by | Jul 25, 2019 | Digestive System, Seizures
The medical literature on the effectiveness of certain probiotic strains has remained limited. But in this paper titled “Probiotics in Children: what is the evidence?”two particular strains of probiotics are shown to be effective at preventing and...
by | Jul 9, 2019 | Hormone, Immune, Nutritional Deficiencies, Seizures
This is extremely recent research titled “Correction of vitamin D deficiency improves seizure control in epilepsy: A pilot study”. In this study 13 individuals who had demonstrated a long history of seizures of varying forms and were resistant to...
by | Jun 21, 2019 | Seizures
New research is emerging that reveals that bacteria, beneficial or pathogenic, doesn’t just reside in the digestive tract. Rather, research is showing that bacteria is found in the eye, the brain and in the placenta. Presumably, this suggests that if good...
by | Apr 29, 2019 | Digestive System, Nutritional Deficiencies, Seizures
I’ve blogged on B12 deficiency in the past, but it’s important to emphasize that under diagnosing B12 deficiency can lead to chronic symptoms that include autistic behaviors and or seizure disorders. I’ve spoken with hundreds of parents that state...
by | Apr 28, 2019 | Seizures
In a recent medical journal titled “Traumatic brain injury and intestinal dysfunction: uncovering the neuro-enteric axis”, research reveals that when a brain injury occurs, injury to the digestive process occurs as well. This is fantastic research showing...
by | Dec 17, 2018 | Digestive System, Nutritional Deficiencies, Seizures
One of my favorite and most effective therapeutic diet for seizure disorders is the Specific Carbohydrate diet (SCD diet). I cautiously write this because many of you may equate this with ‘if a seizure disorder is present, then the SCD is right for it’. ...
