Beat Baby Colic for Good

New Approach to  Behavior Problems Bringing Surprising Results

 By: Karen DeFelice

My son Matthew remembers the painful headaches in vivid, grade-school terms. “Pretend my brain is Tokyo,” he says, “and then imagine Godzilla coming in and smashing all the buildings, spewing fire everywhere.” This was why he banged his head on the ground day and night for years on end; no, make that bashed his head, the force was so intense the floorboards vibrated. That was nearly four years ago, before he started Digestive Enzymes that helped end the pain.

Matthew represents a growing number of children with behavior and learning problems who end up wandering with their families through the chaotic maze of diagnoses such as autism spectrum, AD(H)D, sensory integra­tion, and other related conditions.

Frustrated parents may be surprised to learn their child’s problematic behaviors can originate from their dinner plates. Often digestive problems trigger unwanted behaviors as well as physical symp­toms.    A young child doesn’t know how to say, “I have a throbbing migraine with visual disturbances.” They just know they feel bad and they act out.

The key is to understand exactly how digestion is physically struc­tured and works.  Once you grasp that, the rest of the issues—symptoms, nutrition, special diets, gut problems – fall into place. A network of nerves runs right along the digestive tract. The nerves, the immune system, and the gut lining are all intertwined and huddled in the intestinal tract together. So, what affects one of these systems, affects the other ones to some extent. Read the rest of this entry »