Top Five Supplements for Anxiety
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The Five Levels of Healing According to Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD
Patricia Lemer MEd NCC describes the five levels of healing from autism and other chronic health conditions according...
Nutrition Fundamentals for Autism
Post contributed by Vicki Kobliner MS RD, CD-N, Registered Dietitian and owner of Holcare Nutrition. Mention the words...
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...
Magnesium: The Super-Mineral
Magnesium is perhaps one of the most necessary minerals for healing and recovery. Here's a short list of its benefits;...
Vitamin D Deficiency
Increasing amounts of research (see Sources & References, below) point to a vitamin D deficiency as being linked...
How Nutrition Affects Hypotonia
Many children with developmental delays have low muscle tone, or hypotonia, because external factors that impact the...
Getting Good Supplements into Picky Eaters
Parents are justifiably alarmed when children are picky eaters. Inadequate and improper nutrient intake can decrease...
Why Is Digestion Important?
Understanding the process of digestion is necessary before understanding what goes wrong in children with chronic...
What’s for Breakfast?
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! We’ve all heard that maxim. Manage Glucose Levels What is a “good”...
Food Guidelines
Follow these food guidelines to stay healthy because the foods we eat today are not the same as those our grandparents...
The Best Dyspraxia Program Ever
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND Children with developmental delays demonstrate varying degrees of difficulty with motor...
Piracetam: A Powerful Learning Tool for Learning Disabilities and Dyspraxia
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND Rosie had multiple learning and language disabilities related to a seizure disorder that had...
Digestive Enzymes
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND Children diagnosed with developmental delays have a high rate of digestive pathology....
Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Autism
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND writes about nutritional interventions for children with mitochondrial dysfunction and autism....
Detoxification for Children
This information comes from Children with Starving Brains, second edition, by Jaquelyn McCandless, MD, and we thank...
Sugar Addiction
Sam will eat as many cookies as I give him but won't touch regular meals.” “Erin is such a terrible eater. All she...
Schizophrenia and Nutrition
by Patricia S. Lemer, M.Ed., NCC, M.S. Bus. A friend in Pittsburgh was astonished when I suggested that Epidemic...
Improving Picky Eating by Changing Adult Behavior
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND Parenting a child who refuses to eat is distressing. Hours can be wasted on creative dishes...
Why Is My Child Always Sick?
by Kelly Dorfman. MS, LND My daughter’s friend came to spend the weekend. Afterwards, she told her mom she wanted to...
Glutathione and Autism
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND Glutathione and autism made headlines a while ago with the publication of a research study...
How to Establish Good Gut Health
The key to establishing good gut health is to create an environment that is hospitable to the good microorganisms...
Improving Cognitive Function Through Supplementation
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND Convincing evidence shows that certain substances can improve specific aspects of thinking....
Nutrient Therapy for Autism
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, Co-founder, Developmental Delay Resources Every day we hear a new theory about the cause of...
Symptoms Become Worse After Changing Diet
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND Improving the diet and adding nutritional supplements are important foundations of effective...
Our Favorite Recovery Books
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Been There, Done That
by Patricia S. Lemer, M.Ed., NCC, M.S. Bus. Annette and Tom were stunned by an article they read in “Parents’...
Child Malnutrition
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND Child malnutrition is often associated with the image of a thin, forlorn child with a...
Understanding Heavy Metal Toxicity and Chelation
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN writes about the impact of heavy metal toxicity on children with neurodevelopmental disorders....
Change: Notice It, Adapt to It, Anticipate It, Go with It!
By Patricia S. Lemer, M.S. Bus., NCC Everything changes: winter to spring, summer to fall, youth to adolescence,...
The Straight Scoop on the Gluten Free Casein Free Diet
By Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND The gluten free casein free diet, otherwise known as "the diet," is finally receiving...
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. Autism...
Do You Have a Zinc Deficiency?
Here's a fun way to test for a zinc deficiency, which is common in many people, especially those with compromised...
“The Diet” (Gluten-Free Casein-Free Diet)
by Patricia S. Lemer, M.S. Bus., NCC Are you on "the diet"? is a query commonly heard wherever I go. At my weight loss...
IgG Allergies in Autism, ADHD, Asthma, Autoimmune and More
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN Intolerance to certain foods, especially gluten (wheat related grains) and casein...
Vitamin A Autism Treatment Spurs Breakthrough for Child
by Alberta Lindsey, Richmond Times-Dispatch Staff Writer Until he was about one year old, Wesley Sykes had a bright...
The Leaky Gut and Autism, ADHD and Other Developmental Delays
by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND Leaky gut and autism, ADHD and other developmental delays: Many children with developmental...
The Picky Eaters
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND provides practical sensory and nutrition strategies for picky eaters in this blog post....
SPD, ADHD and Autism Calming Strategies
By Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND The brain needs a balance between excitatory and calming chemicals to control the body's...
Secretin and Gut Neuropeptides
By Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND (Co-founder of Developmental Delay Resources) Secretin is a hormone that induces the...
Teacher Says: Help Kids Become Food Allergy Detectives
By Evelyn Porreca Vuko Science teachers and parents can turn kids from elementary to high school age into food allergy...
The Folic Acid Paradox and the Importance of Vitamin Balancing
Folic acid (or folate) is one of the most deficient and problematic nutrients in the American diet. While small...
Sugar and Candida
by Christine Winderlin and Dr. Keith Sehnert. Reprinted with permission from Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas. Of all the...