Showing posts with label asthma - child. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asthma - child. Show all posts
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Friday, June 29, 2012
My son seems to have a continual cold which leads to asthma
Earlier in the year I had a hair sample done and taken your recommendations on treatment.
My son seems to have a continual cold which leads to asthma.
I am keen for you to do your magic on him too. I wanted to check before I purchased a hair sample kit if that was appropriate for him. He is 6 years old.
Can you please advise.
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Gary:
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| HTMA of Child's Mother |
So, when we look at the Mother's HTMA to the left, we can see patterns that indicate a tendency to suffer viral infections and asthma.
These are low magnesium to calcium and an overall deficiency in magnesium. When molybdenum is low and zinc is high we can assume that there is a deficiency in zinc and, therefore, vulnerability to viral infections (high zinc, especially in the presence of low molybdenum means loss of zinc from the tissues and it being deposited in the hair).
If you take out the peaks of calcium, copper zinc, chromium and cobalt we have the appearance of a person who is running on empty. We can assume her son will be lower overall as well as having more extremes such as higher calcium and lower magnesium.
Due to their faster metabolism children are more sensitive to imbalances, including excesses and deficiencies.
Yes, I recommend that the wee boy does have a HTMA completed. But, in the absence of a HTMA I would recommend that he follows the dietary and supplementary programme that has been recommended for Mother. Any supplements are adjusted appropriately for size and also to take account that most children have difficulty swallowing pills.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Hi Gary
We wanted to quickly ask your advice - our son (18months) gets excema, and I have recently experimented by taking him off milk and replacing it with a kids soy milk. His excema has calmed down but has not gone completely however it seems less severe.
Is it safe to give the kids just soy - or do they need the nutrients in cows milk? I'd love to hear your thoughts,
Thanks so much
"N"
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Gary:
I am not a fan of soy milk. While fermented soy products have nutritional merits, I am not that sure of the nutritional benefits of soy milk which appears to an over-processed product that is devoid of nutrients. Soy milk is just one of many, many industrially processed food items that are replacing healthy wholefoods that once dominated our supermarket shelves.
Milk is better nutritionally; but not much more, if overly processed. The process of pasteurisation is said to reduce the number of nutrients in milk from over 900 down to about 120. Homogenisation whereby the fat molecules are broken up so it disperses evenly is hotly debated as to possible consequences to health.
When fat is removed from milk so are many of the remaining nutrients, including the fat soluble vitamins - A, D, E and K. What remains is a little protein, calcium and lactose (sugar) and not much of anything else. I would not feed fat reduced milk to anybody, especially a child because all you are doing is ingesting excess calcium and giving a short sugar hit. Excess calcium, with little in the way of other vitamins and minerals, especially the fat soluble ones and magnesium, will be contributing factors in cases of eczema.
A low fat, low nutrient diet for a child is a sure guarantee for poor concentration at school, difficulty sleeping, constant illness and obesity. The food industry has done a remarkably effective job tricking us into believing that these foods are actually healthy and are best for producing strong and intelligent children who will go on to be champion athletes and great scholars. This is simply not true.
The food industry is using the very same tactics that were refined to perfection by the tobacco industry decades ago to dupe people into believing that cigarettes are healthy for you, when they knew all along that tobacco is deadly harmful. The tactic is to recruit health experts and sporting heroes to lie through their teeth the exact opposite of what is really the truth (Of course, many athletes and health experts couldn't care less so long as the money is good and many others are so brainwashed or too ignorant, so they actually believe what they are saying!).
My youngest, Alama, has been raised on raw full cream milk which we get direct from a farmer. He is healthy, fit and strong. Thin, while muscular. Raw milk has been good for him as it has been for the rest of the family, including myself (cholesterol levels have become healthy since switching to raw full cream milk, btw). Please refer to this article about my own remarkable improvement in health.
If you can not access raw milk, the next best thing is Silvertop Milk. The most available silvertop milk in New Zealand is the Farmhouse brand silvertop milk.
Eczema and asthma (The same condition; but with different manifestations) were serious issues for my children and it took several years to figure these out and to find non-drugs solutions that worked. Both children who were affected with asthma and eczema are now 95% clear and living life to the full without limitations or drugs. Having said this, there are no "one size fits all" solutions. Contact me for a consultation if you would like my assistance with finding healthy solutions that works for your child.
We wanted to quickly ask your advice - our son (18months) gets excema, and I have recently experimented by taking him off milk and replacing it with a kids soy milk. His excema has calmed down but has not gone completely however it seems less severe.
Is it safe to give the kids just soy - or do they need the nutrients in cows milk? I'd love to hear your thoughts,
Thanks so much
"N"
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Gary:
I am not a fan of soy milk. While fermented soy products have nutritional merits, I am not that sure of the nutritional benefits of soy milk which appears to an over-processed product that is devoid of nutrients. Soy milk is just one of many, many industrially processed food items that are replacing healthy wholefoods that once dominated our supermarket shelves.
Milk is better nutritionally; but not much more, if overly processed. The process of pasteurisation is said to reduce the number of nutrients in milk from over 900 down to about 120. Homogenisation whereby the fat molecules are broken up so it disperses evenly is hotly debated as to possible consequences to health.
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| An unhealthy association |
A low fat, low nutrient diet for a child is a sure guarantee for poor concentration at school, difficulty sleeping, constant illness and obesity. The food industry has done a remarkably effective job tricking us into believing that these foods are actually healthy and are best for producing strong and intelligent children who will go on to be champion athletes and great scholars. This is simply not true.
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| An unhealthy association |
It must be right because 20,679 Physicians say so - Yeah right!
Iron Man Food - Yeah right!
My youngest, Alama, has been raised on raw full cream milk which we get direct from a farmer. He is healthy, fit and strong. Thin, while muscular. Raw milk has been good for him as it has been for the rest of the family, including myself (cholesterol levels have become healthy since switching to raw full cream milk, btw). Please refer to this article about my own remarkable improvement in health.
If you can not access raw milk, the next best thing is Silvertop Milk. The most available silvertop milk in New Zealand is the Farmhouse brand silvertop milk.
Eczema and asthma (The same condition; but with different manifestations) were serious issues for my children and it took several years to figure these out and to find non-drugs solutions that worked. Both children who were affected with asthma and eczema are now 95% clear and living life to the full without limitations or drugs. Having said this, there are no "one size fits all" solutions. Contact me for a consultation if you would like my assistance with finding healthy solutions that works for your child.
We are all the same while all being different, so go for tailored health solutions
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Our child has asthma: What can we do to help manage it?
Hi Gary,
We took our 2 year old to our GP today after his cough (which he's had for a week or so) kept him awake on and off last night. We realise there's not much you can do for a cough except keep warm, get lots of rest, eat well, etc so going to the GP was more of a safety check to make sure there wasn't something more sinister brewing.....well it turns out he has Asthma and has been given a raft of medicines including an inhaler.
With little or no history of Asthma in the family (we also have a 4 year old) we were quite surprised by this diagnosis.
You mention in an article (Nov 8 2007) a list of actions and regime changes to help with eczema and asthma - do these apply equally to both conditions or should be concentrating on certain things to help with the Asthma?
Thanks, Andy
We took our 2 year old to our GP today after his cough (which he's had for a week or so) kept him awake on and off last night. We realise there's not much you can do for a cough except keep warm, get lots of rest, eat well, etc so going to the GP was more of a safety check to make sure there wasn't something more sinister brewing.....well it turns out he has Asthma and has been given a raft of medicines including an inhaler.
With little or no history of Asthma in the family (we also have a 4 year old) we were quite surprised by this diagnosis.
You mention in an article (Nov 8 2007) a list of actions and regime changes to help with eczema and asthma - do these apply equally to both conditions or should be concentrating on certain things to help with the Asthma?
Thanks, Andy
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Gary Moller comments:
Eczema and asthma are essentially the same disease expressed with differing symptoms. In my family, we either have eczema or asthma. For one child, the eczema was terrible and for another the asthma caused hospitalisation on two occasions. We discovered that the natural health solutions for one works for the other. We have been able to reduce the need for medications to a big ZERO. Children also rend to grow out of asthma as a simple result of their airways growing larger and therefor less prone to clogging with phlegm.
With regards to your child you do need to determine whether or not the breathing problems are an acute reaction to the cold or an infection or the result of an allergy. If it is an acute reaction, then the need for ongoing medication should be queried. Medications for asthma are not without their nasty side effects when used long term, including osteoporosis and adrenal damage.
You should be using a peak flow meter daily to measure your child's breath flow. Your doctor should have measured this at the clinic and can provide you with a peak flow meter to take home. The protocol for use should have been carefully explained and demonstrated. The idea is to measure his peak flow before and after taking his blue asthma inhaler. If there is some brochial spasm (asthma) then there should be a significant improvement in peak flow. If not, then you should review his condition, including medication with your doctor.
The same query of the need for ongoing medication can apply to an allergy once the allergens have been identified and minimised. If an allergy, such as dust mite, is suspected, then ask your doctor about getting your child tested for allergies. This is a simple skin reaction test. If you get a positive with your child for dust mite or animal dander for example, then the next step is to identify sources in your environment such as a pet or an old carpet and then deal with them.
Nutrition is an essential factor for ongoing management - medication or not. This centres about ensuring there is a rich supply of the fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K) and the essential fatty acids. One of the best sources of these is raw full-cream A2 milk which is the only milk we have in our house. Sadly, this is not easy to come by.
You could add cod liver oil to your child's diet (You can get cod liver oil here) as a rich and safge source of vitamins D and A. Wheatgerm oil is a rich source of natural vitamin E. Waihi Bush Flax Magic is a rich souirce of the omega3 oils for children that is definitely beneficial for asthma and eczema. Butter is a good source of essential fats and fat soluble vitamins, principally vitamin A. Stay away from the synthetic versions of the fat soluble vitamins.
The other measure is to teach your child how to diaphragm breathe. If a child breathes shallow, then asthma and anxiety is inevitable.
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Email Gary: gary at myotec.co.nz (Replace the "at" with @ and remove spaces). Please include any relevant background information to your question.
Email Gary: gary at myotec.co.nz (Replace the "at" with @ and remove spaces). Please include any relevant background information to your question.
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