Lamorinda Family Nutrition

Food as medicine.

One thing I will work with my clients on is looking for food allergies in everything they consume. I often rely on the packaging to provide me the information. This is very disappointing this is not on the label!

Another fruit/vegetable recall. This applies to both traditional and organic avocados. Please remember to always wash your fruits and veggies!

This is one of the reasons I offer texting services for my clients. I have never had anyone abuse the privilege and like this physician most do not use this. I talk with my clients about appropriate texts and set their expectations on how quickly I can usually respond. It makes things easier when your at the grocery store working through the intricacies of a new diet on a Saturday morning and you just need to know if this is ‘ok’! Or you’re at the doctor and ‘what was the lab you wanted me to request again’?

One of the things I talk to nearly every client is to eat more fruits and veggies! I also have to remind myself daily https://www.fastcompany.com//prescribing-fruits-and-veggie

Which came first, the chicken or the egg... This recent study linking eggs to heart disease risk. But to quote a physician in this article "It's not good science." What else are these participants eating with their eggs? This study uses two food intake questionnaires which are often not very relevant to what the person is actually eating.... https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/910474

Please consider attending this fundraising event for Chron’s disease. It was started by a local mom.

This is a great article for those dealing with corn allergies an corn sensitivities. Please share with your family and friends to help them understand. For many years I was very sensitive to corn and it’s MANY derivatives. One time I ended up in the ER for dehydration due to consuming something with citric acid. The ER wasn’t a safe place because they wanted to place an IV in me with corn by products. Fortunately, I am no longer as sensitive, but I know the struggles my clients deal with when they must remove corn from their diets. http://on.theatln.tc/13LV66F

Clients come to me all the time letting me know that certain foods upset them. In this study, it shows how the microbiome is affected by gluten in otherwise healthy individuals. I trust my clients when they tell me a particular food makes them feel bad, even if we don’t have the lab work to backup what they already know. You, my clients, are the best lab work available to me. I’m here to help you develop a healthy life. And when you don’t know what’s causing the problem I’m here to help you figure that out too! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07019-x

How food is grown and used within the US, as well as around the world.

An interesting article on how food and environment affect the bacteria in our body

Lamorinda Family Nutrition just had 9 boys in our office space and we survived to tell about it. In the process we received another beautiful piece from A Vintage Hint.

Interesting study on autism