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Holidays

01/29/2011

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How many of you allowed your kids to rummage their way through the holiday table of sweets and goodies?

So many of my parents have proven to themselves that their kids get sick with gas, diarrhea, rashes and bizarre behaviors when they "cheat."  Many have stopped giving the supplements.  This is one of the ways parents can prove to themselves that elimination diet and proper vitamin and mineral supplementation actually makes their kids healthier and less symptomatic of their autistic traits.

Now that the holidays are over its time to get back on track. Dont give your kids the foods they crave, give them the foods their bodies need! You'll be glad you did!
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Quick Thought...

08/19/2010

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Dr. Philip Landrigan of the Mount Sinai Medical Center told the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee that more research needs to be conducted on potential environmental causes of autism.   

In recent years, autism, previously thought to be a genetic disorder, now seems to have environmental factors such as pesticides and other chemicals playing significant roles in the cause of autism. 

To the patients in the world with autistic children - I heartily recommend that you investigate the likelihood that your child is poisoned!  I also recommend chelation therapy to remove these toxins from their brains and bodies.  Over 75% of parents (26,000+) support this clinical observation. 
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Vitamin D Deficiency in our Children

08/19/2010

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Vitamin D functions in the body as an antioxidant/anti-inflammatory agent.  A deficiency of this vitamin can lead to increased risk of cancers, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis and immune system abnormalities that lead to autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and AUTISM.

We usually get our vitamin D from the sun's ultraviolet-B rays absorbed through the skin. Fear of exposure to the sun’s rays and skin cancer compounded by the fact that our children rarely go outside to play, ride bikes and do the things that previous generations of children did have reduced the levels of vitamin D to sub-therapeutic.

Only recently has the American Academy of Pediatrics raised the recommended daily intake of vitamin D to 400 I.U, up from no more than 200 IU.

Slathering the children with sunblock SPF 30 reduces the UV -B rays by as much as 98%.  The new recommendation is to use sunblock on the face, but leave the remainder of the body exposed, wearing minimal clothing several times a week from 10am-3pm for at least 10 minutes. 

You cannot overdose on Vitamin D, since the skin acts as a natural barrier for its absorption.  When enough is made, further exposure to sunlight actually destroys the excess.  Oral ingestion goes to the liver for processing. There can be toxic side effects from oral ingestion such as nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, constipation, weakness and weight loss, kidney stones, confusion and abnormal heart rhythms.

People with severe deficiency have taken up to 50,000 units per week until the problem is corrected.

I recommend supplementing the kids with 2000 units per day and follow the D3 levels regularly to assess absorption.

AAP newsletter reports that asthmatic children on steroids will have vitamin D insufficiency. The authors concluded that vitamin D supplementation might augment the anti-inflammatory function of corticosteroids in asthmatic patients, thereby improving asthma control.
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