Author: Ava Gallagher, MD

Pizza and chicken tenders are regular treats in children’s diets. But, for kids diagnosed with celiac disease, these gluten-saturated foods can cause harmful effects. Eating gluten — even just one cookie — causes an immune system reaction that can prevent the body from absorbing important nutrients. The good news is that there are more resources available…

About ten years ago a new type of deficiency was uncovered related to children and the outdoors, Nature Deficit-Disorder. The idea is that lack of outside ‘unstructured play’ (not an organized sport) can harm kids’ physical and mental development. As our urban areas boom (Austin’s a great example), we get farther and farther from nature. Trees,…