Educational links

I firmly believe that the more you educate yourself and your family about holistic health and nutrition, the happier and more self-assured you will be in taking charge of your own well-being.

Below are links to articles and educational presentations that you may find useful in understanding principles of nutrition, holistic health and healing that you can use for the benefit of yourself and your family.

Some things I have written:

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-- Some articles I have written:
    Exploring Dietary Intervention for Special Needs
    Organic Produce: Is It Worth the Price?
    Hidden Neurotoxins in Your Child's Food? The Top 5 to Avoid


--I am the Holistic Family Health Examiner writer for Staten Island, NY. I periodicially contribute articles about subjects pertaining to holistic family health.

  Hidden dangers in those "healthy" cereals?

-- My speech at World Autism Awareness Day 2010 at NY City Hall

Some resources for more information on nutritional solutions:

--  Educational site and articles on causes of autism and developmental delay

    Helen Ratajczak's article in the Journal of Immunotoxicology on the Autism/Vaccine connection

     Beyond Pesticides provides a wealth of information on the connection between pesticides and   developmental delays, autism and ADHD

     Science Daily on the link between autism and mercury-firing coal plants

    The Link between Autism and Genetically Modified Foods

   Environmental Circumstances that Can Damage the Developing Brain


    Do Chemicals Cause Autism? by NY Times reporter Nicholas Kristof

    Autism: It's Not Just in the Head, DISCOVER magazine, by Jill Neimark

-- Introductory information about Homeopathy

     Homeopathy for ASD

     The Impossible Cure

     Homeopathy for Smart, Frugal and Tenacious Moms by Joette Calabrese

     A Mother Discovers Homeopathy to Help Her Vaccine Injured Child

-- Helpful Resources

     A Holistic Perspective on the Digestive System of Infants & Children
Lawrence B. Palevsky, MD, FAAP, DABHM

    Environmental Working Groups guide to pesiticides in produce

    EWG Cosmetic Safety Database

--  Resources and information about different dietary interventions:
    Autism Network for Dietary Intervention (ANDI)
    The Autism Web's Guide to the GFCF diet
    The GFCF Diet Autism Diet Resource
    Resources for the Gluten free traveler
    The Gut & Psychology Syndrome Diet (GAPS)
    Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD)
    Body Ecology Diet (BED)
    Low Oxalate Diet (LOD)
    The Feingold Diet
    The FailSafe Diet
    The Ketogenic Diet (The Epilepsy Foundation)
    The Ketogenic Diet  (The Charlie Foundation)
    The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
    The Yeast Connection
    The Lyme-Autism Connection
    Enzymes and Autism
    Special Diets Resource Guide
    
-- Documents and sites with information about alternative therapies    
    The Autism Research Institute
    Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD by Dr. William Shaw  (requires Adobe Reader)
    Psychology Today Article on Homeopathy for Autistic Spectrum Disorder
    Max's Story: A Homeopathic Cure for Autism

-- Great Blogs by parents making progress

    Great stories of hope and recovery from autism
   
 WhatToFeedYourKids.com
    One mom's story of recovery from autism through Homeopathy
   Drew's mom's blog

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