Detoxification

Given that medical research continues to show the devastating effects of toxicity on health, detoxification may need to be part of a healthy lifestyle.

Detoxification Articles

DNA MTHFR Affects Detoxification

MTHFR Affects Detoxification

One of the factors affecting your child's chronic condition may be the genetic mutation called methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR). MTHFR affects detoxification. This is a type of folate that crosses the blood brain barrier (folic acid does not) needed to make the ... Read More
Healing the Gut

Healing the Gut

Healing the gut begins with Hippocrates' concept of “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates, the Greek physician in 400 BC, also stated: “All diseases begin in the gut”. The concept has definitely been around for ... Read More
Homotoxicology

Homotoxicology

Are You Raising a Very Sensitive Child? Some children, especially those on the autism spectrum, are particularly sensitive to detoxification protocols due to the “herxheimer” or “healing” reactions they experience after treatment. The greater the "toxic overload" of the child, ... Read More
Detoxification for Children

Detoxification for Children

Detoxification is a critical process for maintaining optimal health. The human body is exposed to various toxins daily from environmental toxins, internal waste products, and even from certain organisms living within us. Efficient elimination of these toxins is necessary for ... Read More
Understanding Heavy Metal Toxicity and Chelation

Understanding Heavy Metal Toxicity and Chelation

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN writes about the impact of heavy metal toxicity on children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Experts have long recognized heavy metal toxicity as a cause of or contributor to developmental delays, autism, ADHD and Sensory Processing Disorder.  How ... Read More
Improving Liver Detoxification Pathways

Improving Liver Detoxification Pathways

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, co-founder of Developmental Delay Resources, tells us how to improve liver detoxification pathways in this post. Phenol Sulfo Transferase-P (PST-P) Enzyme Research on children with autism in England and hyperactive youngsters in the United States has ... Read More

Detoxification Webinars

Homotoxicology: A Safe and Gentle Approach to Detoxification for Children of All Ages
Environmental Medicine for Healing Children with John Green MD

Detoxification Stories

Hannah: Cancer

Hannah: Cancer

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
Noah: Iatrogenic Autism

Noah: Iatrogenic Autism

Noah’s Journey Noah, just turned 10.  He was diagnosed with iatrogenic autism when he was seventeen months.  His syndrome of symptoms included: autistic enteritis, autistic colitis and gut dysbiosis that resulted in up to 20 diarrhea filled diapers a day ... Read More
Nathan: Sensory Processing Disorder, Reflux and Asthma

Nathan: Sensory Processing Disorder, Reflux and Asthma

My sons have healed from Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), acid reflux, asthma and eczema. I used to wonder a long time ago if these issues were related to each other and to their developmental delays, anxiety, failure to thrive and ... Read More

Detoxification Books

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