Have you considered a Gluten-Free diet for your child?
Gluten-Free foods are popular. These products are available at your local market largely due to the growing number of people diagnosed with celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder where the gut can’t digest certain nutrients found in wheat, oats, barley and rye. Many parents of children with special [...]
Is your child lactose intolerant or suffer stomach aches regularly?
Organic B.R.A.T. Feel Better Drinks are made with ingredients that settle upset tummies, calm diarrhea and restore electrolytes and nutrients. B.R.A.T. is an acronym for bananas, rice, applesauce and toast; that age old doctor recommended diet for stomach aches.
Greg and Lisa Toepfer created Organic B.R.A.T. Feel [...]
Today, I continue my conversation with Rebecca Pokluda, MOTR/L, P.C., about sensory diet programs. On Tuesday, Rebecca defined sensory diets and explained how to recognize a child who may benefit from sensory diets. Now, she covers general guidelines for implementing sensory diets and provides examples of sensory diet activities.
Question: What general guidelines do you suggest when [...]
My 9 year old daughter with dyspraxia benefits greatly from a sensory diet program. We use this diet program for home and at school. The sensory diet program fundamentally improves my daughter’s ability to regulate her impulses.
My daughter’s Occupational Therapist, Rebecca Pokluda, MOTR/L, P.C., was kind enough to answer my questions about sensory diets. She [...]
Several parents from the Austin and Dallas area mentioned at last month’s Parent to Parent conference that they were interested in learning more about the use of dietary interventions in treating the symptoms of autism. Below is a Q&A with Dianne Doggett, an Austin-based mom that has used various special diets to help her son [...]
