The Disconnected Kids Nutrition Plan
Proven Strategies to Enhance Learning and Focus for Children with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Disorders
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- $21.99
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- $21.99
Publisher Description
A scientifically developed program for feeding kids with special needs--based on the popular Brain Balance Program
Dr. Robert Melillo’s Brain Balance program has helped thousands of families across the country, offering a drug-free, scientifically based method for addressing a wide range of conditions, including autism spectrum disorders and ADHD. In this new book, he presents the nutritional side of the Brain Balance Program, featuring guidelines, tips, and kid-friendly recipes based on the latest scientific research on how food affects the brain.
Designed to help busy parents feed picky kids in a beneficial way, the book will show readers how to:
• Recognize the difference between a fussy eater and a problem eater.
• Ease the sensory issues that make for mealtime mayhem.
• Identify food sensitivities using a simple elimination diet.
• Choose supplements that will help ensure adequate daily amounts of the specific vitamins and minerals important to brain health.
• Prepare delicious, healthy meals that will pass the taste test of even the most finicky eaters.
• Understand how the brain plays a primary role in many dietary and nutritional issue including food sensitivities.
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This guide from chiropractic neurologist Melillo (Disconnected Kids) provides thought-provoking eating strategies for parents of children with neurological disorders, though it too often reads like a marketing tool for his holistic Brain Balance program. As outlined in Melillo's previous book, he believes that the neurological disorders plaguing many children today stem from "imbalances" in how their brains develop. Using patient case studies as illustration, Melillo discusses an array of nutrition challenges, including leaky gut syndrome and food sensitivities. His methods provide advice for parents of picky eaters and children with food sensitivities, such as tips for following an elimination diet, staying calm and firm, and shopping healthily. The book's second section contains recipes, many free of ingredients such as gluten and casein that are likely to trigger food sensitivities. The recipes are varied and appealing, but some of the "replacement" ingredients might be difficult to source, and a listing of nutritional specifics such as calorie counts would have been helpful. Melillo's frequent references to his Brain Balance program will be off-putting to some, but this book could prove useful for parents of problem eaters who have exhausted all other avenues.
