Children's problems

Virus, infection or other cause?

Many parents and health professionals spend much of their time dealing with the above problems convinced they are caused by a virus, other infectious agents or changes in a child's chemistry well beyond their control. It is hard to imagine that most of these health issues have two main causes:

1. An immune system struggling to cope with some common foods or food additives
2. Deficiencies of some essential nutrients.

Several studies in the last four decades have concluded that breastfed babies have less tendency for colic, recurrent infections, pneumonia and eczema, yet very few venture to point out that a significant number of children have been fed with formula milk or cow's milk products. The concept of food intolerance is a strange one, especially in the absence of accurate laboratory tests.

Adults with some form of allergy in the genes (DNA) may find partners with similar genetic predisposition. Inevitably, their offspring have an increased risk to develop allergies or intolerances in their lives. With this background, if combined with the repetitive use of some foods, it is likely to overload a child's immune system, which then loses some of its natural resistance to viruses.