Feeding the brain lecture notes

— FOOD AND FEEDING THE BRAIN Presented by Centers of Development www.developmentaldelay.net Heidi@covd.biz Heidi Clopton, Ped. OTR/L and Owner of Centers of Development, PLLC with contributions from Beryl Turner, Clinical Nutritionist

OPTIMUM NUTRITION FOR YOUR CHILDS MIND — Why do I speak on Nutrition? — Changing your families diet is a gift that lasts a lifetime and is possible to give daily! — You don't have to be a nutritionist, therapist, MD, or specialist of any kind to educate and EMPOWER yourself and your children to a healthy lifestyle. — My goal is to educate you to give you the desire to learn more so that you can feel in CONTROL of your child's health issues and your own.

— Education is Empowerment — Medications are not the answer for chronic issues —

Heidi Clopton, mother, avid reader on nutrition, and Pediatric Occupational Therapist

— Why listen to me?

— What I have learned as a mother and Ped. OT about nutrition, diet, development, sensory issues, and behaviors.

— The body is like a team working together&if one part is not working correctly then the entire team suffers.

— Clients who did only therapy versus those who did supplements, diet changes, and therapy...the ones who were on special diets such as gluten, soy and casein free diets seeing a biomedical MD or DAN! doctor made superior improvements in behaviors and skills compared to those who do not.

— My next goal in life: ND degree! That is how much I believe in good nutrition and lifestyle!

— Examples of SI issues related to nutrition: — Sensitive to sounds (auditory defensiveness): lack of magnesium in diet. Where do you get Magnesium? Green veggies and meats.

— Poor motor coordination, delayed motor skills: lack of L-Carnitine, Essential Fatty Acids, Vit A to name a few

— Sensitive to touch (tactile defensiveness): lack of EFA (DHA), Vit A & D (Cod Liver Oil), and magnesium usually. CASEIN SENSITIVE always!

— Poor Attention: need DHA (fish oil), magnesium

— Poor Bowel functions/picky eater: Probiotics, Cod Liver Oil, DHA, magnesium, zinc, digestive enzymes and usually casein or gluten sensitive!

— Food Sensitivities and Reactions — Food reactions include: — IgE (immunoglobulin type E) allergies, the most severe, but least common, type of food reaction. This is what is tested usually by the allergy doctor...but this is an acute issue like hives or asthma, NOT chronic issues like sinus, gut, behavioral issues. — IgG (immunoglobulin type G) & IgA sensitivities, which are much more common than classic allergies, but usually chronic issues, not tested for by most allergists. — Intolerances or Sensitivities, which are not caused by the immune system, but by chemical reactions. They are very common, and can cause serious symptoms. The signs and symptoms of each of these three food reactions may be similar, and may include the following: — Congestion of the nose, sinuses, and throat. Infection may accompany chronic congestion.

— Food Sensitivities and Reactions — Gastrointestinal problems, including bloating, gas, diarrhea, constipation, nausea or vomiting. — Watery, glassy eyes, puffiness around the eyes; dark circles under the eyes; or a horizontal crease just under the eyes. — Perspiration for no apparent reason, or night sweats. — Ear infections triggered by congestion; or red, warm earlobes.

— Food Sensitivities and Reactions — Dizziness, vertigo, or poor balance. — Headaches, migraines, or tension in the neck and shoulders resembling that of stress tension. — Eczema, skin rashes, or canker sores. — Swelling of the hands, feet, face or other areas. — Coughing, sneezing, wheezing, asthmatic symptoms. — Muscle aches, leg cramps, or twitchy legs. — Food Sensitivities and Reactions — Cognitive problems, including poor focus, poor memory, or brain fog. — Insomnia, restless sleep, or chronic bedwetting. — Negative behavioral symptoms associated with autism and ADHD, including hyperactivity, disassociate behavior, tantrums.

— Top 4 food sensitivities are: Cow's Milk (Casein protein in Cow's Milk different than other proteins in other animal milks), Wheat/Gluten, Soy, Eggs — DEMAND an IgG and IgA when you get the IgE blood tests! ELISA testing is needed for any child with the above issues. — IgG tests for food sensitivities, a chronic issue often missed! IgG and IgA cause more chronic issues and are food sensitivity or intolerances.

— Food and Feeding the Brain — Food directly affects how your child thinks, feels, behaves, attends, reacts to emotions, and how easily they deal with stress, and same for adults. The foods we eat directly affect Neurotransmitter levels in the brain. — There are five anti-nutrients, substances that can disrupt and damage the brain: refined sugar, damaged fats, certain chemical food additives, toxic minerals and food allergies or intolerances/sensitivities.

— Your gut is your little brain helping the big brain. — Food and Feeding the Brain — Optimum nutrition means achieving the right intake of the five essential brain foods: — Having balanced blood sugar is your brain's super fuel — Essential fats: DHA in Omega 3 and Omega 6 balanced Children deficient in essential fats have more learning difficulties, while children who are breastfed have higher IQs at age eight than bottle-fed babies, which is thought to be due to the higher levels of essential fats in breast milk.

— LOTS of research now to support DHA fish oil intake for EVERYONE and EVERYTHING

— Food And Feeding The Brain — Phospholipids- memory molecules that give oomph to the brain. They are the intelligent fats in our brains. They are found in fish, eggs, and organ meats.

— Amino acids: the brain's messengers. Nutrients such as amino acids help to tune up your child's brain . — Vitamins and minerals: the intelligent nutrients that keep the brain in tune.

Your child CANNOT eat fast foods, processed foods, and sugars and carbohydrates all the time and be healthy in their body or MIND!

— General Guidelines for Brain Fats — Provide plenty of seeds and nuts: the best seeds are CHIA, flax, hemp, pumpkin, sunflower and sesame. You get more goodness out of them by grinding them first and sprinkling them on cereal, soups and salads. — Choose coldwater fish such as wild/organic salmon two or three times a week. This provides a good source of omega-3 fats. Supplmenting with purified pharmaceutical grade DHA is essential in the American diet. — Avoid fried food and processed food. — Choose fish oil to supplement omega-3 fats lots of choices at health food store and online. Lots of yummy flavors for kids also. High DHA is the best form. — Effect of Fish Oil on Learning — A recent study revealed that 40% of children showed significant improvements in reading and spelling when given fish oil supplements. (Fish oils contain omega-3s that are essential for brain development and function, but such oils are lacking in modern processed diets. — Researchers studied close to 120 British children (ages 5-12) who were judge to be normal but were labeled underachievers and believed to have dyspraxia- a condition encompassing problems with motor skills and coordination that frequently overlaps with dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism.

— Effects of Fish Oil On Learning — Half of the children analyzed were given fish oil supplements over three months, white the other half were given placebos of olive oil. After three months, the placebo group was also given the supplements. Children who took fish oil supplements made about three times the amount of progress in their reading skills than those who took the placebo. Similar boosts in progress were then found in the placebo group when switched to active supplements.

— Effect of Fish Oil on Learning — None of the children involved in the study were labeled as ADHD, though one-third of them demonstrated symptoms that could have put them in the category. However, after three months of taking fish oil, half of them showed significant improvements that no longer would have been diagnosed as ADHD. This research information was obtained from Pediatrics, May 2005, Vol. 115, No 5:1360-1366.

— Note: Mothers can help insure that their infants get the omega-3 fats necessary by having an adequate supply of it in their own diets.

— General Guidelines for Optimal Phospholipids — Add a tablespoon of lecithin granules to your childs cereal every day. — Or give your child an egg for breakfast preferably free-range, organic, high in omega-3s and lightly boiled, poached or scrambled, but definitely not fried.

— Or supplement a brain food formula providing phosphatidyl choline and phosphatidyl serine, especially if your child is having learning problems.

— Connection of Food and Behavior — Foods affect neurotransmitters; foods become neurotransmitters. In fact, most fundamental processes of mental activity involve ordinary foods we eat daily. — Foods protect against damage from a polluted environment. Poor nutrition makes children vulnerable to toxic environmental hazards to the brain. Even if deadly metals get to the brain, how long they remain there depends upon vitamin status. — Subtle vitamin deficiencies slow the body's excretion of harmful burdens of heavy metals. — Recent evidence shows that food additives interfere with behavioral control and sleep and increase somatic complaints and allergic-like symptoms in young children.

— Toxins in Foods Cause Disorders Studies have shown that food additives have an effect on learning and behavior: — A study in Canada involving 20 hyperactive children showed that food dyes adversely impacted 17 out of 20 children in performing a learning task. (5) — A study conducted at the Alberta Childrens Hospital resulted in half of hyperactive children showing improvement when artificial colors, flavors, chocolate, MSG, preservatives and caffeine were eliminated from the diet. (6)

— General Guideline To Help With Nutrition To Feed Your Child's Brain — Choose whole foods: lentils, beans, nuts, seeds, fresh fruit and vegetables. Vegetables should include all leafy greens, broccoli, green beans, lentils, kale, sweet potatoes, spinach, peas, etc. — Choose fresh fruit such as black cherries, blueberries, figs, pineapple, prunes, strawberries, melons; infrequently bananas. — Choose whole grains such as brown rice, buckwheat, millet, rye, oats, whole wheat, corn or quinoa in cereal, whole grain breads and rice pastas. — Avoid overly processed foods. — Avoid refined white foods  white flour, white sugar, white salt  these are known as white death to your body. — General Guidelines To Help With Nutrition For Your Childs Brain — Avoid sugar and foods containing sugar. This means anything with added glucose, sucrose and dextrose, and fructose (HFCS). — Don't be tempted to go for sugar substitutes as most are detrimental to health and they all keep sugar cravings alive. The sugar substitutes have been tagged with the name Sweet Poison. Only natural sugars should be allowed. — Combine protein foods with carbohydrate foods by giving cereals and fruit with nuts or seeds, and ensuring your child eats carbohydrate-rich foods (potatoes, pasta, brown rice) with protein-rich foods such as fish, chicken, lentils, and beans. — As fiber is important for slowing sugar absorption, make sure your child is getting ample fiber in fruits and vegetables.

— General Guidelines To Help With Nutrition For Your Child's Brain — Choose real fresh fruit juices and dilute them 50/50. Steer clear of the highly processed kind with a long shelf life. I like Pomegranate Blueberry with DHA for a treat.

— Encourage your child to eat a healthy breakfast. — Help your child avoid caffeinated food and drinks, such as chocolate, tea and coffee. No sodas.

— Avoid foods that contain hydrogenated fats or high fructose corn syrup!

— Choose free-range, organic and omega-3 rich eggs. — Steaming vegetables is the best cooking method as they retain more nutrients than boiled and are healthier than fried.

— Many children will happily eat raw vegetables rather than cooked. You could provide these as pre-dinner snacks.

— 90% of food from plant based diet is optimal

— Be a Nutrition Detective READ LABELS and teach children how to read labels! Don't be fooled by marketing to "look" healthy:

NutriGrain Bar: Do you really think this is nutritious? Filling  high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, blueberry puree concentrate, glycerin, sugar, modified corn starch, sodium alginate, natural and artificial blueberry flavor, citric acid, sodium citrate, modified cellulose, dicalcium phosphate, malic acid, red #40, blue #1 Enriched flour, whole grain oats, sugar, sunflower oil, high fructose corn syrup, honey, calcium carbonate, dextrose, nonfat dry milk, wheat bran, salt, cellulose, potassium bicarbonate, natural and artificial flavor, mono- and diglycerides, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, soy lecithin, wheat gluten, corn starch, Vitamin A palmitate, carrageenan, niacinamide, sodium stearoyl lactylate, guar gum, reduced iron, B vitamins Not a healthy choice at all!

— Learn to be a Nutrition Detective

GREAT RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND KIDS: Videos, games, etc on nutrition: http://www.davidkatzmd.com/nutritiondetectives Dr Katz has been featured nationwide for his efforts to educate children and families! —

Fruit Juice May Cause Restlessness In Infants — Fruit juices that contain sorbitol or high levels of fructose as sweeteners may cause restlessness, gas, and stomach distress in infants. — The sweeteners may cause problems in babies because young children often have difficulty breaking down carbohydrates, including these sugars. — In this study the authors note that a juice manufacturers survey found that 90% of infants drink some type of fruit juice by 1 year of age. — The study can be found in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 1999: 153:1098-1102 Research Article. It is wonderful to see this problem being documented in traditional medical journals. Unfortunately, they are not seeing the big picture. The study focuses on the relatively minor issue of bowel pain due to the fructose and sorbitol fermentation in the gut. — Fruit Juice May Cause Restlessness In Infants — What the researchers and most all of traditional medicine fails to recognize is that the sugars in fruit juice contribute to major distortions of insulin balance which leads to hormone and neurotransmitter shifts which increases a childs risk for ear infection, ADHD and allergies.

— I believe that fruit juice and milk are two of the most misunderstood foods in our culture. Most people believe they are health foods, while the opposite is true.

— One of the easiest and most powerful steps that someone can take is to switch all of their fluids over to pure water.

— Americans are sick — 1 in 4 children suffer from eczema — 1.5 million children suffer from asthma — 1 in 6 children has some form of allergy — Millions of children are medicated as a result of being hyperactive, behavioral disorders, and/or focusing difficulties. — Ear infections are considered a routine part of childhood but are actually a serious issue affecting attention, balance, hearing, vision, and sensory processing. — Sinus Infections and Seasonal Allergies are NOT a normal part of childhood- FIND THE CAUSE!

— Do we have it right in America? — 30% of type-2 diabetics are now adolescents or people in their 20s — The fastest growing population of overweight people in the U.S. are children! — 30% of Americans are obese, we are number 1 in obesity compared to 29 other countries. — 60% of overweight children aged 5-10 have a risk factor for heart disease such as high blood pressure or elevated insulin levels (1) — Only 1% of Americans get the RDA for vitamins and minerals from what they eat. — We are OVERFED and MALNOURISHED — We are 22nd out of 29 countries in healthy years life expectancy!

— What's wrong with this picture if we spend the most on healthcare?

— Does Milk REALLY Do the Body Good?

— Do other countries really on cow's milk as a main source of nutrition? NO! Goat milk is the main source in healthy countries! — In Asia does the Pediatrician ask the parent "how many glasses of milk is your child getting a day?"...absolutely not! — Who is healthier? North Africans and Asians are healthiest, America is at 3rd world level of health. — America's health is one of the worst in the world, equivalent to third world levels, and it is not because of a need for Health Reform!

— What kind of Food Pyramid do the healthy North Africans and Asians have? Local, fresh grown veggies, legumes, fruits, and grains. 90% plant based: Honest Food Guide!

— What is Casein in Cow's Milk? — Casein is the protein found in cow's milk: white glue!

— How many stomachs does a cow have? — Are you smarter than a 2nd grader? How many stomach's do humans have? Were we ever designed to drink milk from a cow? Not unless we have 4 stomachs!

— Why is it so disgusting to think about drinking goat, buffalo, sheep or any other milk, why not milk dogs? We have been marketed to believe that Milk is good for us and it is pure marketing that makes us feel guilty when we don't drink it! It is NOT LOGICAL!

— Why Casein Causes Problems in Most — Cows milk contains 300 times more casein than mothers' milk. — Casein, which is very sticky, is a main component in popular nontoxic glue. — Casein coats the digestive system, leading to leaky gut syndrome, malabsorption and/or constipation. — These all lead to a weakened immune system and toxic build up in the blood along with a host of other health problems that stem from the leaky gut syndrome .

— Casein Can Cause Allergies — Casein is extremely mucus-forming, due to its bacterial breakdown (putrefaction), our allergic response, and its glue-like nature. — "Dairy products may play a major role in the development of ALLERGIES, asthma, sleep difficulties, and migraine headaches." — Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 1983;19(9):806-809 Pediatrics 1989;84(4):595-603

— Cows Milk and Allergies — "In reality, cow's milk, especially processed cow's milk, has been linked to a variety of health problems, including: mucous production, hemoglobin loss, childhood diabetes, heart disease, atherosclerosis, arthritis, kidney stones, mood swings, depression, irritability, ALLERGIES." — Townsend Medical Letter, May, 1995, Julie Klotter, MD — "...62.7% of the children were confirmed to be allergic to milk..." (153 hospitalized infants with pneumonia or bronchitis were tested) — Roczniki Akademii Medycznej 1995; 40(3) (Polish Journal)

— Asthma and Sinus Infections — "At least 50% of all children in the United States are allergic to cow's milk, many undiagnosed. Dairy products are the leading cause of food allergy, often revealed by diarrhea, constipation, and fatigue. Many cases of asthma and sinus infections are reported to be relieved and even eliminated by cutting out dairy." — Natural Health, July, 1994, Nathaniel Mead, MD

— Cow's Milk is not doing us ANY good

The American Academy of Allergy and Immunology Committee on Adverse Reactions to Food a division of the National Institutes of Health states that according to their research seasonal and food allergies of 1/3 children tested cleared after cows milk was removed from the diet.

Report in the Journal of American Medical Association in 1997 stated that cow's milk allergies start in infancy and strict removal of the offending allergen be taken as treatment. Has your pediatrician recommended this?

— ADHD and Casein — 40 children, 36 boys and 4 girls, aged 3-7 (average 4.8 years), who met the DSM-IV-criteria for ADHD, followed their usual diet for two weeks and thereafter for two weeks an elimination diet, based on the [gluten and casein free] few foods diet (rice, turkey, pear and lettuce). 9 children did not complete the diet. Of the 31 children that stayed with the diet for two full weeks, 25 children (80% of the 31) showed an improvement in behavior of at least 50% on both the Conners list and the ADHD Rating Scale. (ref. 1) —

Norway ADHD Study for 1 year — All twenty-three children in the long-term study, who were between four and 11 years old when the project started, had symptoms of ADHD and had been shown to have abnormal levels of peptides in their urine. — All of the children followed a strict casein-free diet the first year, and the results were overwhelmingly positive. Twenty-two of the twenty-three children had clear improvements in their behavior and attention span. — Autism and Casein — Professor Cade of the University of Florida, who has contributed to a number of studies on autism, has provided preliminary results from a behavioural study of 70 patients with childhood autism who were put on a casein free diet. — The results from Cade's observations are that 8 out of 10 no longer could classify as ASD after casein was eliminated for 1 year.

— Ear Infections — Even one ear infection can have a life long effect on your balancing system, vision, hearing, and attention. Never under estimate an ear infection!

— We can tell years later which side was more affected by excessive fluid through balance testing. Ear infections affect a child's ability to have good attention, visual motor skills, auditory processing and listening skills, and even how straight they sit in a chair in school! Do not tolerate ear infections, if your child is having frequent ear infections, get milk out of their diet ASAP. — "Milk allergies are very common in children... They are the leading cause of the chronic ear infections that plague up to 40% of all children under the age of six." — Julian Whitaker, M.D., "Health & Healing," October, 1998, Volume 8, No. 10

— Cow's Milk and Ear & Sinus Infections — "Cow's milk allergy is associated with recurrent otitis media (ear infection) during childhood." — Acta Otolaryngol 1999;119(8)

— "Concerning ear infections, You just don't see this painful condition among infants and children who aren't getting cow's milk into their systems." — William Northrup, M.D., Natural Health July, 94

— Cow's Milk and Constipation — Scientists at the University of Palermo discovered that constipation symptoms returned to a controlled group of infants 48 to 72 hours after they were placed on a regimen of cow's milk proteins. Their determination was that chronic constipation in infants has an allergenic pathogenesis. This study was published in the January, 1995 issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.

— Milk Decreasing our Immune System — Researchers at the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tampere, Finland, discovered that diet has a significant effect on the developing immune system. They observed that formula fed babies, at the age of 3 months, were secreting low levels of serum antibodies to bovine proteins contained in their formula. This critically significant evidence was published in the August, 1994 issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology.

— Casein in Formula Fed Infants — Doctors at the Department of Pediatrics, Odense University Hospital in Denmark noted that most formula fed infants developed symptoms of allergic rejection to cow milk proteins before one month of age. The majority of infants tested had two or more symptoms. About 50-70 percent experienced rashes or other skin symptoms, 50-60 percent gastrointestinal symptoms, and 20-30 percent respiratory symptoms.

— Leading Pediatricians are against Cow Milk — Cow's milk has become a point of controversy among doctors and nutritionists. There was a time when it was considered very desirable, but research has forced us to rethink this recommendation... dairy products contribute to a surprising number of health problems (including) chronic ear problems..." — Benjamin Spock, M.D., "Child Care," 7th Edition — "Cow's milk in the past has always been oversold as the perfect food, but we are now seeing that it isn't the perfect food at all and the government really shouldn't be behind any efforts to promote it as such."

— Is Milk really low fat NO! — Charles Attwood, renowned pediatrician and author of Dr. Attwood's Low Fat Prescription for Kids has been quite outspoken against childhood dairy consumption. His concern: saturated fat, "which is one of the primary contributors to heart disease." Attwood explains: "Dairy products are the most immediate source of saturated fat for children. And thanks to, a high consumption of dairy products, we now have 40 million children with elevated cholesterol levels in the United States

— American Academy of Pediatrics — The American Academy of Pediatrics intelligently advises parents to not give their children dairy milk before their first birthday. Doctor Frank Oski, former Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University Hospital elaborates, "It is my thesis that whole milk should not be fed to the infant in the first year of life because of its association with iron deficiency anemia, occult gastrointestinal bleeding, and various manifestations of food allergy." — Why ever recommend cow milk? — His conclusion outsteps the AAP: "Why give it at all - then or ever? In the face of uncertainty about many of the potential dangers of whole bovine milk, it would seem prudent to recommend that whole milk not be started until the answers are available. Isn't it time for these uncontrolled experiments on human nutrition to come to an end?" — I do not want anyone to be an experiment while the Dairy industry gets rich and has excellent marketing and lobbyist to get even richer.

— Disease Proof Your Child- NO Cow Milk! — In Dr. Fuhrman's book Disease-Proof Your Child, Dr. Fuhrman presents studies linking diseases to cow's milk that including: allergies, anal fissures, childhood-onset (Type 1) diabetes, chronic constipation, Crohn's disease, ear infections, heart attacks, multiple sclerosis, and prostate cancer.

— Besides the link between high-saturated-fat foods (dairy fat) and cancer, there is a body of scientific literature linking the consumption of cow's milk to many other diseases. If we expect our children to resist many common illnesses, they simply must consume less milk, cheese, and butter. Dairy foods should be consumed in limited quantity or not at all. — Does it ever go away? NO

— "Allergy to cow's milk protein often persists beyond 4 years of age. Clinical presentation changed over time: at onset symptoms were prevalently gastrointestinal, while at the end of the study there was an increased frequency of wheezing and constipation and a higher frequency of delayed reactions...infants with persistent cow's milk protein intolerance exhibited atopic disease: asthma, rhinitis, eczema." — Clin Exp Allergy, 1998 Jul, 28:7

— For more information on this topic, visit www.pcrm.org, the website for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and these websites for more information: — NotMilk.com — MilkSucks.com — Nomilk.com — www.vegsource.com — Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies by Kenneth Bock, MD — Don't Drink Your Milk book — Milk a to z book

— Got Goat? Got Sheep? Flax milk? Almond? Rice? or even better...Flax and Coconut Milks! All found at Walmart and Krogers! Goat and sheep cheeses easily found at Sam's locally. — Goats milk is the easiest for humans to digest, because goat milk proteins are most similar to the protein found in human milk. — Other Alternatives to Dairy: Coconut,Nut,and Rice Milks — Non-dairy milks are good choices for those who choose to avoid cows or goats milk. — Nut milks (e.g. almond milk) are usually the most nutritious, since rice milk is almost purely carbohydrate (and therefore high glycemic) and soy milk may act as a hormone imbalancer.

— Simple Substitutes for Cow Milk — Drink, Cook and Bake with Goat, Coconut, Flax, Almond, Coconut, or Almond Milks (Try different flavors) — Use Earth Balance or Smart Balance LIGHT for butter — Use Goat Cheese in substitute for creams (soften and add some non dairy milk and butter to make creamy) — Log of Goat Cheese cheapest at Sams- also great on crackers like cream cheese, use in baking, pizza, mac and cheese, on sandwhiches, etc. — Parmesan/Romano Sheep Cheese Triangle at Sams for your Italian recipes (Lazonia, Pizza, etc) — How to change your shopping habits — Stay on the outer aisles of Kroger (produce, alternative milks and butter section, proteins, then move on to the far side of the store to the organic and natural aisles for snacks, frozen foods, etc.) — Rice and Goat milk cheaper at Walmart than Kroger — Sam's for your cheeses (Goat log and Parmesan Triangle) — Think plant based foods, seeds, nuts, fresh raw food — Avoid buying things you cant pronounce or is not an ingredient you know!

— READ LABELS & AVOID Names for Casein: milk solids ("curds") — whey — casein (sodium caseinate, most commonly) — lactose (sodium lactylate, frequently) — lactalbumin and other names that begin with lact — galactose (a lactose by-product) Most people with milk allergies will have no trouble with galactose, but you should be aware that it may cause problems in some people. — caramel coloring. Many kinds of caramel coloring use lactose, a milk sugar, to help get that rich color. When in doubt, do without. — Recaldent.

— Food Additives and ADHD

— New research is now appearing that shows the link between consumption of food additives by children and ADHD. An online article published in The Lancet in September 2007 found that artificial food coloring and additives commonly located in childrens food exacerbate hyperactive behaviors in children. The study consisted of 153 3-year-olds and 144 8-9- year-olds. Analysis was based on observation, plus a computerized test of attention for the 8-9-year old children. — Depending on the child's sensitivity, food additives cause biochemical imbalances in the body which strongly influences the way the brain functions. — There are more than 5,000 additives in our food supply making it almost impossible to completely eradicate them from our diets. — Food Additives that are TOXIC — Artificial Dyes or Preservatives — High Fructose Corn Syrup (very high Mercury levels) — Artificial Sweeteners (use Cane Sugar, Agave, Honey) — MSG (other names are hydrolyzed protein, sodium caseinate, calcium caseinate, textured protein, yeast extract, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed oat flour) — Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (even worse for you than MSG) — Hydrogenated Fats/Trans Fats — Nitrates/Nitrites (there are bacons, sausage, and lunch meats now that are Natural and dont have this)

— Food Additives and Your Child's Behaviors — Limit the intake of these toxins by preparing meals containing whole foods and by reading labels to identify ingredients shown to exacerbate symptoms. — A study conducted by the UK's government Food Standards Agency (FSA) found a definite link between food additives and behavior problems in children, such as temper tantrums and poor concentration.

— Adult diseases like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Cancer, and Heart Disease may be linked to toxins in foods.

— Refined White Flour — Research shows that since as long ago as the 1950s, conventionally farmed American grains have been low in protein quality and quantity. So much so, that whenever the U.S. tried to give its surplus grains away to countries with starving populations, THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT OUR GRAINS IF ANY OTHER COUNTRY WAS OFFERING THEIRS. — They found that the deficient U.S. grains did little to maintain or improve the health of the starving. — So the next time you go to buy enriched flour remember most of the vitamins and minerals have been extracted.

— Refined White Flour — After 130 years of consuming highly processed grains in the form of breads, pastries and cereals, chronic disease states are rampant among most industrialized nations, with the greatest prevalence in England, which has the greatest consumption of white flour, white sugar and tea per capita. Unfortunately, the U.S. IS A VERY STRONG SECOND.

— Nutrients Needed by Almost Every Child — Vitamin C. This nutrient is of special benefit to autistic kids, as well as ADHD, Allergies, and Asthmatics. It reduces harmful oxidants. Oxidative stress damages brain cells. Helps balance levels of dopamine. Helps balance amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine which are important for physical and mental energy and have a direct impact upon the brain. Helps form L-carnitine which helps metabolize fatty acids. Helps balance hormone levels particularly those of oxytocin, vasopressin, and cholecystokinin. Oxytocin is important for emotional bonding. Helps with immunity. Helps decrease and prevent constipation. — Nutrients Needed by Almost Every Child — Zinc: Zinc is vital for proper cognitive function, but it is typically deficient among autistics. In one study of autistics, 85 percent had low zinc. — Low zinc impairs digestion, methylation and the immune response. — Low zinc can contribute to excessive levels of copper, which can be neurotoxic. — Zinc deficiency often occurs because of GI dysfunction, which is then exacerbated by low zinc, in a vicious cycle. This cycle is common among autistics. — One advantage of giving zinc is that it tends to increase the desire of autistic kids to eat a wider range of foods, in contrast to their usual limited preferences.

— Nutrients Needed By Almost Every Child — Calcium and magnesium: these two minerals should be taken together because they work in tandem. Calcium is an important element in hormonal activities. It's good for bones, and is also know for having calming effects in some children. (Natural Calm) Magnesium and B6 should be taken together with calcium to help balance magnesiums effects. Magnesium is often low in children with behavioral, cognitive and mood disorders

— Vitamin D- loads of new research showing it is lacking in American diets need more. — Nutrients Needed By Almost Every Child — Cod Liver Oil  rich in vitamin D, vitamin A, and essential fatty acids. It has s0 many important ingredients, all of which are present in balance, it is usually better to give cod liver oil than the isolated forms of the nutrients that are in it. — Probiotics are healthy bacteria that promote good digestion, and help control dysbiotic gut flora, such as candida. Probiotics are of special importance for any child who has recently taken antibiotics, which kill both good and bad gut bacteria and can therefore destroy the healthy flora that the GI system needs. (See handout Leaky Gut Syndrome)

— Honest Food Guide — The Honest Food Guide empowers consumers with independent information about foods and health as you can see as you study the handout. — It is a replacement chart for the USDA's official food guide pyramid. In the spring of 2005, the USDA came out with a new food guide to replace the old food groups/food guide pyramid that had been around for decades. The USDA paid $2.5 million to a PR/marketing group to help design this new food guide pyramid and that group is best known for doing work for the dairy industry. Guess what!? It says we should drink a lot of milk.

— The Honest Food Guide is built to benefit you not big business such as meat and dairy industry. — Healthy way of eating-food with nutrition, not empty calories. — Get more information about the Honest Food Guide at www.honestfoodguide.org.

— Foods and Your Child's Brain — What children eat can profoundly shape the course of the brain's growth, its functions, and its capabilities. — Children's brains are actively changing, dynamic structures, strongly influenced by what, how much, and when they eat. — Food nurtures the brain, providing key nutrients and energy for growth. — Food alerts as well as calms the brain.

— Foods and Your Child's Brain — Food changes the moods of the brain, both through the pleasure it affords and by its chemicals. — Food is part of human culture, habits, and lifestyles. — Important new understanding now exists about the ways that food changes behavior, mood, and mental proficiency in children; and how human behavior in turn affects nutrition. — Foods can enhance problem-solving ability, optimize alertness, and improve mood and behavior. — SO WHAT CAN YOU EAT? — Snacks and Sides Ideas — Fresh fruit — Fruit Salad with Pita Chips (Baked Ones at Walmart) — Fruit cups — Dried fruit — Fruit Leather (read ingred.) — Raw nuts — 100% Applesauce or make your own! Easy! — Dry cereal that is HEALTHY CEREAL — Snacks — Apple, carrots, celery slices w/ nut butter to dip — Goat Yogurt (stock up from Wild Oats, Trader Joes, or Earth Fare) buying club locally also! — Carrots, celery & pita bread triangles w/Hummus for dipping — Granola bars (watch ingred.) My favorite is the 24 pack of kids Cliff Bars at Sams in Vitamin Sct. For $10- chocolate, graham, and choc chip are yummy! — Nut butter spread on whole wheat crackers — Hard Boiled Eggs (organic ones in 24 pck at Sams)

— Snacks — Organic Baked Blue Tortilla Chips (Kroger) — Organic Fruit (Kroger) — Organic Fruit Leathers (Kroger or Amazon.com) — Organic Lightly Salted or Raw Nuts and Seeds, huge containers non organic of nuts at Sams available. — Pirates Booty (Amazon.com) — Organic Mini Pretzels (honey wheat sticks) — Odwalla bars (Wal-mart 6 pack, Krogers, Amazon.com) — Rice Bars (Krogers Organic Section) like a healthy Rice Crispy Treat cheaper on Amazon.com also

— Snack Ideas — Soup as a snack (organic canned soups at Kroger's or stock up at Wild Oats, Trader Joes, Earth Fare&etc.) — Pita chips and Rice chips at Wal-mart! — Veggie Chips and Sticks (Terro has many flavors at Walmart and Krogers) — Goat milk based caramel at Wal-mart in Mexican food section near Nutella treat for dipping apples! — Goat cheese and flax seed crackers a favorite at our house, can put canned cherries over top or strawberries for a yummy dip! Goat cheese is cheapest at Sams ($6 for a 16 ounce log)

— Naturals Lightly Salted Popcorn for special treat- Orville Red. — Frozen blueberries thawed with Agave nectar on top (big bag of Wild berries at Wal-mart, or organic Kroger brand in frozen section) — Blackberries from Sams go away like crazy at our house! — Grapes on table at all times! (3lb at Sams) — Baby carrots with a little sea salt on table in afternoons (organic bag at Sams cheap!)

— Snacks — Chopped organic spinach from Sam's for $3! Can be added to many different meals without children even noticing such as in all smoothies, spaghetti, noodles and goat cheese, etc. — Veggie Baked Terro Chips many varieties at Walmart & Krogers — EnviroKids rice bars at Krogers — Snapea Crisps at Krogers or Amazon (Baked Snap Peas- great for babies!) — Kashi and Cascadian Farms cereal products make great snacks

— Resources — www.honestfoodguide.com and all of their recommended reading! Great websites on their too to link to!

— DR MERCOLA's NEWSLETTER IS GOLD! — DR SEARS NEWSLETTERS — Joanne Brusso- BABY BITES and sign up for her newsletters and the BABY BITES book is wonderful for younger (under age 8 picky eaters) order from her website cheapest.

— DR. Katz nutrition detective great educational information to teach to schools, daycares, and children.

— Crock Pot Meals Turkey breast or whole chicken add enough MSG free all natural chicken stock to go up half way over breast or chicken, then add water to cover. Salt and Pepper to taste, add veggies like carrots or broccoli to cook with the chicken or turkey. Onion for taste. Cook in crock pot on about 350 degrees until done. Eat that night with rice. Then take what is left over and cook it down even more, to pull off all the meat, and take out all bones. With meat, veggies, and stock boil egg noodles or Amish noodles for a great noodle soup or noodle dish! May need to add butter before serving. — Roast with carrots, celery, and onions&take leftover stock and veggies and add ground beef, can of green beans, more beef stock, and can of tomatoes&great veggie soup! — Lentils are fabulous for you and great with chicken or turkey and veggies!

— Veggie Sides for Meals — Bean soups including Chilis are excellent for you! — Mashed white cannelli or northern beans make a great healthy mashed side with butter sub. — Lentils are excellent and MANY varieties — Cook down your broccoli really soft and mash in with potatoes, lentils, beans, etc. — Broccoli casserole with goat cheese and parmesan/romano sheep cheese — Sweet Potatoe fries and sweet potatoes with cin and agave nectar are great — Add Kale to soups and crock pot meals!

— Casein & Soy Free Ice Creams — Homemade Sorbet/Goat Ice Cream- use blender like making a thick smoothie use your favorite frozen berries, fill up blender half way, then add about ¼ of blender size of goat milk or evaporated goat milk, then sweeten with Agave nectar, Truvia, Stevia, or honey. It should be thick, if not thick, add more frozen fruit. Freeze&then eat with spoon! — Can make chocolate version with ice, goat milk, and Chocolate Juice Plus Complete — Coconut Milk Purely Decadent at Krogers is awesome! Catch on sale and stock up! — Quick Review — Get food sensitivity and allergy tested by an allergist who understands the role of foods in causing chronic issues. IgG is as important as IgE tests! DEMAND a RAST/ELISA TEST for IgG and IgA not just IgE. — Do not have these foods in your home as a choice: 1. Foods your child is sensitive to or allergic to 2. Foods with processed chemicals ~ more than 5 ingredients or words that arent natural! Read labels 3. NO white sugar, high fructose corn syrup or any corn syrups in ingredients. 4. Foods with white flour, enriched flour, bleached flours, etc. Whole grains only.

— Quick Review continued& — NO foods or drinks with artificial colors or flavors. — NO MSG&often called artificial flavor proven to be a neurotoxin! — NO Artificial sweeteners&only honey, cane sugar, or Stevia as a sweetener is safe. — Increase opportunities to eat whole foods, put out muffin tins or trays of raw fruits and veggies when home. — Follow the HONEST food Guide for real health — Increase protein ~ turkey, chicken, nut butters, smoothies with protein, protein bars (Cliff or Odwalla) — Increase Purified WATER intake, keep pitchers out and water bottles out as often as possible, car, home, school!

— Quick Review continued again& — Essential Fatty Acids are ESSENTIAL!!!! Omega 3s cannot be out of a child or adult's diet without harm to the brain and body! 1 gram and up a day depending on age! Purified forms only. — Whole food multivitamins (Animal Parade cherry with DHA well accepted) — Vit A & D in Cod Liver Oil purified — Magnesium — Consult with a nutritionist regarding needs for other supplements and amounts, digestive enzymes, Probiotics, etc.

— See Dr. Bernui or Dr. Kalb asap and follow their plans!

— Email me at Heidi@covd.biz and I can get you any information you need! Or search me on FaceBook!

— OVERWHELMED by a Picky Eater?????? — So, you now know the importance more than ever of good nutrition, eating fruits, vegetables, nuts, and proteins and decreasing carbohydrates. — You think you can do the supplements and vitamins by using powders in capsules, creams, liquids hidden in foods or smoothies. — But What about your picky eater? — How are you going to get the 7-11 fruits and veggies in daily? — First, What is a picky eater? — Picky Eaters vs. Problem Eaters — Picky eater: decreased variety of foods less than 30 foods. Foods lost due to burn out regained after 2 weeks, able to tolerate new foods on plate, touch, and taste. Eats at least 1 food of each texture, adds new foods after 15-25 tries or seeing the food. — Problem eater: less than 20 foods eaten, foods not regained once burned out, falls apart when presented with new foods, refuses entire category of textures, adds new foods in more than 25 tries. — SOS feeding therapy helps both groups. — Why are they a Picky or Problem Eater? — Physical: pain, discomfort, nausea, stool issues, allergies, food sensitivities, intolerance to certain foods: Must get tested!!!!! — Motor: delayed self feeding, over stuffing, choking, delayed chew, tongue, swallow coordination: must get oral motor therapies!!!! — Sensory: texture hypersensitivity, oral hypersensitivity, oral aversion, sensory processing problems, auditory (hurts to hear the crunching sounds, or the sounds in the meal room), too stimulating: must get OT! — Behavioral: hyperactive, low frustration tolerance, highly distractible, need for routine, impaired social interactions. If they cant sit in a chair any other time, why would they sit there to eat for 15 minutes or longer? OT and Behavior therapies help! — Impaired social skills: eating meals is very social, they have to answer questions, look at others, possibly touch one another... Usually helped by adapting the environment, calming techniques, sensory diet. — Malnutrition: 99% of our children and adults are malnourished in US, this causes us to be pickier eaters, craving sugar and carbs! Need more whole foods, fruits and veggies for the body to crave more! — General Treatment Ideas — General TX strategies: with any child these can be done! — Social modeling: the family eating together, not the child eating separately from the adults or other children. Have the family come for last part of the meal, so there is an overlap of time together if SI issues. — Structure meal and snack times: Sit down for eating together at set times in the day. — Manageable foods: look at the plate, don't put more than 3 foods at a time, 1 tblsp for each year of age and no more! They become visually overwhelmed!

— Positive reinforcement: dont say dont, say do this... Dont ask, do you want& say, YOU CAN EAT&. Dont let the child have a no answer&Eliminate choices and dont give in!!!! — Appropriate mealtime language: words mean a lot, dont beg them to take foods (they will take control and say no) children with disabilities will control with their mouth. — Tips for Picky Eaters excerpts from the Baby Bites book by Nonna Joann Bruso — Transforming a Picky Eater in a Healthy Eater www.babybites.info — Or email her at nonnannjoann@comcast.net — ~Directed play with foods and using visual, auditory, and tactile ways to take away the fear of the food. — ~Good parenting techniques and consistent discipline for meal times — Dont have foods that they are allergic, sensitive to, or they crave excessively as a choice in the home or within sight, reach, or anywhere, keep the home choices as all healthy choices — Choice Box of their own for snacks — Dont be sneaky — ~Throw out methods that dont work such as sneaking in a bite when they are distracted (this makes things worse to their sensory system), one bite rule, bribing with sweets every meal, punishing, grazing on foods other than veggies or fruit all day long, filling up on snacks or drinks, clean your plate or fixing separate meals. — All these methods put the child in control of their mouth, lets them have other options than to try new foods, and do not promote them to touch or play with new foods.

— Eating is a SENSORY experience! — Eating a new food is a sensory experience! — They must touch, smell, look at, and often move it with a utensil, finger, or even toy before they can even think about putting it in their mouth. — Touching, Playing, and Interacting with foods are how they LEARN best! — Start when they are infants and let them get messy, take their clothes off and eat in a diaper only so that the foods touch their bodies, hands, face, etc. — Playing in food textures is as important to a good eater as anything else!

— Have toys at the table to interact with — Use toys at meal time- Try is a plastic dino that is an omnivore always saying that beef, chicken, and fish as well as anything green is yummy. — Try eats in great big dino bites. — Betty Bites is a deer mouse that loves whole grains, nuts, goat cheese, and greens. — She takes teeny tiny baby bites. — Use them to talk, touch, and interact with the foods they dont like. Only positive comments are aloud about foods. Negative comments are not aloud.

— Table Manners — Stress free zone at the table. — Ask for blessing, dont talk about stressful topics with husband or children, ask them what the best part of their days were, and ask them what they did to be nice to others. — ~Replace favorite foods with more nutritious similar foods for your preferred list — ~Dont give choices, dont ask them what they would like- youre in charge of the menu, not them! — This is what we are having for dinner and kitchen is closed after this meal and stick to it!

— Baby Bites — Touching and holding and playing with the food. — Try and Betty play with the food and talk about it. — Stimulate the sense of smell ask them to tell you what it smells like. — Stimulate taste- lick a small portion then talk about it. (4th experience) — Baby bite- at the beginning of the meal when most hungry give Betty a baby bite, then ask them to take a baby bite to be a good example. Be positive, praise them! — Baby Steps to trying new foods — Betty and Try take bites&talk about the foods texture, smell, feel, etc. — Keep doing all of these until the food is being eaten, give small amounts of the new food on their plate at first with some preferred foods. Then gradually offer more of new food and less preferred food. — 1 tablespoon for each year of life is a serving of each, food trays that have separate places for foods are nice to use. — WATER only at meals or before meals — Prevent Food Jags Prevent food jags: real problem with picky children...eat the same thing over and over, all of a sudden they stop eating that food and never go back to that food. When it comes back they see it as all new food again, so they get smaller diets. Suggested that from early on, do not give the same food more often , every other day, and change the foods shape, what is with it, etc. Make sure that they never see the package that the food comes in, so that they wont associate foods with packages as safe they will associate safe foods by just seeing the food, not the package.

Avoid stress responses and giving in because of stress&take control! — Environment and Role Modeling — Steps to eating: Introduce food in play away from meal time first...one food at a time... — 29 steps to eating a new food! WOW! — Role modeling and good eating behaviors are vital from parents! — 1. Tolerate: the food is in the room with them, the food is on the other side of the table, with food in front of the table, look at the food directly in front of food, new food is next to safe foods. — 2. Interact: assists in preparation, shopping to hold it, choose it at store, dont go in parts of store with poor foods (outer aisles best), uses utensils to stir or play with the food, uses utensils or containers to serve self — 3. Smells: tolerates being near the smell — 4. Touches: play time! — 5. Taste: spit bucket handy — 6. Eat & swallow, often with safe foods or as snack time choice. — Has your child seen you eat broccoli 29 times yet? Or French fries 100 times? — Another helper I use: Juice Plus — Leah ~ food sensitivities, casein sensitive, runny noses, frequent sinus infections, colicky as a baby, our picky eater& — HAD to take out all forms of casein to see big results, sensory wasnt enough, good diet wasnt enough, supplements used, had to take out the food stressor. — Had to supplement with a fruit and vegetable supplement. Was spending $30 a month just on a good vegetable supplement. Now spending $22 a month on Fruit and Vegetable gummies! — Juice Plus has 11 the most beneficial veggies, fruits, and probiotics in a yummy gummy. — Contact me if interested in Juice Plus supplements please — 1-877-372-2567 ext 2307 heidi@covd.biz www.juiceplus.com

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— Questions?

— References to Research — 1-Favourable effect of a standard elimination diet on the behavior of young children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a pilot study, Pelsser LM, Buitelaar JK., (Article in Dutch), Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2003 Mar 29;147(13):630; author reply 631.

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