Nature Deficiency
Modern children often have nature deficiency, which contributes to poor motor skills, low vitamin D, and a lack of grounding and exposure to soil microbes.
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The Relationship Between Autism and the Cell Danger Response
For decades, autism has been framed through a variety of lenses including genetics, behavioral, neurological, microbiome, metabolic, and more. But what if these perspectives are all describing different pieces of a deeper, unifying biological process? Dr. Robert Naviaux, a physician-scientist ... Read More
The New Childhood Epidemics
What Are the New Childhood Epidemics? While you may not hear about it on the news or at your doctor’s office, we are currently witnessing one of the most devastating health epidemics of all time. This is a health epidemic ... Read More
Moro Reflex
What Is the Moro Reflex? The Moro reflex, often referred to as the “startle reflex,” is one of the many primal/primitive reflexes present in infants from before birth. It is a physical reaction to sudden stimuli in a baby’s environment—most ... Read More
How to Prioritize Therapies for Autism, SPD, ADHD and Other Neurodevelopmental Conditions
Learning How to Prioritize Therapies Can Seem Overwhelming When your child is showing signs of developmental delays or has a neurodevelopmental diagnosis such as autism, SPD, ADHD or a learning disability, it can feel overwhelming to know how to prioritize ... 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
Foundations of Health
What Are the Foundations of Health? When facing a complex chronic health or developmental condition, it's easy to fall into the mindset that only something highly sophisticated—like stem cell therapy or a cutting-edge biologic drug—holds the key to healing. This ... Read More
The Cost of Modern Living
Why does the cost of modern living make people in the Western industrial world so sick, fat and tired? How can we have a state-of-the-art healthcare system but also have one of the sickest populations on the planet? The truth ... Read More
The Importance of Soil Microbes
In this blog post, Maria Rickert Hong explains the importance of soil microbes to our gut microbiome and health. Why Are Soil Microbes Important? Kids who live and work on farms have far less allergies, asthma and autoimmune disorders. Researchers ... Read More
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