Food and chemical allergies can be the culprit for many “mental” disorders – especially in children.
Allergy Kids is a great site to learn more about food sensitivities, environmental toxins, and their connection in areas such as attention, mood, and behavior. It also offers practical steps that can be taken as a parent – to make sure your kid enjoys a healthy and happy life!
From [AllergyKids]:
Defining Food Allergies
Today, it is estimated that 20% of American children have allergies.
In the last twenty years, we have seen an epidemic increase in allergies, asthma, ADHD and autism, including a:
- 400% increase in food allergies
- 300% increase in asthma, with a 56% increase in asthma deaths
- 400% increase in ADHD
- and between a 1,500 and 6,000% increase in autism.
The male/female ratio for food allergies is 2:1 and the male/female ratio for asthma is 3:1.
So What Has Changed?
In the last ten years, novel proteins, allergens and toxins have been introduced into our food and vaccine supplies. No human trials were ever conducted to assess the safety of these chemicals on children. These chemicals appear to create a toxic overload in our children, impacting their immune systems, nervous systems and gastrointestinal and digestive systems (in which 70% of a child’s immune systems is found).
At AllergyKids, our concern is that, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, some of our nation’s leading pediatric allergists testified to the safety of these chemicals without conducting human trials to test the safety of these chemicals on children….
….[Find out more].
Visit the [American Academy of Environmental Medicine].
