Parents and professionals agree that most children with autism spectrum disorders and attention deficits are sensitive. The sensitivity may be expressed in various ways that involve heightened, often painful, responses to touching, tasting, hearing, smelling, and seeing as well as to breathing, Contacting or eating things that don't bother most people. The hypersensitive reactions may include wheezing, stuffiness, hives, and eczema; but they also take cognitive and behavior forms such as hyperactivity, aggression, difficulty with learning and attention, and sleep disturbances,. The reactions may be delayed or only seen after cumulative exposures, making it difficult to spot the association between, say, eating certain foods and neurological symptoms caused by inappropriate immune activation.
A Doctor's View of Your Immune System
It is not surprising that children who have problems with taking in and processing the world express that problem on both the cognitive and immune levels. Although the immune system and the central nervous system (CNS) are anatomically distinct, they are functionally similar. They share a wide range of chemical mediators and they are both capable of sensitization. The CNS and immune systems also have the shared job of perceiving and remembering the environment. The CNS takes in the big world of our senses -our everyday cognitive experience. The immune system takes in the microscopic or molecular world that has to do with sensing the presence of friendly or unfriendly cells, germs, mood molecules and toxins. The memory of cognitive experiences, such as a child's seventh birthday party, is stored in the brain and the memory of chicken pox virus, strep germs, and other such exposures is stored among the scattered cells of the immune system.
When a child has problems taking in, integrating, and organizing the cognitive world, we help by imposing a simplified order through educational programs, sensory therapies and creation of a less complicated environment. We can do the same thing on the immune level by lessening the confusion created by various triggers of inappropriate immune activation, no matter whether we refer to the reactions as "allergic,11 "sensitive," or "intolerant."
Your Child's Unnatural Food Choices
Many children have already simplified their diets by refusing a wide variety of healthy foods, stubbornly consuming a restricted, poorly nourishing, intake of foods for which they have an allergic craving or some other preference based on taste or texture. It is helpful, therefore, to have tests that gives reliable information concerning safe, healthy foods as well as potentially reactive foods for an individual child. Immuno Laboratories offers such tests: their Immuno 1 Bloodprint IgG ELISA Delayed Food Allergy Assay, Immuno 2 Bloodprint Candida albicans Assay and Immuno 3 Bloodprint IgE Immediate Food Allergy Assay.
The Lab Test That Offers Relief
IgG ELISA is a very useful blood test that spots problem foods, screens for safe foods, and evaluates the overall state of immune activation against foods as reflected in the total number of reactive foods.
"I have conducted two double-blind, placebo-controlled studies validating IgG ELISA by showing a significant difference in symptom reduction in the subjects avoiding IgG reactive foods as compared with IgG non-reactive foods. I recommend such testing and, at least a trial avoiding IgG reactive foods to determine which may be the causes of various symptoms."
Sidney MacDonald Baker, M.D., Nationally Renowned Author and Researcher
Formed in 1978, Immuno Laboratories, Inc. (a state, federal, and Medicare licensed international clinical laboratory) has grown to be one of the most highly recognized, specialty testing laboratories in the world. Immuno offers the most current comprehensive and effective diagnostic programs in the fields of allergy, immunology and nutrition.
Immuno's laboratory director, Dr. John Rebello, holds a doctoral degree in Biochemistry and a master's degree in Microbiology/lmmunology. Physician and patient support is headed by nationally renowned author, researcher and lecturer James Braly, M.D.
The Program That Can Help You and Your Child
Immuno Laboratories' most-requested report, the Immuno 1 Bloodprint (IgG) Delayed Food Allergy Assay, is an easy-to-read, multi-color printout. This report is accompanied by an individualized rotation program and the 16 page Immuno Health Guide which provides practical advice for food selection and preparation.
"We've had such good results with learning-disabled children in our clinic that.;,. not one of these children has remained on Ritalin after completing our program.
Grant Born, D.O., Grand Rapids, MI
The 'Other" Culprit... Candida albicans
In addition to food allergies, Immuno offers Candida albicans testing. Candida albicans is a microorganism, that when allowed, can overgrow and cause many symptoms such as depression, irritability, inability to concentrate and mood swings. Two unique assays identify the quantity of overgrowth of Candida albicans and, based upon the test results, special dietary recommendations are provided.
Special Dietary Considerations
In the event that you require any additional food eliminated from your Food Allergy and Candida Treatment Program, Immuno Laboratories will custom design your diet so that it not only reflects your food allergy and Candida test results, but also includes any special diet considerations that you might have such as Gluten-Free, Casein-Free, Non-S alicylates, etc.
"As a Registered Nurse, I've never seen such profound changes in a child without using drugs. I wholeheartedly recommend the Immuno 1 Bloodprint Delayed Food Allergy Assay."
Janet Presson, R.N., Goldsboro, NC
Parents and individuals who are interested in finding out more about the Immuno 1 Bloodprint (IgG) Delayed Food Allergy Assay and other allergy testing should contact Teresa Popelier with Better Health, USA.
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