Tuesday, July 31st, 2018, News
A guide to packing back-to-school healthy and tasty lunches for kids with sucrose intolerance or CSID. ... READ MORE
Low-Sucrose Snack for Family Road Trips
Thursday, July 19th, 2018, News
Family road trips are a long-standing tradition around the holidays and during summer vacation months. Every long drive requires snacks and drinks to prevent the need to stop frequently and to change the mood when the kids get bored or cranky in the car. Food choices on the road are frequently limited when it comes… READ MORE
Chicken Fajita Cauliflower Rice Bowls
Friday, June 29th, 2018, Recipes
Do you remember when “rice” referred to a seed of grass that grows in flooded fields? That’s when “rice” was a noun. Today, “rice” is also a verb used to describe a growing trend of using hard vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, beets, sweet potato, and winter squash that have been finely grated or… READ MORE
10 Gut-Friendly Summer Snacks
Friday, June 22nd, 2018, Recipes
Summer is in full swing, and with the warmer weather comes an abundance of fresh, seasonal produce! From asparagus and leafy greens to strawberries and green beans, we’re lucky to have so many delicious, healthy items available to us straight from Mother Nature. Best part? These snacks are all low-sugar, healthier options to keep you… READ MORE
Grilled Fish Lettuce Wrapped Tacos
Friday, June 1st, 2018, Recipes
In its simplest form, a taco is a flour or corn tortilla wrapped around a filling. The “taco de pescado,” the fish taco, which originated in Baja California in Mexico, was sold by street vendors and gradually migrated to Southern California with the surfers, who had been in Baja looking for the perfect wave. Ralph… READ MORE
Editorial Advisory Board
Dr. Jaya Punati, MD
Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Punati is a board certified pediatric gastroenterologist in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. She is the director of the pediatric gastrointestinal neuromuscular and motility disorders program and also participates in national multicenter research studies and committees.
She has been named to the “Best Doctors in America" list. Her main clinical focus is in pediatric gastrointestinal motility disorders, including chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, Hirschsprung’s disease, gastroparesis, and chronic refractory constipation and encopresis. She specializes in manometry testing, including esophageal and gastric colonic anorectal testing.
Dr. Punati is also an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at USC Keck School of Medicine.
Enrique Hernandez-Sanchez, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Hernandez-Sanchez graduated from the La Salle University School of Medicine and University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Hernandez-Sanchez finished his fellowship at Mattel’s Children’s Hospital at UCLA. He specializes in pediatric gastroenterology at Gastro Health in south Florida. Dr. Hernandez-Sanchez is affiliated with West Boca Medical Center and is also a member of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America and North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN).