B Vitamins
B vitamins help convert food into energy, support brain function, and maintain healthy skin and nerves. For those with an MTHFR genetic mutation, it is important to take methylated forms of B vitamins.
B Vitamins Articles
Optimizing the Health of Children with Down Syndrome
Guest blogger Erica Peirson ND writes about ways to optimize the health of a child or adult with Down syndrome. Common Health Tendencies in Down Syndrome Ever since the extra chromosome was discovered in 1959, physicians and researchers have been ... Read More
Neurotransmitter Imbalances Main Info Page
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
Kryptopyrroluria (Pyrrole Disorder / Pyroluria) Main Info Page
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
How Nutrition Affects Hypotonia
In this blog post, nutritionist Kelly Dorfman explains how certain mitochondria-boosting supplements can help with hyptonia. Hypotonia Common in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders Many children with developmental delays have low muscle tone, or hypotonia, because external factors that impact the ... Read More
Essential Nutrients
Due to soil depletion and farming practices, many of the crops grown today (even organic) are missing essential nutrients such as vitamins and minerals that they used to have decades ago. Major nutrients such as magnesium, zinc, vitamin B6 and ... Read More
Nutritional Deficiencies
Most children with chronic illness diagnoses or symptoms are known to have nutritional deficiencies. This does not mean that they are not eating or that they are starving, rather, it means that their bodies are either: a) Not getting the ... Read More
Symptoms Worse After Changing Diet or Supplements
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND explains what to do if symptoms become worse after changing diet or supplements. Improving the diet and adding nutritional supplements are important foundations of effective therapy programs. Yet some parents find that ... Read More
The Folic Acid Paradox and the Importance of Vitamin Balancing
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, explains the folic acid paradox and what can be done about it. Folic acid (or folate) is one of the most deficient and problematic nutrients in the American diet. While small amounts ... Read More
B Vitamins Stories
Romy: Healing from Multiple Sclerosis
A 14-year-old girl looked multiple sclerosis in the eye and sent it packing. Suddenly Struggling with Math At 14, Romy was a great student and emotionally stable and mature for her age. Yet suddenly, at the end of 8th grade, ... Read More
Robby: Failure to Thrive
My son Robby was given the label "failure to thrive," when he was only a few months old. From when he was a tiny baby, he was never a good nurser -- he would spit up or even vomit after ... Read More
Eric: Chronic Constipation
My four year old son, Eric was terribly constipated. He would go for several days without a bowel movement, and when he did finally go, he would sit on the toilet for what seemed like hours, straining. He seemed to ... Read More