Photo credit: teacher_caroline_acsp via Visual Hunt / CC BY If you're the average person living in America, as I am, you probably aren't familiar with the GAPS diet. Despite being swarmed daily with a multitude of different diets, somehow healing diets like GAPS or even the SCD (Specific-Carbohydrate Diet) do not come up in everyday conversation. You may have heard …
The GAPS Diet – Why
When we hear the word "DIET", so many negative thoughts come to our mind. In our society today, it seems like daily a new diet fad is being proclaimed as the "permanent solution to your weight loss woes!!!" Try the Atkins, the South Beach, Weight Watchers, do a juice fast, low calorie, low fat, etc. …
Nutrition and Nursing
Photo credit: havens.michael34 via Visualhunt.com / CC BY In looking to make a fresh start in my career, I've discovered even more about the world that makes me unhappy. Prior to becoming a nurse, I was 17 years old, smart but extremely naïve, looking for the good in everything and thinking I found it. …
Rapid Prompt Method for Nonverbal Autism
“Not Speaking has no reflection on what is being thought on the inside, being a non-verbal person with Autism in my early years I've come to value words, they shouldn't be wasted nor abused they should be cherished used positively and productively.” ― Paul Isaacs, Living Through the Haze Last night, my husband and I …
Why Try Gluten and Casein Free?
Photo credit: Aitor Escauriaza via Visualhunt / CC BY “The first thing I see is the gluten-free section, filled with crackers and bread made from various wheat substitutes such as cardboard and sawdust. I skip this aisle because I’m not rich enough to have dietary restrictions.” ― Anonymous I had to smile when I …