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
Food Guidelines
Follow these food guidelines to stay healthy because the foods we eat today are not the same as those our grandparents ate. Major changes in farming, food production, and processing have occurred over the past 50 years. Eliminate Pesticides and ... Read More
Supplement Checklist
Our supplement checklist guides you through the basics; consult your healthcare practitioner for specific information about your child's needs. Does your child take an active B-vitamin complex to help calm down anxiety and support the nervous system? Does your child ... Read More
Diet Checklist
We've developed a basic diet checklist for you to consult because making dietary changes is the first step to healing. Have you established which diet or diets would be well-suited for your child’s health condition? Have you done a food ... 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
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
Food Affects Mood
How Does Food Affect Mood? No one likes to hear the old adage "you are what you eat", but food affects mood, especially for children. Children in general can be very sensitive to foods, resulting in mood changes very quickly ... Read More
Digestion 101
Symptoms of Poor Digestion Is your child experiencing any of the following symptoms of poor digestion: Diarrhea Constipation Bloating Gas Stomach pain Stomach cramps Vomiting Nausea Reflux Heartburn Headache Pale, foul smelling or fatty stool Irritability All of these symptoms ... Read More
Nutrition 101
In nutrition 101, the name of the game is to be able to get your children to eat more nutritiously in all of the macronutrient categories. Macronutrients Macronutrients are building blocks that basically fuel our body. They provide energy and ... Read More
Nutrition Basics Stories
Noah’s Healing from Autism and Mold Toxicity
Looking back at our journey, it is difficult to wrap my mind around where we started and how far we have come since my son was diagnosed with autism seven years ago and how mold toxicity was such a huge ... Read More
Jacob: Asperger’s
My oldest son has healed from the symptoms of Asperger Syndrome as well as the following symptoms. Symptoms Chronic explosive diarrhea from age 18 months to six years Multiple food allergies and chemical sensitivities, that lasted until 6th grade Candida ... Read More
Johnny and Nate: Autism
Johnny and Nate's autism healing story is excerpted from A Compromised Generation: The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America's Children. Johnny was born in 1997, a year when the word autism was just beginning to make its way into the ... Read More
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