Cure Your Child with Food: The Hidden Connection Between Nutrition and Childhood Ailments

by Kelly Dorfman, Richard E. Layton M.D. (Foreword by)

Overview

Grounded in cutting-edge science, Cure Your Child with Food reveals the hidden connections between nutrition and chronic childhood ailments, and gives parents the simple, straightforward solutions they need to help their children thrive.

Discover how zinc deficiency can cause picky eating and affect growth. The panoply of problems caused by dairy and gluten. How to cure sleep disorders with melatonin, hyperactivity with magnesium, anxiety with fish oil.

Kelly Dorfman, a nutritionist whose typical patient arrives at her practice after seeing three or more specialists, gives parents the tools to become nutrition detectives themselves. She shows how to recalibrate children's diets through the easy E.A.T. program, and how to get kids off drugs—antibiotics, laxatives, Prozac, Ritalin—and back to a state of natural well-being.

"In her terrific book, Kelly Dorfman clearly explains how to decipher the clues to nutritional disorders that affect the body and brain. Parents will find it packed with sound advice and useful information." —Maurine Packard, MD, pediatric neurologist

A Nautilus Book Award Gold winner.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761175834
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company
Publication date:	04/23/2013
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	506,564
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, specializes in finding nutritional solutions to common ailments. She writes for the Huffington Post, is a columnist for Living Without magazine, and has been featured in and written dozens of articles on health and nutrition. In addition, she lectures on diet and health around the country and has appeared on CNN and Fox News. Her practice is located outside of Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction

Part One: Nutrition Detection at Work
Chapter 1: How important is nutrition, really?
Chapter 2: Becoming a nutrition detective
Chapter 3: The conundrum of pick eating
Chapter 4: The E.A.T. Program: What it is and how it works

Part Two: When the Body Behaves Badly
Chapter 5: The toddler who could not stop spitting up
Chapter 6: The girl whose tummy always hurt
Chapter 7: The case of the boy who wouldn’t grow
Chapter 8: The little colon that couldn’t
Chapter 9: A case of chicken skin

Part Three: Kids and Their Many Moods
Chapter 10: The child who wouldn’t fall asleep
Chapter 11: Hyper and annoying: Otherwise known as Tyler and Oscar
Chapter 12: The bipolar child who wasn’t
Chapter 13: The worrier

Part Four: Learning and Behavior in Kids
Chapter 14: Two cases of chronic ear infections
Chapter 15: The tales of Chuck and Dale
Chapter 16: The child who couldn’t speak in sentences
Chapter 17: The overly sensitive child
Chapter 18: Frequently asked questions

The Last Word
References
Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“In her terrific book, Kelly Dorfman clearly explains how to decipher the clues to nutritional disorders that affect the body and brain. Parents will find it packed with sound advice and useful information.
—Maurine Packard, MD, Pediatric Neurologist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

“Nutrition is the key to so many underlying issues in child development and behavior. This book is a great resource for any parent.
—Natalie Geary, MD, Pediatrician and coauthor of The Food Cure for Kids

“Kelly Dorfman's book is a must read for every health professional involved with children. There are hidden connections between food and nearly every child's well being but we aren't adequately trained to recognize the great majority. Kelly generously shares her extensive knowledge.”
—Dr. Iona Razi, pediatrician, Washington, DC

“Kelly Dorfman understand the biomedical needs of children in a way that few others do. I have learned a tremendous amount from her.”
—Marilyn Agin, MD, neurodevelopmental pediatrician and coauthor of The Late Talker

Editorial Reviews

"In her terrific book, Kelly Dorfman clearly explains how to decipher the clues to nutritional disorders that affect the body and brain. Parents will find it packed with sound advice and useful information." —Maurine Packard, MD, Pediatric Neurologist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

"Nutrition is the key to so many underlying issues in child development and behavior. This book is a great resource for any parent." —Natalie Geary, MD, Pediatrician and co-author of The Food Cure for Kids

“Dorfman does an excellent job of outlining how nutrition can affect a child's development and when to turn to other medical approaches; she persuasively argues for greater knowledge from pediatricians and specialists. Recommended.”
—Library Journal

“Her research is solid, her insights are excellent and her advice is just what you need.”
—Washington Post

“Informative and inspiring. . . . Offers solutions that can change the lives of children and their families.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“This fascinating and potentially life-changing advice reveals that nutrition isn’t a simple matter of finishing one’s broccoli. Food has a significant impact on a child's health and well-being, and Dorfman helps parents ensure that the impact is positive.”
—Publishers Weekly
 
“Important advice for parents . . .”
—CNN
 
“Nutritionist Kelly Dorfman’s book gives parents the tools they need to be nutritional detectives and help their children thrive.”
—USA Weekend

“This book is a wealth of easy-to-read information for parents—or anyone wondering whether food could be causing their health problems.”
—Gluten Intolerance Group Magazine

“Dorfman does an excellent job of outlining how nutrition can affect a child's development and when to turn to other medical approaches; she persuasively argues for greater knowledge from pediatricians and specialists. Recommended.”
—Library Journal

“Her research is solid, her insights are excellent and her advice is just what you need.”
—Washington Post

“Informative and inspiring. . . . Offers solutions that can change the lives of children and their families.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“This fascinating and potentially life-changing advice reveals that nutrition isn’t a simple matter of finishing one’s broccoli. Food has a significant impact on a child's health and well-being, and Dorfman helps parents ensure that the impact is positive.”
—Publishers Weekly
 
“Important advice for parents . . .”
—CNN
 
“Nutritionist Kelly Dorfman’s book gives parents the tools they need to be nutritional detectives and help their children thrive.”
—USA Weekend

“This book is a wealth of easy-to-read information for parents—or anyone wondering whether food could be causing their health problems.”
—Gluten Intolerance Group Magazine

From the Publisher