Antibiotics

Having a healthy baby is a paramount concern for expectant mothers, but most don't know that maternal toxicity, use of certain medications, diet, the microbiome, birthing practices and other factors play a large role in prenatal and perinatal health. Compelling ... Read More

Fecal Transplants: A Promising Treatment for Gut Health Fecal transplants, also known as fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) and microbiota transfer therapy (MTT), have emerged as a promising treatment for various health conditions such as autism related to gut-microbiome imbalances. This ... Read More

If your child has autism or another neurodevelopmental disorder such as ADHD or Sensory Processing Disorder, it can be empowering to develop a biomedical plan. Use this biomedical plan as a symptom checklist to work with your practitioners to guide ... Read More

What Are Neurotransmitter Imbalances? Neurotransmitter imbalances are common in mood and behavior disorders such as: Bipolar disorder Depression Anxiety Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Pyrrole disorder Eating disorders Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) ADHD/ADD Schizophrenia Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Addictive behaviors Many ... Read More

What Is Kryptopyrroluria? Kryptopyrroluria (KPU) is a condition in which zinc and pyridoxine (vitamin B6) are excreted in high amounts into the urine. Elevated kryptopyrroles (HPL) are found in the urine due to abnormality in the synthesis of heme (hemoglobin) ... Read More

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LDN discusses how a good neurological diet and healing the gut may stave off Sensory Processing Disorder in a high-risk infant. Three-year-old Charlie was recently diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), and his parents were relieved to ... Read More

What Is the Microbiome? The scientific literature claims that the human microbiome should be considered an organ or even a “super-organism.” Discovered as recently as the 1990s, the microbiome is now known to have a powerful impact on our human ... Read More

It is so common to hear someone say “my child has allergies” when in fact they are often sensitivities or intolerances. It is estimated that 1 in 3 children (or more) has food intolerances (are sensitive to particular foods) and ... Read More

It was early fall of 2014 when my three-year-old daughter, Hannah, began presenting with bizarre symptoms which left health care professionals at more than one hospital perplexed. Continual fevers, swollen lymph nodes, and excruciatingly painful joints on top of reactions ... Read More

Shepherd’s remarkable story first appeared in The New York Times several years ago. Shepherd was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis at age three. He had trouble walking and difficulty getting out of bed. Doctors told him he would always be ... Read More

Where do I begin? Should I start with my being pregnant and working at a stressful job in New York City? Maybe I should first write about my family history of celiac and not knowing that having undiagnosed gluten intolerance ... Read More