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Nutrition Basics
What does it mean to eat “clean”? Why should a clean and nourishing diet be the cornerstone of any healing program? Learn more about nutrition basics, digestion, and the role food plays in improving symptoms of chronic health conditions. For more in-depth information about specific supplements and therapeutic diets, please refer to the Functional Nutrition category in the Therapies & Supports section.
Nutrition Basics Articles
Healthy Halloween Alternatives
"Healthy Halloween alternatives" seems like an oxymoron given that Halloween is the greatest yearly candy night for children of all ages. No child wants to be different than any other child. So, the question is “how do we make Halloween ... Read More
Resilience from a Biomedical Perspective
What Is Resilience from a Biomedical Perspective? In understanding how to cultivate resilience, it is helpful to understand the connections between the body's internal systems and external stressors. Resilience is not merely a psychological attribute but a complex interplay of ... Read More
The FLIGHT™ Team Gets Cooking for Jeremiah’s Family
The FLIGHT™ Study team brought a professional chef in to help Jeremiah’s family with cooking non-allergenic, healthy foods. Jeremiah has an autoimmune condition known as alopecia universalis that causes complete hair loss all over the body. As part of Jeremiah’s ... Read More
Chris D’Adamo’s TV Interview about Prime Energy Drink Controversy
Chris D’Adamo, our Scientific Director and Principal Investigator who is also the Director of Integrative Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, weighed in on the Prime Energy drink controversy on a TV interview. You can watch the interview ... Read More
Dr. D’Adamo’s Publication in Nutrients Journal about Linoleic Acid
Our Scientific Director and Principal Investigator, Dr. Chris D’Adamo, just published an important paper in Nutrients about the negative health effects of excessive linoleic acid found in industrially processed seed oils such as soybean, canola, sunflower and safflower oil. Here ... Read More
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
Nutrition Fundamentals for Autism
In this post, Registered Dietitian Vicki Kobliner explains nutritional fundamentals for autism and why there's so much more than just the GFCF diet. So Much More Than the Gluten-Free, Casein-Free Diet Mention the words nutrition and autism, and many people ... Read More
Elimination Diet
Why Implement an Elimination Diet? An elimination diet is one of the cornerstones of improving your child's health, mood and behavior. Children with chronic health conditions typically have undetected food sensitivities and intolerances, known as IgA and IgG reactions. These ... Read More
Nutrition Basics Stories
Marilee and Douglas: Overcoming Kidney Failure and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
This story is used with permission from Marilee Nelson, the founder of Branch Basics. Perspective and Awareness: What I Wish I Had Known Years Ago Perspective on any topic is based on an understanding of the available information that pertains ... Read More
Noelle: How Tossing the Toxins Improved PMS, Mood and Digestion
My story started with stomach pains, fatigue, and overall brain fog that I had experienced for several years. I had a lot of bloating and painful periods and thought this was normal. My husband and I were also trying to ... Read More
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