by Julie Matthews, MS | Jun 26, 2024 | Nutrition News
Transitioning your child to a gluten-free, casein-free, and soy-free (GFCFSF) diet may seem like a daunting task, but with proper knowledge and planning, it can be a smooth and rewarding journey. Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to implement this diet, including a...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Jun 19, 2024 | ADHD/Learning Delays, Anxiety/Mood/Behavior, Autism Diet & Implementation, Nutrition News, Personalized Nutrition/Special Diets, Toxins
If you expected summertime—free of school, full of fresh air and sunshine—to help your child feel better and behave more calmly, but instead you’re seeing more struggles, salicylates might be the reason. Salicylates in Food Salicylates are naturally-occurring...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Jun 5, 2024 | Holidays, Nutrition News, Recipes - Cooking To Heal
Are you looking for a dessert that is festive and delicious? Did you know, on average… Kids eat 66 grams of sugar per day, two and a half times what’s recommended. And it equals 53 POUNDS of sugar per year! Sugar sweetened beverages make up 47% of this sugar and sweet...
by Julie Matthews, MS | May 15, 2024 | Autism, Autism Diet & Implementation, Digestion/Microbiome, Nutrients/Biochemistry, Nutrition News, Personalized Nutrition/Special Diets, Scientific Research
The microbiome in autism is an avenue of important research. Studying the differences in microbiome composition for individuals with an autism diagnosis is yielding valuable insight. Here’s some recent research on the microbiome and children’s health, including kids...
by Julie Matthews, MS | May 14, 2024 | Autism, Nutrition News
I’m excited to share the results of our nutrition research, Ratings of the Effectiveness of 13 Therapeutic Diets for Autism Spectrum Disorder, published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine. In this paper, James Adams, PhD, and I (Julie Matthews, MS) explored the...