Testimonials
“Helping to Heal is a great resource, guide and companion for parents caring for children who are ill...a comprehensive guide for creating a safe environment that enhances the healing process. Patti Wood gives her knowledge with love and compassion to the parents who have embarked on this difficult journey, showing them the way and giving them hope with a book that embraces all aspects of supportive care.”
Agnes Horvath, M.D.
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Children’s Hospital of Orange County
“Patti Wood has written a highly informative guide for parents and other caregivers of children fighting serious illness. Here we have a commonsense guide that explains how to navigate among chemical dangers in food, water and consumer products that may be present in everyday environments. This is a terrific resource for parents, physicians and others responsible for managing the recovery of our youngest and most vulnerable.”
John Wargo, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Health and Politics
Chair, Yale College of Environmental Studies Program Yale University
“When you and your child are faced with a diagnosis of a serious illness, you may feel overwhelmed and powerless. Take back your power by reading this compelling book. We now understand that toxic chemicals in the home and the diet can suppress the immune system. The choices described here will help you take action to optimize the immune response by eliminating contaminants in food and in the home. These choices can be life-saving.”
Ruth A. Etzel, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatrician and Preventive Medicine Specialist
Founding Editor, Textbook of Children’s Environmental Health
“As a physician familiar with the research studies on which Helping to Heal is based, I prescribe this very readable and useful book for parents of children with a life-threatening illness, those whose children are perfectly healthy and those planning a pregnancy.”
Lucy R. Waletzky, M.D.
“Good nutrition and the avoidance of environmental toxins is an essential part of any therapeutic approach to cancer, and we are learning more and more about how these factors influence a patient’s individual biology and their response to therapy. Patti Wood’s sensitive and helpful book Helping to Heal provides parents with basic nutritional guidelines and practical information they can use to create a healthy and nurturing home environment for their children.”
Donald Barry Boyd, M.D. Medical Oncology and Hematology Assistant Professor of Medicine Yale University School of Medicine
“It is our expectation that the high-quality nutrition outlined in Helping to Heal will help children tolerate their treatments better, maximize their immune function and lead to improved short-term and long-term outcomes.”
- Karen Moody, M.D., M.S. Pediatric Hematology, Oncology