Nutrigenetics & Metabolomics Provide Data for Personalized Nutrition in Autism
Genetics can be used to help us personalize diet through the study of nutrigenetics and metabolomics. I found something I wanted to share with you. It is so compelling that I decided to make it a new video as a resource for practitioners. It comes from a study by Jill...
The Importance of Choline for Methylation & Epigenetics
Personalized Nutrition Choices that Improve Health As with many nutrients, choline intake is bioindividual. Because of the important uses of choline including gene expression, knowing that some clients may need more choline than others (and which clients) is very...
How Diet Affects the Gut and Microbiome in Mental Health: And How to Use Personalized Nutrition to Help
Diet influences the intestinal tract, gut microbiome, and brain. And personalized nutrition, or BioIndividual Nutrition®, can have a profound impact on the mood, learning, and behavior (i.e. the brain) of our clients and patients. In fact, clinicians in my...
The Powerful Benefits of Sulforaphane and Broccoli Sprouts
Sulforaphane, the active compound from broccoli sprouts, has many powerful health benefits. Research shows that it is a potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory substance. It can address neuroinflammation, is neuroprotective, and is even helpful for autism....
How Diet Affects the Microbiome in Autism
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...
Improving Anxiety Through Personalized Nutrition and Therapeutic Diets
An astounding 46% of adults and 31% of children experience anxiety in their lifetime. To say this is a problem would be an understatement in my opinion. Symptoms of anxiety can be debilitating and can negatively impact your client’s home life, work productivity,...
Therapeutic Diets for Gut Healing
Gastrointestinal Disorders Prevalence If you’re a nutrition or health practitioner, you’ve certainly had your fair share of clients with a gastrointestinal disorder or symptoms. I’m certain of that. That’s because digestive disorders are incredibly common. They...
Personalized Nutrition and Health
How Our Genes vs. Microbiome Affect Blood Sugar and Foods We TolerateThe primary goal of personalized nutrition is to create a diet that best meets the needs of an individual. Each person has a different response to specific types of food, as a great diet for one...
Ten Nutritional & Healing Benefits of Camel Milk
When to Add Camel Milk toa Personalized Nutrition PlanCamel milk is a wonderful healing food. As a Certified Nutrition Consultant, I have been recommending it to my clients with autism (and practitioners in my BioIndividual Nutrition Training) for many years. But...
When the GFCF Diet is Not Working: 10 Personalized Nutrition Strategies That Get Results
Starting on a gluten-free and casein-free (GFCF) diet for your clients can result in profound improvements. Many times, that starts with defining for my clients what these things are and in a way that is digestible (see what I did there? ;-)) Gluten refers to the...
Oxalates and Their Link to Cancer, Autism, and Age-Related Disorders
In the past, oxalate research was relegated to kidney-related disorders. Now much more is known. Whether your interest is autism, cancer, chronic pain, autoimmunity, or generalized inflammation, understanding the role dietary oxalates can play is critical for your...
Ketogenic Diet and Intermittent Fasting: Bioindividual Nutrition Research
The right bioindividual nutrition plan for your client can bring about profound improvement and benefit. In this article, I want to focus on some diets that have received a lot of attention in the news and nutrition community: the ketogenic diet and intermittent...