Children’s Health Update: What’s Cooking at GMOScience.org?

As pediatric integrative clinicians, we are trained to examine children’s health trends, scrutinizing the nuances of our littlest ones’ health, and digging into the weeds with hopes to discover the root causes of what’s making our children sick. The fact that chronic diseases now affect more than half of American children should wake up everyone who cares for our most vulnerable.

My former column with the Townsend Letter (Pediatric Pearls) focused on case studies and promoting the integrative toolbox for practitioners.  However, the recognition that we are bandaging the problems by not identifying and treating the greater root causes supports the need for greater action.

More Studies? 

Not necessary.  There is no doubt that we’ve identified the major contributors of why children’s health is under assault.  The main driver of toxicity is the contamination of our food supply.  While there are certainly other factors affecting our children’s well-being, the corruption of our food by commercial interests, the introduction of genetically engineered foods and ever-increasing amounts of pesticides, and the promotion of ultra processed food-like products with minimal nutrient density is at the base of the food toxicity pyramid.