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Disease Proof Your Child
One of the arguments and complaints against diet changes in children that I encounter most often is that they are already picky eats and will be undernourished if we remove common foods like dairy products. My answer is always the same: children naturally gravitate to a few, over consumed foods and their diet most often lacks variety. Children with food sensitivities are on a roller coaster ride of addictive attachment to one or two foods and eat them to the exclusion of other healthy foods. No matter how healthy the food might be, it is balance that children need to stay healthy. An over consumption of a food such as dairy products adds extra fat and calories but does not add all the other vitamins and minerals a child needs to grow and thrive.
I have witnessed amazing changes in children’s willingness to eat a wide variety of foods once we have removed the offending one. Even autistic children who are very sensitive to textures and smells of foods expand their repertoire of foods when the one causing their symptoms is removed.
As I complete the research for my book on the topic of food sensitivities and children, I am more committed than ever to increase the awareness of this topic for families. It is simply false information that children can be healthy and develop a strong body that will be free of diseases in the future if they eat a limited amount of fruits and vegetables and over consume foods like dairy products or bread.
For more information on this topic with loads of resources, check out the following website and blog. Dr. Joel Fuhrman is an expert of nutrition and is the author of the book “Disease Proof Your Child.”