| Food Intolerance and Your Children |
20 Aug 2010 |
Chronic symptoms affect kids' ability to learn
Growth and learning in infancy, childhood and beyond is mentally and physically demanding. Kids need to be at their best.
A window of learning that happens while they are feeling 'off colour' is simply a missed opportunity. Maybe you should investigate whether your children have food sensitivity?
While all kids get sick sometimes, if symptoms are chronic (happen repeatedly over months or years) it means your son or daughter never got to look through those windows of learning.
As parents we need to be vigilant about food intolerance in children. The symptoms are mild but distracting: hives, headache, flatulence, diarrhea, tiredness, persistent cough, lowered immunity to infections. How common is food intolerance?
How can your kids be their best if they are plagued by winter coughs, bronchitis, itchy flaking skin, lack of energy or always catching colds?
Maximise your kids' learning opportunities
The school holidays gives you a chance to really observe what they are eating and how they eat.
(I didn't say you would be able to control what they eat!) It can also give you an opportunity to observe behaviour or other conditions that might be a result of food intolerance.
We all want our kids to reach their potential, to help them see their dreams come true. Not surprisingly, what they experience in their school days is vital for setting up expectations about academic ability and self-image; for providing a framework to develop social skills, sporting prowess and, importantly the knowledge to manage themselves in an increasingly hectic adult world.
Look for patterns
Now is the time to check any symptoms against what they are eating - and look for patterns.
A yeast problem in a 15-year-old boy can mean the difference between making the team and not making the team. Missing the sporting opportunity is one thing. But suffering the blow to his self-image is an entirely separate issue. And all the more tragic because yeast sensitivity is something that's easily fixed!(Watch for athlete's foot, tinea, jock itch and ringworm in a kid who loves pizza, soft drinks and cheese on everything.) A baby with recurrent nappy rash is at a crucial point in her developmental learning. She would rather be sorting out the kitchen cupboards than spend her time cranky and scratching and demanding your attention. Some missed opportunities for parents here too.An argumentative and irritable teenage girl can't concentrate because of highs and deep lows in energy while at school. She has a lot on her plate: English assignments, chemistry test and netball commitments, mingled with headache, periods, the imminent formal dance and a crush on a boy. She needs all the help she can get.(Scrutinise her diet: notice chronic symptoms, talk with her about yeast or sugar (fructose) sensitivity, then backtrack over what she is eating. You could both be surprised.) Each of these examples has real potential for spoiling a child's chances to be their best.
How to Get Started
Narrow the possibilities: use the Symptoms Matrix (register free).
For proof - you need the Journal Method as used the Healing Program.
Do you believe solving the problem of food intolerance will help your child?Are you interested in maximising your child's learning opportunities?
Watch a video of FAQs about the Healing Program.
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