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Food and Love
I was so struck by the discussion I heard on the radio that I had to pull over to write the words down: “someone who loves you is at home…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
The Use of NG tubes in Pediatric Eating Disorder Treatment
It's funny what one gets criticized for. Recently a couple of young patients have let me know that some other eating disorder providers in our community have tried to steer…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
Processed Food the Foodie Way
Nearly every day I am anxiously asked whether or not our young patients can have rice “milk,” almond “milk,” soy “milk” or coconut “milk” instead of the whole milk that…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
Diabetes
Approximately 1.25 million American children and adults have type 1 diabetes (T1DM), according to the American Diabetes Association. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune process whereby the insulin-producing cells of…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
Why We Limit Hyper-Palatable Foods for One Year
When I was first introduced to the Minnesota Semi-Starvation Study (MSSS), published in 1950 by Ancel Keys and his team, I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of data they…
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About Food: Corn
Over the next few weeks I am going to do a series of blogs on food. No surprise, I imagine, but by “food” I mean “ingredients”. At Kartini Clinic we…
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Why Wait For Treatment?
It still happens all the time. I go to see a family in the hospital (and they can be from anywhere) and as I take their history, the parents begin…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
Whole Milk and the Kartini Meal Plan
I can’t tell you how often a look of horror and surprise crosses parents’ faces when I explain to them that Kartini Clinic’s Meal Plan, in our spirit of real,…
