Archive for July, 2010
Western diet link to ADHD
Posted by: | CommentsA new study from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a ‘Western-style’ diet in adolescents.
The research findings have just been published online in the international Journal of Attention Disorders.
Leader of Nutrition studies at the Institute, Associate Professor Wendy Oddy, said the study examined the dietary patterns of 1800 adolescents from the long-term Raine Study and classified diets into ‘Healthy’ or ‘Western’ patterns.
“We found a diet high in the Western pattern of foods was associated with more than double the risk of having an ADHD diagnosis compared with a diet low in the Western pattern, after adjusting for numerous other social and family influences,” Dr Oddy said. Read More→
Jeremy’s Still on Track
Posted by: | CommentsJeremy is still making great progress on his plan. He is now interested in all new foods and is asking for things he refused to even try a few months ago. I can’t believe it. Jeremy’s speech therapist did an evaluation this week and he improved a lot. He is learning a bunch of his sight words because he will actually sit and pay attention to review them. We are also very close to meeting some of his IEP goals over the summer such as counting to 100. (Not quite there. He gets confused with thirty and forty, but after that he knows the rest.) These are goals he had all year last year and never came close to achieving. We haven’t had to much time to work at these but he is picking up so quickly.
I recently made a new morning routine for Jeremy without any pictures. Jeremy is able to figure out what each item on the list is and is able to complete the routine with little redirection. The new helper around the house is Jeremy. He helps to take laundry to and from the laundry room and he is even learning how to sort clothes. When it comes to straightening up around the house Jeremy is usually the first to volunteer a helping hand.
Jeremy has been drinking the Kangen Water for a week and a half now. The past couple days he hasn’t been as calm, but today he is settling back down. He has also been making several trips to the bathroom. My guess is the wild behavior may be linked to his body detoxing with help from the Kangen Water. It is hard to tell whether any of Jeremy’s new success is from drinking the Kangen Water because he is eating differently and taking supplements too.
Each and everyday I am surprised by Jeremy’s new accomplishments. He is able to sit and pay attention for longer periods of time and he is overall much calmer than he was before he saw Tiffany. Things are going great. I can’t wait to see what happens next!!
Is Autism a Vitamin D Deficiency Disorder?
Posted by: | CommentsA group of 70 autistic children (average age of five years old) was compared to a similarly aged group of 42 non-autistic kids in the same socioeconomic status. Children with autism has significantly lower levels of both Vitamin D and calcium compared to the control group. In a similar study, lipid profiles of autistic boys showed that autism was associated with high triglycerides compared to a non-autistic control group, suggesting the presence of dyslipidemia in boys with autism. (Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, June 2010; Nutrition Research, April 2010) Read More→
Prescription: More sun
Posted by: | CommentsResearch suggests that a lack of sunlight could be tied to variety of illnesses
Gene Stubbs will admit that just a few years ago he might have laughed at the very 
research he’s now involved in. He might have thought the theory he’s been testing would have been better suited for zealots desperate for a simple explanation where none existed.
Here’s the theory: Autism might be caused by mothers not getting enough sunlight or Vitamin D supplementation during their pregnancies.
Now, Stubbs isn’t a parent of an autistic child grasping at straws. He’s a respected associate professor emeritus of psychiatry and pediatrics at Oregon Health & Science University who has turned into a researcher in his retirement. And he’s well aware that plenty of people have claimed to know why autism rates have skyrocketed in recent years, and that most of their explanations had little to do with hard science. Read More→
Nora’s Weight Loss: Done My Time
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I know I have been a bit quiet, lately. But it isn’t because I haven’t succeeded on my diet. Actually it is quite the opposite. I have kept to the diet and loss more pounds and inches. Yay! So much so that I am needing a new wardrobe because all my clothes are falling off me. It is a good problem! Final weigh in is this week.
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Diet
Since I have now done my time and completed my 28 day goal, I have decided to take a week off and then go another 28 days in hopes to lose another 10 lbs. (I will be satisfied with 5 lbs.)
I feel this diet is no longer a diet. I really feel this is a life change. I don’t crave pasta, pizza, peanut butter or even dark chocolate (although I will be making a trip to my favorite chocolate shop on my week off). But I get it. This is how I am suppose to eat and occasionally, in moderation, I can have special treats.
I truly enjoy all the beautiful colors I eat daily. I love that I am never hungry. I love that my skin is not as dry as before. I love that I am walking faster and my husband doesn’t have to adjust his pace anymore. I love going into a grocery store and shopping the perimeter. I love that my husband has also accepted this diet–it has made it much easier.
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Exercise
I think I have mentioned that I hate exercise. Well, this has been my downfall on this plan. I haven’t really exercised in 2 weeks. (Had I, I would probably have loss more inches…I know.) And the thing is, when I was exercising, my back and knees caused me no problems. I felt energized and overall really good. The muscle pain wasn’t even bothering me…well those squats and my thighs that first week…whew! Now that I am not exercising, my back and knee pain has reoccurred. I understand it is something that is good for me and I just need to make it a life change, too.
Why did I stop? I got busy with work and just have made one excuse after another.
I really can’t believe all the excuses I have made. ”I got up too late. I have an early meeting. I am on a rush deadline. I haven’t eaten yet. I just ate and I don’t want a belly ache. It is too late to exercise, I may not sleep.” Everyday, I come up with a new “colorful” excuse.
What excuses do you make? I would love to hear them…