Empowering Families to Get Answers
If you know you need to make food changes in your life, whether it be switching from take out to home cooked, or making from scratch vs from a box, one of the most challenging things that might be holding you back is food prep and/or cooking itself. Right? Although the meals themselves might notRead more about 3 Ways to Overcome Food Preparation Hangups[…]
This week I am blogging slightly from the heart, and then where my heart enters practitioner mode – so I hope this hits home for you. My son started life hard. He was only 8 months old when he experienced his first PFAPA episode. The second one was the one that I knew for certainRead more about Four Ways to End Your PFAPA Struggle[…]
Dairy – it’s the thing that people look at first in their own lives (before working with a practitioner) to see if they have a sensitivity to it. Almost every single one of my clients has already tried some form of dairy free or dairy reduction upon coming on board with me. I am guessingRead more about Dairy – Is it a problem for inflammation?[…]
Let’s talk food sourcing and shopping – how do we pick the best things for our PFAPA and PFS kids (and just ourselves as humans)? This week is an excerpt from my Functional PFAPA book – available here. Let’s get started… “So far we have talked about getting properly raised animals and looking out forRead more about Food Sourcing in PFAPA/PFS[…]
I don’t know about you – but this time of year for seasonal allergies are INTENSE! Tree pollen is so thick right now where I live that it is unbearable at times. Most people think there is NOTHING you can do about seasonal allergies – they are out of your control. HOWEVER, there are waysRead more about 3 Steps to Lessen Seasonal Allergies[…]
The BIGGEST step you can take in getting control over your child’s PFAPA episodes and condition is changing to REAL FOOD only. Ditch all those packages, boxes, and bags of items that are filled with empty non-nutritious calories and chemicals! (Hint: THESE are THE TRIGGERS to your child’s condition). There are a few challenges withRead more about 3 Challenges of Changing Food Habits – and How to Overcome Them[…]
This is something that you are all very sensitive about no doubt! What we have learned in our kids with PFS or PFAPA is that this is not germs but an underlying inflammatory condition. HOWEVER, this is NOT the majority of fever causes in fact, fever is caused much more frequently by OTHER things. ARead more about What causes fevers? How do we know the difference between PFAPA and not?[…]
In every child (and nearly every adult) I have seen with PFAPA, PFS, autoimmunity or other disorders there is small intestine imbalance. Our microbiome (all microbes on and in our body) have their own world happening. When they are out of balance, we get disorder and disease. And that INCLUDES PFAPA, PFS, and autoimmunity. ThisRead more about Gut Balance in PFAPA/PFS – The Small Intestines[…]
If you haven’t noticed, there is no real care for this condition in the traditional medical field. You might have really been expecting some REAL HELP when you got that diagnosis and FINALLY figured out what was wrong with your child. Then suddenly at that next appointment or even that appointment you realized, THE DIAGNOSISRead more about The Problem with Conventional PFAPA Care[…]
This is a HUGE topic today – for many reasons. If you have read or are connected to research and COVID-19 you know that Vitamin D (lack of) has been linked to harmful outcomes. It’s true. And if you live in a location that doesn’t have much sun for the majority of the year, andRead more about Vitamin D and PFAPA/PFS[…]