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Preventing Autism
Researchers have learned SO much in the past 10 years about risk factors for autism and other developmental delays that I included the...

Patricia Lemer
Nov 27, 20147 min read


Outsmarting Autism
With great excitement and pride I announce the release today of my second book, Outsmarting Autism: The Ultimate Guide to Management,...

Patricia Lemer
Jul 5, 20143 min read
Fire, Water, Air and Earth: Start Cooking!
I just finished reading Michael Pollan’s newest and seventh book, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation. In it Pollan takes us on...

Patricia Lemer
Dec 6, 20134 min read


Kuwait Revisited: Offering Help to Those with Severe Disabilities
Right before Christmas, I returned from my second mission to Kuwait. Now that the holidays are over, I want to share my impressions. I...

Patricia Lemer
Jan 2, 20139 min read


Do YOU Need a Pediatrician?
Over the holidays I spent time with some friends and their grandchildren. Two little boys, one a year old, and the other three, struck...

Patricia Lemer
Nov 27, 20123 min read


Gastroenterology 101
I just returned from an early morning appointment with my fifth local gastroenterologist. The reason I keep looking for one is that I...

Patricia Lemer
Oct 25, 20116 min read


Peanut Allergy Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know
Last week, I observed a friend frantically chasing her toddler grandson who had slipped out of her grip, run to a buffet table and...

Patricia Lemer
Oct 10, 201111 min read


Picking Beans at Round Hill Park
I’d passed the sign hundreds of times: “Round Hill Park.” Some day I’ll check it out, I’d promised myself. That day was last Tuesday. ...

Patricia Lemer
Sep 18, 20103 min read


The Medicated Child
biploar disorder,medication,diet,nutrition,omega 3 fats,vision therapy,sensory integration,Doris Rapp,excitotoxins,GF/CF diet,Body...

Patricia Lemer
Nov 15, 20095 min read


What Does "Keeping Kids Healthy" REALLY mean?
flu,swine flu,Philip Incao,toxins,food,vitamins,zinc,colostrum,shitake mushrooms,zinc,homeopathy,Susan Johnson,MD The TV bombards us...

Patricia Lemer
Nov 4, 20093 min read


Day Lily buds and Zucchini Blossoms: Eating for Free
In the 1970’s with Euell Gibbons’ best seller Stalking the Wild Asparagus as my guide, I used to forage for free food moving from scapes...

Patricia Lemer
Jun 30, 20091 min read


A Winter GF-CF lunch
Owner wrote: A Winter GF/CF Lunch Yesterday, I took lunch to the home of a friend. A childhood buddy of hers is visiting Pittsburgh from...

Patricia Lemer
Jan 16, 20092 min read
A Thanksgiving Lesson in Diet and Nutrition
Owner wrote: A Thanksgiving Lesson in Diet and Nutrition Thanksgiving with my family was a glut of gluten, dairy and sugar. “Patty, you...

Patricia Lemer
Dec 16, 20082 min read
Radio Interviews – Listen in!
I have just completed three radio interviews about my new book EnVISIONing a Bright Future. What fun it is being on the “other side” of...

Patricia Lemer
Jul 31, 20082 min read
Change: Notice it; Adapt to it Anticipate; and Go With It!
Everything changes: winter to spring, summer to fall, youth to adolescence, health to illness. We expect, accept and adapt naturally to...

Patricia Lemer
Dec 2, 20003 min read
The “Diet”
“Are you on ‘the diet’? is a query commonly heard wherever I go. At my weight loss clinic “the diet” is the protein shake that allowed me...

Patricia Lemer
Jun 2, 20003 min read
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