Getzwell Pediatrics

Throughout 2011 we gave you the whys and hows of maintaining healthy eating habits for you and your baby. With the holidays fast approaching and a brand new year just around the corner, now is as good a time as any to get your household on a healthy track. Eat healthy this during the holidays [...]

More and more people are ‘going organic’ these days as studies continue to shed light on the benefits of organically grown produce and meats. We’ve previously touched on this topic with respect to exposing your baby to fresh fruits and vegetables from the get-go. But, when it comes to incorporating meat into your child’s diet, [...]

Most parents avoid letting their kids get involved in the kitchen because of the negative images they conjure up: giant clouds of flour, eggs smeared from one end of the counter to the other, peanut butter hair-do’s. However, a whole host of studies from organizations as diverse as the American Heart Association and the National [...]

There is no question that in California the green movement is the ethos of our time, impacting all elements and stages of life. At every turn, families, communities, and businesses are beginning to make decisions that seek to minimize environmental degradation and facilitate a more synergistic and balanced relationship with the natural world. In San [...]

Nutrition Counseling for Kids and Their Parents – Whether your child has special nutritional needs, like Celiac disease, diabetes, obesity, or food sensitivities, or you simply desire to improve your family’s eating habits, GetzWell Pediatrics can help you. We can teach you about reading food labels, developing appropriate shopping lists and meal plans, finding kid [...]

Nutrition Counseling During Pregnancy – At GetzWell Pediatrics, we believe whole kid care begins before birth. Research is beginning to point to the myriad ways a pregnant woman’s diet influences her child’s health, possibly even for life. We are experienced in helping women achieve the highest level of health and well being during pregnancy and [...]

Functional medicine – Functional medicine represents an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease centered focus of medical practice to a more patient centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional medicine practitioners [...]