We have done articles before about LDLs and HDLs. By and large, HDLs are protective and function as your body’s garbage trucks. They scour your arteries for left-over cholesterol and take it back to your liver for reprocessing. You want a high HDL...
When Nathan Moscrop, a 12-year-old with severe dyslexia, suffered a bout of food poisoning, his GP placed him on a wheat-free diet. Almost immediately, his reading improved by leaps and bounds, and his attention perked up.
* Test for allergies, metal poisoning and other toxins such as pesticides, except in cases of autism. (The effects of autism are due to toxicity of foods, rather than allergies per se, and the tests won’t pick up any reaction.)
For an increasing number of children returning to school this fall, the experience of learning is a guilt-ridden, fear-inducing and often pointless exercise. The numbers of children considered to have learning difficulties
Re A.G.’s letter, ‘Preparing for winter’, in WDDTY vol 16 no 7, up until two years go, I, too, was prone to colds and flu at this time of the year. I tried supplements, homeopathy, antibiotics and even had my tonsil remnants removed, but nothing...
For most of the last two terms, my youngest daughter Anya, now seven, has been struggling at school, particularly with maths. And although she could learn spelling perfectly, she was also struggling with writing.
Wheat has the image of being nutritious and wholesome a traditional food. We think of our grandmothers kneading dough and baking bread or reflect on the phrase 'the staff of life'. ...
My granddaughter has been on a wheat- and cow’s milk-free diet since preconception. No one in our extended families (both parents) can cope with cow milk, apart from my daughter, who was dyslexic. My granddaughter never showed the usual signs of...
Lately, evidence has emerged to show that some foods considered 'bad' are actually not so bad for you, and some foods, traditionally considered 'good', may not be as good for us as we'd always believed. These include:
False Fat refers to the bloating and swelling that can result from eating "reactive" foods, and this makes people look and feel fatter than they actually are. The process that generates false fat also contributes to the congestion and inflammation...