Category: Nutrition

Nurturing Your Family through Nutritional Change

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Dr. Masina Wright
Category: Digestive Health, Nutrition, Special Diets

By Dr. Masina Wright It is tough to change ingrained eating habits. We learn how to eat from our parents, who learn from their parents. It is the “nurture” of the “nature or nurture” debate. How does our (nutritional) environment affect our genetics, health, life? The answer is immensely! For example, a recent large scale... Read more »
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Concerned About ADHD? Consider An Integrative Medicine Approach

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Dr. Stephen Donnelly, DO, FAAP
Category: Children's Health, Nutrition

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a behavioral disorder believed to affect up to 1 in 20 children in the United States. The diagnosis of ADHD has skyrocketed over the past decade. From 2000 to 2010, U.S. children and teens diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder jumped from 6.2 million to 10.4 million. It is characterized by symptoms... Read more »
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I Tested Negative for Celiac Disease—Now What?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Patsy Catsos, MS, RD, LD
Category: Nutrition, Special Diets

First, a sidebar about celiac disease: Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, rye, and barley. Gluten is found mainly in foods but may also be found in everyday products such... Read more »
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