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Nutrition and Dyslexia: Tips From a Yale-Trained Pediatrician & Best-Selling Author(Video)

If your child has dyslexia, a healthy diet can positively impact their focus and concentration. Lucie Curtiss (Best-Selling Author of Dyslexic And Unstoppable) and Dr. Douglas Curtiss (Yale-Trained Pediatrician) will tell you how.

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Recent studies have proven that certain nutrients in food can improve a child’s focus and concentration. This is important since a child’s nutrition is one of the main focuses with their parents. It is hard to always eat healthy. Especially since a lot of the organic ingredients are hard to come by and are difficult to afford. Choosing the wrong foods can have a more dire impact on your child than you can possibly imagine.

Key takeaways

  1. Nutrition plays an important role in your dyslexic child's focus and concentration.
  2. Parents should find healthy alternatives for the foods that are mostly eaten by their children.
  3. In search for healthier food alternatives, parents can check the ingredients or contents of the food product. This includes the amount of sugar and/or fats. Parents can then compare among different brands.
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