Infant Feeding

Nutritional Rescue Advice to Parents

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All children are special. All children need devoted parents, care, attention and good nutrition. Some children do well in variety of circumstances even when conditions are not ideal. Some children do not do well even when conditions are favorable and these children need extra special care.

If  infants and children are not doing well when conditions are favorable, we think first about problems in their food supply. Children are exposed to major health problems from their food.  There are many ways for food problems to interfere with a child's normal functioning and to promote disease. We  assume that several problems interact in a complex manner to produce the symptoms and dysfunction in children that we seek to remedy. In affluent countries, children's food may be abundant and more hygienic, but  their foods tend to be the most processed and chemically contrived of any age group. best online slots

Food Allergy is Common

During the first year of life, the infant diet is the most powerful determinant of the growth and development of the child and food allergy is the most common health problem. Many studies show that breast feeding is best and that the feeding of solid foods is best delayed  4 to 6 months to reduce the risk of food allergy. Food allergy in infancy is expressed as crying, colic, vomiting, diarrhea, rashes, eczema and cold-like respiratory congestion. Some infants with food allergy become seriously ill and fail to thrive unless their allergy is recognized and corrected. Infants who develop food allergy in their first year may "outgrow" the first effects but tend to grow into children with more pervasive health, behavior and learning problems unless their diet is properly managed. helicopter game

Food manufacturers and vendors advertise their synthetic, processed foods directly to youngsters, and generally succeed in marketing their products. Boxed, canned, and bottled foods, fast foods, snack foods, candies, chocolate bars, slushies, burgers, pizzas, and pop all form the food vocabulary of our adolescents and many of our younger children. 

Children of poor families with limited food choices are more obviously at risk of malnutrition but children of more affluent families may also suffer malnutrition in the form of wrong food choices, caloric excess, nutrient disproportion and even vitamin mineral deficiencies when packaged and processed food replaces real food.

Physical and Behavioral Problems are Linked

We recognize the association of physical symptoms with emotional, behavioral and learning disturbances. The emotional-behavioral problems we see in children with faulty diets range from depression to attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity. The earliest disturbances are often irritability, moodiness, and sleep disorders, especially nightmares and night terrors. Some children are hyperactive and become difficult to manage at home and later in school; they tend to be impulsive, easily distracted, and may be unusually aggressive or prone to anger and tantrums.

Problems with Common  Food Rules

For years, official food rules suggest that children eat from the four food groups: milk, eggs, meat, and whole grain cereals as staple foods. Boxed cereal and milk is a common breakfast. The cereal has been nutritionally fortified, and so has the milk; nutrient intake may be satisfactory by nutrient accounting, but what about the impact of the food on the child as a whole?

We have found that milk and wheat allergy is common in children and may cause both physical symptoms and also contribute to learning and behavioral problems. A peanut butter-jam sandwich and a carton of milk must be the most common school lunch, followed by the most common afternoon symptoms - flushing, congestion, fatigue, irritability, and inability to concentrate. 

There are many ways for food problems to interfere with a child's normal functioning and to promote disease. We  assume that several problems interact in a complex manner to produce the symptoms and dysfunction that we seek to remedy. It is always necessary, therefore, to correct nutritional problems by complete diet revision using the the Alpha Nutrition Program.