Vera and Jan talk about all things nutrition when it comes to children and the different stages of development.
Jan Katzen is a certified nutritionist, researcher, and former Association Montessori International pre-primary educator with years of teaching and observing children.
She has participated in research into preconception nutrition – that is nutrition for the yet unborn and not yet conceived!
Jan has authored several scientific articles, including the 2007 article: “Declaration of Nutrition, Health, and Intelligence for the Child-To-Be. Of note, she published “Nutrition for Development and Learning Guide and Workbook” a book that focuses on nutrients uniquely and collaboratively within brain development. Her book covers explicitly psycho-active and addictive foods that short-circuit brain function.
Jan is passionate about early nutritional intervention, and her book includes tools, exercises, and detailed nutritional discovery forms. The Center for Guided Montessori Studies includes her book and nutrition module for their teacher training courses.
Currently, Jan is a clinician at Melmed Center in Scottsdale Arizona, a medical center for the assessment, and treatment of developmental, behavioral, and emotional challenges in children, teens, and adults. Jan offers individualized meal plans and help for all family members with disordered eating and sugar addiction. In working with meal plans, she typically has to navigate many clinical issues i.e. autism, ADHD, and other mental and metabolic health concerns. She has a private out-of-state consultative virtual practice.
IN TODAY’S EPISODE:
- Personal/Professional story
- Preconception Nutrition
- “Nutritional trauma”
- Secondhand sugar in breast milk
- Childhood Nutrition
- Sugar-Free Brainy Breakfast for Kids (Book)
- How to work with parents to change food selection
- Adolescent Nutrition
- Jan’s private practice and meal mapping
- Her new book
- Comments on prevention and early intervention
- Signature Question
