The new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans represent a turning point for children’s health. As an integrative pediatrician, I’ve waited years for federal nutrition policy to catch up with what we’ve known in integrative medicine all along: food is medicine, gut health is foundational, and ultra-processed foods
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Should my child get the flu vaccine? That is the question… Or at least, it’s a very common question I get as an integrative pediatrician this time of year. So I wanted to share an update with all of you on the latest information we have on
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The press conference on September 22, 2025 raised two very big questions: Does Tylenol cause autism? And what does leucovorin’s new approval mean for children with autism? These are complicated issues, and I will do my best to share what we know, what we don’t know, and
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[Updated June 8, 2023] It is with a heavy heart that yet again, I am writing about how to keep children and families safe and healthy through the wildfires that seem to affect more and more people and locations every year. My heart goes out to the
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[UPDATED March 2024] Now that you’ve figured out what your child is allergic to and how to lower their allergy bucket in my last blog post, Top 10 Ways to Lower Your Child’s Allergy Bucket, it’s time to learn how to manage your child’s allergy symptoms, naturally!
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(Updated December 19, 2023) We’ve all been there. You can’t wait for vacation to begin! You’re getting on a plane to visit grandma and the kid’s new baby cousin. But it’s cold and flu season, and the passenger right behind you is sneezing and sniffling the whole ride
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What is the biggest threat to the future of medicine? The biggest threat to the future of medicine is not what you think. It’s not the impending likelihood that antibiotic resistance may be the leading cause of death by 2050.[1] It’s not the burdening of our healthcare
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[UPDATED: September 26, 2021 to take into account data since the Delta variant became the predominant SARS-coV-2 strain in the US at the end of June 2021.] The World Health Organization acknowledged in its scientific brief on COVID-19 Natural Immunity dated May 10, 2021 (1) that: “Natural
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[UPDATED: September 26, 2021 to take into account data since the Delta variant became the predominant SARS-coV-2 strain in the US at the end of June 2021.] Some parents had already decided that they were going to be the first in line to get a COVID-19 vaccine,
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As many of you know, I am a huge fan of Vitamin C and Zinc for immune support during the pandemic. I teach about these supplements and more in my online course, Integrative and Functional Medicine Strategies for the Pandemic, and I have helped 100s of families
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We’ve all heard discussion around the potential negative consequences of remote learning, including: Social disconnection Academic loss Socio-emotional & developmental regressions But what about the complications that no one is talking about? The ones that may be preventable? The ones that we as parents can actually do
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Vitamin D – the “sunshine” vitamin – is literally my favorite vitamin in the whole wide world (although technically it’s actually a hormone, not a vitamin). And now, the world is finally giving vitamin D the place in the sun it deserves. The UK is giving all
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Could your child have PANS/PANDAS? Do you have a child who was totally “normal” one day, and the next day suddenly has new anxieties, fears, tantrums or rages, OCD behaviors and maybe even tics? Does your toddler have out-of-control tantrums, and your friends and parents think you
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