Guest guest Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Reflux can be yeast related. Another thing that sometimes causes reflux is inadequate stomach acid. You can try giving apple cider vinegar to see if it eliminates it. If it does, he needs more acid to help digest the food. Dr. Suzanne DaSilva www.biomedicaldoc.com > > This board has been sooo helpful to me lately - thank-you, everyone! I have another question. I think that my son, ASD, almost 5, non-verbal, lotsa other issues, etc... my be experiencing reflux. I do not want to put him on conventional meds for this - he was on them as an infant, and I suspect they may have contributed to some of his problems. What other options are there for treating reflux? Are there supplements that can help? Any advice is greatly appreciated. > > Thank-you! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Juicing is great for that. I agree with Suzanne, it could be due to -- too little HCL (hydro-cloric acid). I have always said, if your child eats a carrot, and it comes out like a carrot -- they aren't digesting their food properly. (Before I started biomed, I had asked my regular Ped about it, and she was like, " sometimes that is just what happens. " -- no, it doesn't when your child is digesting their food propery. It's NOT normal...(I keep having to remind myself what people consider 'normal' today, really didn't become the norm until a lot of people reported the same things...anyway.. Zinc was helpful in resolving that issue for myself, along with juicing. Also, having good micro-flora in the gut also digests food. I tend to think that reflux is a multi stage problem. (And if they aren't digesting their food, then they aren't getting the nutrients they need..) So that being said, Juicing might help you a great deal. Also, using a supplement that is bio-available like the zinc monomethionine. As well as, small meals, 5 times a day. (Helps when there isn't enough HCL) -- my kids eat one large meal (breakfast) and then graze the rest of the day. Food combining also helps - like eating a little protein, with a little carb and a little fiber each time. It slows down the process of breaking it down, without spikes in blood sugar levels, so your child doesn't devour his food because he's starving. I served my kids meals on small plates so it wouldn't make me feel like they weren't eating enough. I also kept a food diary so that I could make sure they were eating/drinking enough calories for their size/body weight to ensure growing needs as well. I usually serve a large (6-8oz) juicer drink before breakfast. This helps breakdown breakfast. In the afternoon, I do another juicer drink and this helps with the grazing meals, as well as dinner. Great things to add to your juicer drink is pineapple, because it got natural digestive enzymes in it...I also use lemon,pear and apple (golden del) for the same purpose. Greens like kale, cabbage, and zuchinni also have great enzymes in them to bust up food too. Plus, it helps create the HCL your body needs. laura PS. I also juice for my 7 month old, WOW, had I only known this when Jimmy and Maddie were young..what a difference! > > This board has been sooo helpful to me lately - thank-you, everyone! I have another question. I think that my son, ASD, almost 5, non-verbal, lotsa other issues, etc... my be experiencing reflux. I do not want to put him on conventional meds for this - he was on them as an infant, and I suspect they may have contributed to some of his problems. What other options are there for treating reflux? Are there supplements that can help? Any advice is greatly appreciated. > > Thank-you! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Seriously Tunde! If there is one thing I have found, is that all of this is a lot of work...it's a full time job - along with actual parenting! We all have strategies to incorporate things we see that work. When something starts working, there usually an incentive to keep up with it...it's daunting all of this information, and the supplements and when to give, what to eat -- GAHHH! I juice daily (twice daily) because I see the benefit to it. Maddie's allergies are gone, and Jimmy is very calm and can sit! 6 months ago, he used to run around while eating. People were like " aren't you afraid he's going to choke? " and I laughed (probably totally inappropriately!) and said " well, that'll slow him down! " -- I mean, really, you are one person, cut yourself some slack. And you know, laugh. See the good and funny for what it is. I remember at the beginning when Jimmy melted down in our local grocery store (and I never wanted to go back) -- you could see the tears welling up in my eyes, and this really great Mom came over and said, " you need a hug. " and I probably hugged her too long. I needed it. She told me, " I lost my son twice at toys r us, you didn't do that, so you're a better Mom than me. " It made me laugh. THis is really tough stuff we are doing. You're the Mom, you know what is best to start with. We are all here just chit chattin' about what worked the best for us. Recycling and polishing up our information. I wouldn't have made it without this board and all the help I have received. Hang in there... laura > >> > > > >> > > This board has been sooo helpful to me lately - thank-you, everyone! I > >> > have another question. I think that my son, ASD, almost 5, non-verbal, > lotsa > >> > other issues, etc... my be experiencing reflux. I do not want to put him on > >> > conventional meds for this - he was on them as an infant, and I suspect > they > >> > may have contributed to some of his problems. What other options are there > >> > for treating reflux? Are there supplements that can help? Any advice is > >> > greatly appreciated. > >> > > > >> > > Thank-you! > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> * " Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. " > >> MLK* > >> > > > > > > > -- > " Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. " MLK > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ > Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels > in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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