There are reasons why dietary supplements may be beneficial for some. Examples include:• Those with a poor diet may benefit from taking a multivitamin.• Those with milk allergies may benefit from taking calcium and vitamin D• Those who don’t eat fish may benefit from taking Omega 3s• Vegans may benefit from taking vitamin B12• Pregnant…
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Heavy Metals In (Just?) Baby Food
While there is a focus on infant and toddler food, heavy metal contamination, including lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury, is relatively common across the food supply Helena Bottemiller Evich, Policito 2021 ‘Parents Erupt Over FDA Failure To Regulate Toxic Metals in Food Lead, arsenic and cadmium are commonly found in baby foods, but also in…
Letter To Relatives This Holiday For Special Needs
Holidays can be stressful for all when you have children with special needs Even though this letter to family written by author Viki Gayhardt was written for autism, you can modify it for whatever your child’s special needs are including apraxia, ADHD or any other invisible impairment. “Dear Family and Friends: I understand that we…
Scientists explore how nutrition may feed mental health
Good nutrition has long been viewed as a cornerstone of physical health, but research is increasingly showing diet’s effect on as well A special section in Clinical Psychological Science highlights the different approaches that psychology researchers are taking to understand the many ways in which nutrition and mental health intersect. Clinical Psychological Science is a…
Healthy Diet Boosts Children’s Reading Skills
“Another significant observation is that the associations of diet quality with reading skills were also independent of many confounding factors, such as socio-economic status, physical activity, body adiposity, and physical fitness” ~Eero Haapala, PhD What can be better than an educational study out of Finland? One that finds a healthy diet boosts children’s reading skills!…
VPD Support
“It’s hard to know for my guy if it’s cleft related or apraxia related sometimes. He still has the same voice. And some days I can understand more than others.”~ Amanda Your child just got diagnosed with something that had a long name. You’re driving home now and your mind is swimming in confusion,…
Organic Oreos With Organic Water
The original definition of the word organic from the 18th century is: “the condition of being ordered as a living being.” While a blow drier, a fork, and a toenail clipper are not organic, yet, we now have organic Oreos, organic water, and organic Kraft mac and cheese. Manufacturers know that consumers see the word organic…
Young Fish Eat Plastic Like Kids Eat Junk Food
From Science, “This article has been retracted. Please see: Editorial Retraction – May 03, 2017” You can also read an article about the controversy here. Young fish become hooked on eating plastic in the seas in the same way that teenagers prefer unhealthy fast food, Swedish researchers have said. Fish are being killed, and prevented from…
“Night-Night” Bedtime Tips For Special Needs (and all) Kids
“A year later at 8 years old, Lily developed a sleep disorder where she was waking up 5 & 6 times a night, every night for almost 8 months! Lily’s tiny little body was put on yet another medication Clonodine. The Clonodine didn’t help much as she went from waking 5 to 6 times a…
Nutrition Cognition Research Articles
“Food For Thought” “How food affects IQ “A diet, high in fats, sugars, and processed foods in early childhood is associated with a lower IQ at the age of 8, while a diet packed full of vitamins and nutrients may do the opposite, suggests research just published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community…