Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Healing the New Childhood Epidemics

While I've not yet finished this book, "Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders" I feel compelled to write about it now, because I know it will inevitably be one I continue to read and refer to for the rest of my life.

Written by doctors Kenneth Bock and Cameron Stauth, this is one of the most hopeful and insightful books regarding the health issues of today's children that I have ever been fortunate enough to read. And since I've been reading it I have recommended every parent I know purchase a copy and several of them have done just that after hearing some of thing things I have learned.

Dr. Kenneth Bock in an integrative pediatrician in New York. He sees patients from all over the world and he helps those who have been told there is no help. From the most severe forms of autism to the more minute issues involving dietary intolerances or allergies, he is able to diagnose and prepare a unique plan with which the child can recover or be significantly helped.

My son, age 5, has severe allergies, asthma and a history of an IgA Deficiency. We're still trying to get to the bottom of all his ailments. And my goal has been to do whatever is necessary to improve his quality of life. So whether my husband and I are buying new foods or driving him to Philadelphia, we'll do whatever we need to do to help him feel better for longer periods of time.

This book has helped to give me hope. It has enlightened me on just how important proper nutrition and diet are for all children. It has taught me that the chemical makeup of each child is unique and so the way to heal one child may be different than the next, but you do whatever works.

I have learned about the toxicity issues our children are facing from the environment around them both in the air and in the earth. The diet our children have includes so much harmful preservatives and pesticides that their body is already working under a slight strain. The more sensitive your child's immune system, the more likely they are to react to these elements. For our little boy his reactions at times are extremely alarming.

Braeden began having antibiotics at the age of 13 days when he had his first double ear infection. Over the last five years I cannot even begin to tell you how much medicine he has been on. But I am finding out, with the help of this book and new doctors, that the yeast build up due to all these medications may be playing a huge part in the sensitivities of his digestive tract.

In other regards I have found the book to be sad in all these children and their parents are up against. There are so many text book doctors out there who spend too much time listening to pharmaceutical companies than to their patients. Far too many doctors are ready to tell you there is nothing you can do. And did you know many doctors have only taken two courses about nutrition at medical school? It's not wonder they give to little mention to diet.

A quote from Publisher's Weekly says, "According to the authors, genetics "load the gun, and environment pulls the trigger": bodily toxins like heavy metals, exposure to viruses through vaccination and poor nutrition create "a veritable perfect storm of physical and neurological insult" that hits hardest those still developing their immune systems. In case studies, Bock approaches each patient like a puzzle waiting to be solved, a refreshing, multi-pronged strategy to healing: finding and treating the root cause of illness rather than its symptoms, reducing the body's toxin load and helping the body heal itself through nutritional and medical therapy."

I think this is an invaluable book. The resources it provides, the plans it provides and again the hope it can give is priceless. Thanks to this book I am confident that Braeden will continue to grow stronger and so will the rest of my family.

I highly recommend purchasing this book, I promise you that it will help to educate and enlighten you so that you can keep your child as healthy and strong as possible.

Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders

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