Compared to the white potato, sweet potato is full of Vitamin A. It is so jam packed full of vitamin A, that one medium sweet potato gives you over 400% of your daily requirement of Vitamin A.

Vitamin A is known for beautiful skin. It makes our skin strong, clear and elastic. We also need this vitamin for our eyes, bones, immune system and to help reduce inflammation in the body.

Seeds. I can’t stress enough just how jam packed they are with goodness. Essential nutrients like zinc and magnesium which can be really hard to get into kids. The problem is… how do you get a kid to eat seeds???

There are some things that you can do to increase their nutrition without them even knowing it. It has nothing to do with what you need to eat, but more to do with the way we look at our food system.

Remember when you would get sick as a kid and a bowl of steaming chicken soup would make you feel better. Cultures all over the world have their own bone stock recipes and it beneficially contributes to their health. It’s healing.

This is the person who finds it hard to deal with stress, can get social anxiety, and as a result, they tend to limit the social situations they are in, hang around one or two other people and like routine because it makes life less stressful.

Most things taste better in a smoothie! This one is filled with great things including bananas... bananas contain tryptophan which is needed to create serotonin, the neurotransmitter that helps us feel good. It also contains raw cacao which is high in iron and magnesium.

Poor diet = poor internal nutrition = poor creation of neurotransmitters & hormones = a change in behaviour and mood.

“One day everything was fine and then the next day, they just changed….”

That is usually how a parent or caregiver of a child with PANS or PANDAS begins their story. They have memories of their child smiling, being happy and meeting their developmental milestones, and then one day, things changed. Their child becomes distant, often regresses, anxiety may flare, obsessive behaviours appear, outrageous tantrums, unusual irritability, aggression, oppositional behaviours, sleep disturbances, bed wetting begins and unusual verbal or motor actions (tics).

Gluten is a BIG problem for some, but does EVERYONE need to be gluten free?

Many people are making a connection between gluten and their poor health and cutting it all out together. Do they need to?

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High levels of arsenic can cause and contribute to mood disorders, memory & learning problems, cognitive dysfunction, anxiety and depression. We now know that children with Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have higher levels of arsenic and mercury within them than others.