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Learn more about how the immune system plays a key role in neurodevelopmental and autoimmune conditions as well as mood disorders, allergies and asthma.

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Immune System Boosters

Immune System Boosters

When there is a sickness making the rounds, it’s a good idea to take extra steps to boost your body’s capabilities with these immune system boosters, especially in the winter months. You’ll want to follow these suggestions regularly in normal ... Read More
Lymphatic System: Key to Improving Immune Function

Lymphatic System: Key to Improving Immune Function

What Is the Lymphatic System? The lymphatic system is the body’s uni-directional transport network that moves dead cells and other waste products from the tissues to the veins just before they reconnect with the heart. The lymphatic system begins with ... Read More
Vitamin D Deficiency

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
How to Support the Immune System

How to Support the Immune System

A traditional solution to treating any kind of condition that affects the immune system is usually drug medications to attenuate symptoms instead of teaching a patient how to support the immune system. However, this approach is just a band-aid effect ... Read More
Gut-Brain-Immune Axis

Gut-Brain-Immune Axis

What Is the Gut-Brain-Immune Axis? Abnormal neurological functioning of children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, ADHD, learning disabilities and Sensory Processing Disorder now takes on a whole new meaning in light of recent research on the gut-brain-immune axis, which ... Read More
Immune System 101

Immune System 101

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

Leaky Gut

Many children with developmental delays, allergies, asthma, autoimmune conditions or other chronic illnesses have what is known colloquially as a "leaky gut," or intestinal hyperpermeability. What Is Leaky Gut? The lining of the digestive system is a selective screen. It ... Read More
Tonsils Removal or Regeneration

Tonsils Removal or Regeneration

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND walks us through her thought process on the subject of tonsils removal. A study from 2015 showed that tonsils removal (adenotonsillectomy) resulted in a significant decrease in the severity of ADHD symptoms such as oppositional behavior, ... Read More

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Jack peanut allergy

Jack: Peanut Allergy

Peanut allergy in the form of anaphylaxis, the severe and life-threatening allergy to peanuts, is something that every parent dreads for their child. A child who experiences an anaphylactic reaction to a particular food may experience swelling, difficulty breathing, hives, ... Read More

Immune System Books

The Autism Revolution - Whole-Body Strategies for Making Life All It Can Be(1)