Parents often assume their child is properly nourished. Pediatric nutrition does not follow a “one size fits” all philosophy. Just as each child is unique, the proper nutritional balance for each child is as well. Through the patient's history, exam and laboratory tests,

Dr. Amber Brooks, DC, MSN, CACCP, BCIP, RN is able to create highly individualized nutritional and supplemental advisement. Parents and caregivers must teach children nutritional intelligence from an early age. For example, giving children options for food but ensuring all choices are healthy, wholesome, and organic. This enables the child to participate by allowing choices that will empower them as he or she grows older to continue making healthy choices even when you are not around to control the options. The foods we eat should be healing in nature, and it is important to introduce this concept to your child at an early age. The appreciation for healthy foods may keep your child from suffering from digestive challenges, constipation/diarrhea, deficiencies in vitamins and minerals, failure to thrive, as well as becoming picky eaters.

 

Some parents are faced with the challenges of raising a special needs child. In many cases special needs children are nutritionally imbalanced, craving foods that feed the dysfunction in the gut leading to poor behaviors, stemming, inadequate sleep, and severe digestive challenges to name a few. Dr. Brooks, DC, MSN, CACCP, BCIP, RN enjoys addressing the nutritional components of illness and initiates the healing process through the use of proper nutrition, diet and supplementation.

 

There is an abundant amount of information a parent must have to address the nutritional deficiencies alone. Dr. Brooks, DC, MSN,  CACCP, BCIP, RN knows firsthand the challenges of making nutrition and diet changes and spends the necessary time to educate each parent on nutritional changes with provides them with the tools to make this transition as smooth as possible.