EPIDEMIC ANSWERS

Epidemic AnswersI am a Board Member, Media Director and blogger for Epidemic Answers, a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose goal is to help parents recover their children from chronic illnesses such as autism, ADHD, SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder), allergies, asthma, acid reflux, chronic ear infections and OCD.

Documenting Hope ProjectEpidemic Answers is sponsoring the Documenting Hope Project, in which we will be documenting the potential recovery of 14 children with autism, ADHD, allergies, asthma, juvenile RA, mood disorders and type 2 diabetes as they work with biomedical doctors, functional-medicine doctors, naturopaths, health coaches and other integrative health practitioners for a period of 18 months.

Parents need to understand that these illnesses and disorders are similar in their etiology.

Gut dysbiosis, toxicity, nutritional deficiencies and hormonal deficiencies can be linked to all of these issues.

One of the best resources I can recommend for parents is the complete list of symptoms that serve as red flags that are often dismissed by pediatricians.

Symptoms such as red cheeks or ears after eating, chronic runny nose, distended belly, colic, acid reflux, dark circles under the eyes and other symptoms are indicative of a compromised immune system.

Our children are the proverbial canaries in the coal mine.

Their illnesses and disorders are urgent messages to us that there are significant problems with our environment, diets and lifestyles.

Yet, this is not a gloom-and-doom message.

We intend for this to be a message of hope – that our children can be recovered from what many people say is a life sentence.

I have recovered my own two sons from Sensory Processing Disorder, which I call “autism light” or “almost autism”, asthma and reflux.

I also personally know of quite a few children who have recovered from SPD, Lyme, autism, OCD and other seemingly intractable illnesses and disorders.