So, I was in Barnes and Noble getting books for Christmas gifts, and for my classroom when I stumbled upon this book.
Healing and Preventing Autism A Complete Guide by Jenny McCarthy and Jerry Kartzinel, M.D.
It interested me because ever since Autism started being on the rise, I have always had this feeling that my child(ren) would have some form of autism. This really scared me and for a few years before marriage, I thought I didn't want kids, for this very reason. I also had a feeling (for the majority of my life) that I would develop some type of cancer. Well, since I have been on the diet, exercising, and herbs, that feeling has gone away along with the children having autism. However, it still interests me and I thought I would read the book anyway.
So, you may ask, What does cause autism? The world doesn't know.
Actually, it is a list of different things that cause autism. This is why it is so hard to figure out what causes it. There have been studies done, that I read about not from this book, that say those kids are deficient in B vitamins. So, I figured give the kids supplements. Well, that is not the only thing that they have wrong with them.
The book talks about the TOXINs in our environment. HMMMM! That is what caused my infertility. No wonder I no longer have the feelings I used to about the cancer and autism, because I got rid of the toxins. So the author is a Pediatrician that adopted a son that later developed autism. He started documenting what made his son act out more, and also started documenting when he got worse. The first thing he realized was that it happened right after he gave him, his MMR shot. So, he started doing research on vaccines and found that they have a million different side effects. He started informing all the parents of these side effects and offering them the choice of vaccinating or not. Most of the parents chose not to vaccinate. Then he started realizing that gluten and dairy foods made him worse, so he researched that. Did some blood tests and so forth. He found that gluten and dairy act as an opiate for these children which is why they have such a high pain tolerance. They are also ADDICTED to these foods. He says start the kids on a casein free and gluten free diet as soon as possible. The longer you hold off, the harder it will get. (This was a very interesting part of the book. He talked about kids licking the floor because the mop solution their moms used had gluten in it.)
The point I am making is that this book is a must read if you are interested in learning how to prevent, or improve the autism in children of your own, or around you.
Another milestone in my life is that I started using more organic products. I now use organic face wash, organic hand lotion and organic deodorant and a different chapstick. I now use Burt's Bees and not the one that I was using that is full of parabens. Parabens act like estrogen in the body. The body has its own estrogen and doesn't need more. This in turn, turns into a toxin. I will switch over to other organic ingredients later, however it is very expensive to switch over, over night. A little bit here and there is going to have to do for now. In so doing this, I lost 2 more pounds in two weeks of using these products. Now, I am a little baffled by this too. However, a lady at my church said she believes it because she knows someone else that had the same thing happen. Toxins cause weight gain. another thing the Pediatrician talked about in the book is toxins. He said that we are all born with a garbage can. Everyone has a different size and so everyone's can gets full at different points in life. I personally think that the can gets bigger as we grow up. This is why it is soooooo important for young kids to eat organic and eat healthy, their garbage cans are smaller. He also said, that if the garbage can is not full, then you are fine. It is when the can overflows, when it turns into disease, illness, and other things.
