Re: Beth/others - Natural remedies ()

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Hi ,

>Beth - I appreciate the comprehensive information that you are

>posting on each of these. I want to issue one caution to all

>parents -- that I don't think anyone should be giving any of these

>to your children unless you meet with a homeopathic physician or

>physician experienced with alternative medicine and GI issues first.

Oh yes, I think it definitely wise to having a naturopath type

doctor advising, but what amazes me is how people so frequently toss

around the casual use of extremely powerful drugs but infrequently

ever make precautionary statements such as the one you made about

the use of spices. These are spices that have centuries of

experience and with very little side affects especially when

compared to today's drugs.

If you read the book that I have mentioned in other posts it will

give you a better understand as to what I have been saying. The

book is called Life Without Bread by Wolfgang Lutz, MD. It will

give you more confidence that this is a very safe approach when

compared to powerful drugs.

>But he said that " none of these would be particularly beneficial to

>indsay, except ginger when she is feeling sick to her stomach " but

>some children may find some relief if they have mild GI distress.

>That none are known for reducing reflux or improving delayed gastric

>emptying.

Tea is only one aspect of treatment that my doctor recommends and

when taken in conjunction with a high fat-protein diet can have very

positive results including reducing reflux and improving delayed

gastric emptying. Again this is covered in great detail in the book.

>Beth, I haven't been as up to date on the listserve, and I apologize

>if you recently posted this. What is your child's name and how old

>are they? How is she or he doing in terms of weight and height?

>Has she or he been diagnosed with reflux, delayed gastric emptying

>or other gut dysmotility disorders common with RSS/SGA?

I posted the following information about a couple months

ago; the only thing that has changed is that now she has grown about

5 inches over the past 13 months to 44 inches……She started GH

around age 4. A year ago, at age 5, she was 39 inches when her GH

was tapered off and has since grown about 3 1/2+ inches. Side

affects, included an initial period of a few months where she lost a

little weight, but the doctor convinced us to tough it out while her

metabolism made the transition to more good fats and protein diet.

He likened it to somewhat like eliminating an addictive drug. To

quote the book, `The disappearance of hyperinsulinism on the low-

carbohydrate diet removes one of the reasons why such patients ate

at all--their hypoglycemia. Generally, thin individuals are driven

to eat by low blood sugar, not by a general hunger'.

Another side affect was constipation. After a short period this

cleared up since some muscular aspect of the intestine recovered and

hormones were rebalanced. I know putting on weight is needed for

growth, but more importantly you first need to control insulin

levels with a lower carbohydrate diet. Then after a short period,

weight and muscle increase along with height. Much of this is

covered in the book.

She has encountered mostly reflux, H pylori, Candida and

constipation, which resolved fairly rapidly by our more natural

approach.

Beth