Blood-Sugar Dysregulation
Blood-sugar dysregulation is a large contributor to most chronic health conditions, including mood disorders, cancer, autoimmune conditions and neurodevelopmental disorders. Learn how this may be the case, even if your child doesn’t have diabetes.
Blood-Sugar Dysregulation Articles
Using Lab Tests and Assessments to Uncover Root Causes in Children’s Health
When a child is struggling with health or developmental challenges, addressing symptoms alone may not provide lasting relief. To promote true healing and development, it’s important to look for root causes—underlying imbalances in the body that may be contributing to ... Read More
What Is Causing the Autism Epidemic?
During an April 10, 2025 Presidential Cabinet meeting, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. indicated that “By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic.” “And we’ll be able to eliminate those exposures,” Kennedy asserted ... Read More
Metabolism: The Hidden Engine of a Child’s Health
What Is Metabolism? In today’s modern world, our understanding of children’s health must evolve beyond simply managing symptoms. For children with chronic health conditions and developmental challenges—including those on the autism spectrum—it is especially important to consider the deeper systems ... Read More
Metabolic Psychiatry
What Is Metabolic Psychiatry? Metabolic psychiatry is an emerging field that explores the connection between blood-sugar dysregulation and mood disorders, behavioral challenges, mental health challenges and neurodevelopmental challenges. Research shows (see Sources & References, below) that correcting blood-sugar imbalances can ... Read More
A Disrupted Circadian Rhythm Can Negatively Affect Health
What Is Circadian Rhythm? Any bodily process that occurs regularly on a 24-hour cycle is known as a circadian rhythm. The most common circadian rhythm is the sleep-wake cycle, and that’s what this article discusses. For simplicity, the sleep-wake cycle ... Read More
Which Diet Is Best for a Child with Autism?
Parents have been implementing special diets for years to help improve the health of and reduce symptoms in their children with autism. Given the number of cookbooks and blogs dedicated to this subject, it appears the gluten-free/casein-free (GFCF) diet was ... Read More
Ketogenic Diet
What Is the Ketogenic Diet? The ketogenic (keto) diet was originally developed in 1923 by a doctor at the Mayo Clinic to help control seizures in children with epilepsy. These days, it is used for controlling or reversing symptoms of ... Read More
Optimizing Blood Sugar
Effects of Unbalanced Blood Sugar Unbalanced blood sugar places a real strain on the adrenal glands and the body's resources because, unless one is in a state of ketosis, the body runs on sugar - glucose - that's circulating in ... Read More
Blood-Sugar Dysregulation Stories
John’s Reversal of ADHD Without Drugs
John Had No Control John was always a really spirited child. I guess I really started to notice it when he started preschool, maybe like around the age of four. He was just really loud. He went from like zero ... Read More
Jacob: Asperger's
My oldest son has healed from the symptoms of Asperger Syndrome as well as the following symptoms. Symptoms Chronic explosive diarrhea from age 18 months to six years Multiple food allergies and chemical sensitivities, that lasted until 6th grade Candida ... Read More