Gut-Healing Diets
Gut-healing diets can improve symptoms of neurodevelopmental, mood and autoimmune disorders by healing the gut. These diets recognize the value of the microbiome in our intestinal tracts in preventing and healing these and other disorders. Examples of this type of diet are the Body Ecology Diet, the Gut and Psychology (GAPS) diet, the Paleo/primal diet and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD).
Gut-Healing Diets Articles
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
Healing Diets and Foods
What Does Healing the Gut Entail? Keeping the gut clean and not continually having your child eat foods with toxins and chemical preservatives will help facilitate healing the gastrointestinal tract more efficiently. Sometimes changes are subtle and on a deeper ... Read More
Schizophrenia and Nutrition
In this blog post, Patricia S. Lemer how symptoms of schizophrenia are affected by nutrition: foods that are eaten as well as those avoided. Is Schizophrenia Really a "Mental" Disease? A friend in Pittsburgh was astonished when I suggested that ... Read More
Specific Carbohydrate Diet
What Is the Specific Carbohydrate Diet? The Specific Carbohydrate Diet may help children with autism, ADHD, asthma, allergies, autoimmune disorders and more because many of them have gut problems, food sensitivities, poor digestion and/or malabsorption. A medical-research study found altered intestinal ... Read More
A New Model Offering Hope for Autism Recovery
Gail Szakacs, MD and Nancy O'Hara, MD offer us a new model offering hope for autism recovery in this article. Increasing Diagnoses of Autism Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is an increasingly common disorder characterized by impairment in social interaction and ... Read More
ADHD Recovery Without Drugs
Gail Szakacs, MD talks about ADHD recovery without drugs by changing the diet, adding supplements and reducing toxic load. What is ADHD? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is an increasingly common behavioral disorder characterized by impulsivity, inattentiveness, and hyperactivity. According ... Read More
Healing Modalities
Mainstream Medicine Has Little to Offer for Chronic Illnessess While we would love to list organizations and healing modalities that are backed by leading medical institutions such as the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, or Mt. Sinai, the truth is ... Read More
Gut-Healing Diets Stories
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
George Healed from Dysgraphia, OCD and PANS/PANDAS
Doctors shrugged their shoulders. They simply couldn’t help alleviate George’s many symptoms. Thankfully, his parents took his healing into their own hands with diet and lifestyle changes. And that has made all the difference. No Help for a Sick Boy Until ... Read More
Alexander Lost His Asperger’s Diagnosis
Eleven-year-old Alexander was once a very sick baby and toddler. Social interactions were very difficult for Alexander as a young child. Through intensive nutritional work, Alexander has lost his diagnosis and regained his health. Just the Beginning Alexander’s many reoccurring ... Read More