have a dysregulated nervous system: Emotional outbursts Rigid thinking Irritability or aggression Trouble learning or retaininginformation Anxiety or panic Constipation and ... Read More

Home health testing and simple daily measurements offer solid opportunities to track health patterns and progress as well as ways to identify potential imbalances in your child’s health. Below are simple, accessible tools that can provide powerful windows into physiology ... Read More

Safety and Efficacy of Medical Interventions When it comes to adopting new clinical treatment strategies or therapies in modern medicine, we tend to think that any new therapy or approach to healing comes through a tidy, peer-reviewed, and rigorous scientific ... Read More

If you’re raising a child with ADHD, anxiety, autism, autoimmune conditions, PANS/PANDAS, Sensory Processing Disorder, learning disorders, or something else... We see how hard this can be.And we want you to know - there is hope. In this video, moms ... Read More

This story is used with permission from Marilee Nelson, the founder of Branch Basics. Perspective and Awareness: What I Wish I Had Known Years Ago Perspective on any topic is based on an understanding of the available information that pertains ... Read More

Regression Into Autism Syler was born with autoimmune neutropenia and a urinary tract infection (UTI). He was under observation for a couple weeks to see if his white blood cells went up on their own, but first they put a ... Read More