This week, our guest is Dr. Michelle Perro, a pediatrician with four decades of experience in acute and integrative medicine. 

The big reveal is this: Focus On Food FIRST.  

It’s a power move because getting food right for your child on the spectrum plays a HUGE role in their vitality and wellness.  

It’s impossible for your child to make the progress they’re capable of if they're eating toxic food.

The secret this week is…

REWIRE The Brain Through DIET

You'll Discover:

• One Big Reason Why Your Child’s A Picky Eater (4:18)
• The 4 Keys Ways To Help A Child On The Spectrum (7:00)
• The Attitude About Food That Must Go (11:20)
• The TRIAD That Matters Most (16:12)
• The Many Reasons To Avoid Toxic Food (23:57)
• Why You CAN Afford To Eat Organic (36:38)
• What Needs To Be UNDONE (45:42)

About Our Guest:

Michelle Perro, MD, DHOM is a veteran pediatrician with four decades of experience in acute and integrative medicine. More than fifteen years ago, Dr. Perro transformed her clinical practice to include GMO and pesticide advocacy. She has both directed and worked as both director and attending physician from New York Medical College to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland, CA. Dr. Perro has managed her own business, Down to Earth Pediatrics, creating a new field of integrative urgent care medicine. Dr. Perro has co-authored the highly acclaimed book, What’s Making our Children Sick and is Executive Director of a non-profit scientific-based website, GMOScience. She has authored many publications and has a column with the journal, The Townsend Letter. She is an Advisor with the recent launch of Regeneration Health International, a nonprofit based group focused on holistic health and promoting “food as medicine”. Dr. Perro has lectured nationally and internationally on regenerative food/soil, environmental health and justice issues focused on children. She hopes to have her second book released in 2023, Making our Children Well, and more information for parents can be found at www.drmichelleperro.com.

References In This Episode:

• What’s Making Our Kids Sick by Dr. Michelle Perro
• Regenerative Health International 
• GMO Science

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