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
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
School Lunch Programs: Feeding Mind, Body and Soul
Alyce Ortuzar fills us in on what's in a school lunch, how it relates to your child's health, how to improve it and how to get your kids involved in the process. What's For Lunch? It’s lunchtime at school. What ... 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
What’s for Breakfast?
In this blog post, nutritionist Kelly Dorfman tells us why breakfast is important and how to choose what's for breakfast. Manage Glucose Levels Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! We’ve all heard that maxim. What is a ... Read More
Nutrition Basics Stories
Romy – Healed from Lyme Disease, OCD and PANS/PANDAS
Diagnosed at seven years old, Romy has healed from chronic Lyme disease. She pretty much lives a typical teenage life. Amazing from where she started. Healing can happen. Romy’s Journey Romy was diagnosed at seven years old with chronic neuro-Lyme ... 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
Diana: Mold Toxicity
It Took Years to Realize It Was Mold Toxicity Over the last three years, the brain fog gradually worsened, as did the fatigue. With it came weight gain, dramatic increases in food and chemical sensitivities and dreadful insomnia, with months ... Read More
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