Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children finds eating healthy can slightly raise a child’s IQ Research is finding that a healthy diet will lead to a higher IQ. On the flip side, eating poorly can lower a child’s IQ. The findings were based on a number of studies including the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents…
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Pregnant Women Cry Over New Studies “Toxins and Drugs and Poor Diets….Oh My!”
Hold the cigarettes and alcohol while pregnant. We all know that, but what about exposing a fetus to a virtual cocktail of toxins including PCBs, together with pharmaceuticals including nitroglycerin, together with limiting what essential nutrients that growing fetus needs to develop? Have researchers today become like the blind men with the elephant as they…
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Autism and Other Disorders, Can Diet Help?
Update May 8, 2014 as published in the journal Pediatrics May, 2014, study led by Cecilia Giulivi, PhD. confirms mitochondrial deficits in children with autism 19 Someone in our nonprofit group just asked “My Aunt sent me an article about research that found children with autism have mitochondrial problems. I know people in this group know…
Neurogenesis; Does Mother Nature Know Best?
Dr. David Perlmutter, a Board-Certified Neurologist and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition and author of the upcoming book “Power Up Your Brain”, recently wrote an exciting article on neurogenesis titled “Neurogenesis: How to Change Your Brain” As pointed out we’ve come a long way in neurology from the now outdated belief that “In adult…
Added protein/amino acids and or enzymes help those with autism?
There is a new study I read about in an article called “UCSF autism kids study tests enzyme” “UCSF researchers are kicking off a clinical trial to test whether certain children with autism can benefit from regular doses of an enzyme to help them digest proteins, which may in turn improve their brain function and…
Unhealthy Choices in Vending Machines can lead To Chronic Childhood Obesity
As the US is celebrating the first-ever National Obesity Awareness month this September, more and more research and study are being conducted to pinpoint the real culprit in the increase in childhood obesity rate across the nation causing chronic problems and poor diet. Recently, Early Bird Diabetes of Peninsula Medical School shows that obesity may lead to inactivity but inactivity does not lead to obesity and that decrease physical activity or movement may actually be an indicator of fatness.
Teaching Doctors About Nutrition and Diet
September 16, 2010 Teaching Doctors About Nutrition and Diet By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D. Within days of being accepted into medical school, I started getting asked for medical advice. Even my closest friends, who should have known better, got in on the action. “Should I take vitamins?” “What do you think of this diet?” “Is…