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5 Signs Your Picky Child Isn’t Getting Enough Nutrients & You Need To See A Doc

October 25, 2018 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

5 Signs Your Picky Child Isn't Getting Enough Nutrients & You Need To See A Doc By Jacqueline Burt Cote There's a reason why foods like buttered noodles and chicken fingers are clichéd children's menu staples: Lots of kids aren't particularly open-minded when it comes to eating, and some of them are downright picky. But as common as this behavior can be, it's also a little scary for parents. Keep Reading >>

Real Food Formula News

June 22, 2018 by Krisi Brackett 4 Comments

Real Food Formula News The benefits of using real food blends with our kids either orally or via tube cannot be denied. Abbott and Nestle have now jumped on the band wagon of real food formulas. Abbott has developed a new formula called Pediasure Harvest and Nestle has improved Compleat Pediatric which is now Compleat Organic Blends. I have not tasted or used these products yet but will report Keep Reading >>

High Calorie Meltable Snacks from Nutraphagia

March 13, 2018 by Krisi Brackett 7 Comments

EAT from Nutraphagia by Tia Bagan When I came up with the idea for a delicious, high-calorie snack, one word came to mind: joy. As a certified speech language pathologist, I had watched countless patients and their families struggle to find food that not only fed the body, but also the spirit. Sure, food is a source of nutrition, but done right, it delights us and connects us. It’s a way Keep Reading >>

Vitamix Hospital Blender Charity Program

January 27, 2018 by Krisi Brackett 2 Comments

I am writing this post to say thank you to Vitamix for their generous program supporting the feeding needs of children. There is no question that there is a growing interest and trend for higher quality food with less additives. We are getting more requests from families to make their own tube feeding formulas and homemade purees. Research supports the benefits of a home made blenderized tube Keep Reading >>

How to Use Purees in Feeding Therapy

January 14, 2018 by Krisi Brackett 4 Comments

Why do we use purees in feeding therapy? To improve intake of food with an easy texture. To stimulate midline and lateral tongue movement (pre-exercise for chewing) To introduce new textures and flavors in an easy to manipulate form. This post is inspired by my latest trainee who said one of her take home messages after spending this past week with our feeding team was the benefits Keep Reading >>

Differentiating milk allergy (IgE and non-IgE mediated) from lactose intolerance: understanding the underlying mechanisms and presentations

December 30, 2017 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

Differentiating milk allergy (IgE and non-IgE mediated) from lactose intolerance: understanding the underlying mechanisms and presentations by Joanne Walsh, Rosan Meyer, Neil Shah, James Quekett, and Adam Fox. Children with food allergy and, in particular, infants with suspected adverse reactions to cow’s milk, commonly present to primary care. It is thought that 6–8% of children aged <3 Keep Reading >>

Should You Be Worried About the Arsenic in Your Baby Food?

December 17, 2017 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

By RONI CARYN RABIN, DEC. 7, 2017, The New York Times Rice cereal is often a baby’s first solid food, but it contains relatively high amounts of arsenic, a source of growing concern. Now an advocacy group reports that while the levels of this potentially toxic substance in infant rice cereals have dropped slightly in recent years, rice cereals still contain six times more inorganic arsenic, on Keep Reading >>

Dysphagia Diets: IDDSI Replaces NDD

October 22, 2017 by Krisi Brackett 2 Comments

Dysphagia Diets: IDDSI Replaces NDD Standardized Diets: IDDSI Replaces the National Dysphagia Diet by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com You may hear doctors and health care professionals use terms like: “Soft,” “Mechanical Soft,” “Chopped,” “Ground,” “Blended smooth,” etc, but what does it mean? Ambiguous terms without standardized definitions lead to dangerous Keep Reading >>

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