Food Sensitivities and Intolerances
Food sensitivities and intolerances are almost a given in children with chronic health conditions. Using an elimination diet to determine which foods your child may be sensitive is one of the best ways to alleviate many of your child’s symptoms.
Food Sensitivities and Intolerances Articles
How to Reduce Inflammation
It's important to know how to reduce inflammation if your child has a neurodevelopmental disorder, mood disorder, autoimmune disorder or other chronic health condition. Inflammation is the body’s way of fighting against harmful pathogens and toxins and protecting itself. An ... Read More
Food Sensitivities and Intolerances Main Food Page
Common Symptoms of Food Sensitivities and Intolerances Many children today experience food sensitivities and intolerances that are known to have adverse effects on their mood and behaviors. Unfortunately, when parents see unwanted behaviors, depression or mood swings in their children, ... Read More
Food Affects Mood
How Does Food Affect Mood? No one likes to hear the old adage "you are what you eat", but food affects mood, especially for children. Children in general can be very sensitive to foods, resulting in mood changes very quickly ... Read More
IgG Allergies in Autism, ADHD, Asthma, Autoimmune and More
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN discusses the role of IgG allergies and symptoms of autism, ADHD, asthma, autoimmune disorders and more. Food Allergies More Common Intolerance to certain foods, especially gluten (wheat related grains) and casein (milk ... Read More
Teacher Says: Help Kids Become Food Allergy Detectives
By Evelyn Porreca Vuko Science teachers and parents can turn kids from elementary to high school age into food allergy detectives. Teach them to investigate their own bodies and to determine whether they have food allergies that affect their behavior ... Read More
Asthma and Dairy
In this blog post, Maria Rickert Hong explains the link between asthma and dairy, and how removing dairy helped her sons heal from asthma and acid reflux. My older son got sick a lot, especially after he started preschool when ... Read More
Failure to Thrive: Red Flags All Over the Place
In this blog post, Maria Rickert Hong descibes the frustration she felt at having her son's multiple red flags repeatedly dismissed by pediatricans and other doctors. Red Flags Some of the first red flags I had from my older son ... Read More
Alternative Treatment for Allergies
In this blog post, Ayelet Connell-Giammatteo, PT IMTC, discusses alternative treatments for allergies such as IMT and NAET. Recently, I visited with my son's new preschool teacher. One of the first questions that she asked me was if my son ... Read More
Food Sensitivities and Intolerances Stories
Leo: Autism
excerpted from A Compromised Generation: The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America’s Children Upon meeting Leo for the first time, it is difficult to grasp that this friendly, bright-eyed 10½ year old boy once had autism. There is nothing about ... Read More
Cole: Allergies
Food sensitivities or intolerances are often overlooked by many doctors because they are not considered to be "true" allergy (IgE-mediated). This does not mean they are not clinically meaningful. Many people with food sensitivities do not even know that they ... Read More
Anthony: Autism and Apraxia
Anthony was 3-1/2, and he still had no words. That's how this story always starts out... He had been in speech therapy since he was 18 months old, and he started occupational therapy when he was 2. He was diagnosed ... Read More
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