RE:Focus in School-What to do...Here are Diane Craft Notes

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Here are notes from her lecture and she has things in her protocol at the

end for focusing…

Diane Craft

Biology of Behavior

Exploring the Physical Causes of

Behavior and Attention Problems in Children

Dianecraft.org

This is Diane Craft’s tape series. She gives the latest brain and

nutritional research plus a proven step-by-step program of natural

supplements designed to help your child’s body heal, and have ample supply

of the important calming neurotransmitters available. You will learn of

“natural medicines” you can discuss with your doctor, that are free of side

effects that accompany many prescription medications.

Notes from her lecture on tape…

* 80% of these kids had -mult infections/antibiotic use

* 99% have allergies

* If it’s mental, it’s physical.

* Dr. Crook—Help for Your Hyperactive Child--hyperactive

child book—replacing bacteria in stomach

* Dr. Leo Gallend—pediatrician—Super Immunity for Kids (need this

book to do the 8 week protocol for dosages)

* Neurotransmitters are made in the gut so that can affect behavior

* Keep colonies of yeast down to a good amount

* 300% increase of Ritalin over last 3 years

I. Biological or Psychological

* Jay Lombard—The Brain Wellness Plan

* Serotonin—recirculated by antidepressants (Ritalin, prozac, etc.)

* Body can make serotonin

* Fat in milk—good

* 50% didn’t crawl

* over 80%--mult. Infections

* 99-100%--allergies—uncontrolled reactions to common good things;

immune system has gone array

* emphasis—building immune system rather than pulling away foods

* repeated antibiotic use causes and irritated neurological system

II. Common characteristics of kids with upset body chemistry

* Trauma reduces serotonin in body

* Fat is just as satisfying as sugar—so try to find some substitutes

that are satisfying—nuts, seeds, tuna, mayonnaise, beef jerky—try to keep a

balance

* Brain is a mirror of the gut

* Will see subtle changes within 1st week—look for subtle changes

* It takes about 3 mos. to change a child’s body chemistry

* Will be adding other things—i.e. antifungal preparations, oils

* Take it yourself and add something different/new the next week and

continue with the previous

* Acidophilus sweetens the stomach & makes it feel very good

* Don’t try to cut back on sugar until after the 2nd week b/c they’ll

fight you on it b/c it’s a craving

4/18/05

Changes in…

* Inappropriate behavior

* Loudness

* getting in people’s faces

* disperceptions—overreaction to regular things

* mood swings

* attention problems, memory

* can be used with medications—in fact helps with absorption rate

* anemia, diabetic, lead

* kids will act how they feel

Biological Characteristics

* Sleep problems

* Stomach aches; indigestion

* Bloating; gas

* Canker sores—same lining in stomach as in the mouth

* Eczema; rashes; dry, itchy skin

* Thrush, athlete’s foot, canker sores, vaginal infections, warts—all

outward symptoms of yeast overgrowth in stomach

* Allergies (esp. to molds—penicillin, amoxicillin, etc.), food

allergies, environmental allergies

* Leg pains

* Constipation; enuresis (bedwetting)

* Sugar cravings—real cravings where they take sugar and hide it to

eat it

* Trying to heal mucosal lining of stomach

Behavioral Characteristics

* Angry, Aggressive

* Irritable “touchy”

* Inappropriate Behavior

* Mood Swings

* Temper Tantrums

* Attentions Problems

* Depression

* Hyperactivity

* Restless, Nervous

III. Nutritional Intervention

How to…

* Outlined in Leo Galland’s Superimmunity for Kids

* Go week by week and keep a journal

* Go at it slowly

Discuss this plan with your Doctor 1st

You add onto the existing plan each week, so by week 8, the child is on all

of the supplements. Stay on all of it for 3 months and then remove each

item, one at a time as they were added.

Week 1: Acidophilus—Refrigerated Kind

* Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

* Primadophilus Junior by Nature’s Way. Parent’s report this is the

best

* Watch for Herxheimer effect—as yeast is dying off, it will put off

toxins and have a “flu” like effect—if this happens, cut back on amount

This is the good bacteria that needs to be in the child’s gut in order to be

healthy. It is wiped out by antibiotics and steroids. Only buy a

refrigerated brand. It can be put in cold drinks.

Week 2: Grapefruit Seed Extract, (NOT Grape Seed) Anti-fungal agent

* Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

* DianeCraft.org has this for sale

* Oil or capsules

* Oil—2-3 drops 3x/day (follow directions on package)

* Put in Welch’s Grape Juice—strong enough to mask taste

* Could use Caprylic acid instead of grapefruit seed extract—another

antifungal agent—2-3x/day—

If you child has symptoms of yeast, it would be worthwhile to give this. It

is taken 3x a day, with the Acidophilus.

Week 3: Reduce sugar & carbohydrates

* Increase protein especially at breakfast and snacks

* Breakfast—eggs, protein shakes, smoothies with protein powder,

butter, meats,

* Excess sugar causes irritability

Week 4: Mineral Rich (has more Magnesium and Calcium, Cherry flavor)

1Tsp a day until loose stool.

* Check SuperImmunity for Kids for dosage. Book for sale on Amazon

* Magnesium—in citrate form or asporatate form

* Magnesium is “Nature’s Tranquilizer”

* If not taking lots of calcium, get a magnesium with calcium—unless

they’re battling constipation—then no calcium

* Takes about a year to build up magnesium

* Too much magnesium can cause diarrhea

* Can go in a smoothie; doesn’t have a taste

* Check fingernails for white spots before starting—is a sign of zinc

deficiency

* Zinc runs 200 enzyme systems in body

* Hair, blood, saliva—test everything

* Check health food store for zinc

* Can add zinc, calcium, and magnesium in one week

* When no more white spots, you can stop the zinc

* Mental & Elemental Nutrients by Phifer talks about zinc

Week 5: 100 mg. of B Complex Vitamin, YEAST FREE.

* “Calming vitamins”

* Alan Gavy—B6: The Natural Healer—found that B6 is in serotonin

loop in brain (compared with taking Ritalin)

Week 6: EFA 500mg of DHA (Fish Oil); 1300 mg Evening Prim Rose; 1-200

Vitamin E

Choose from…

1. Efalex Focus by Nature’s Way—combines Dr. Stordy’s whole recipe into

one capsule—take 8 capsules/day for kids over 6

2. Or Coromega (pudding) Fish Oil, Vit E, and Borage Oil for younger

children

3. Or do Dr. Stordy’s recipe

o 500 mg DHA (fish oil) daily

o 1000 mg of evening primrose oil—Efamol brand from England or can

interchange it with borage oil

o 200 i.u. vitamin E

* change chemistry of body—powerful stuff

* society that is deficient in serotonin

* essential fatty acids change to serotonin—come from fish, flax

seed, and butter, nuts & seeds, whole grains

* Beyond Prozac— Nordin—uses essential fatty acids to build

serotonin

* Signs of lack of essential fatty acids: Dry hair, cow lick, dry

skin, bumps on back of arms, chapped lips

* Need to change gut flora first to build good bacteria

* Boys have 3x higher need for essential fatty acids than girls

* Corpus collosum, vestibular system, myelin sheath—all made of fat

* Brain is made 60% of fat—30% is DHA—made only from fish oil and

mother’s milk

* Kids will crave fat

* Left hemisphere—judgment, right brain—emotional—when corpus

collosum is deficient, kids can’t cross over hemispheres effectively

* Impulsivity, hyperactivity, anxiety, sleep problems—kids have lower

amounts of omega 3

* Omega 3 oils lift depression, reduce effects of FAS

* Lecithin (another fat) also calms mania

* Stordy, Dr. 1998 England study—2 groups of

students—dyslexia, dyspraxia, or ADHD—placebo vs. fish oil, vitamin E, and

primrose oil—found remarkable difference—published in Lancet—can be drawn up

on internet—found connection with these problems and lack of essential fatty

acids

* Symptoms of essential fatty acid deficiency vs. yeast

overgrowth—very thirsty, dry hair, dry skin, warts, chapped lips, glare

sensitivity—don’t like bright lights,

* Vitamin A, D, E, & K—D comes from sunshine, K comes from parsley

o Can be taken at same time—gelatin capsule

o Alternative product: Learning Factors (Natural Factors)—cheaper b/c

it’s generic

o Max DHA—2 capsules

o Evening primrose oil—Efamol brand—2 capsules (500 mg each)

o Vitamin E—200 i.u.

o Young child—can open with pin and squeeze them or get liquid cod

liver oil; add vitamin E to it—check in SuperImmunity for dosage

o Be careful with vitamin A—can get toxic

o Can rub primrose oil on wrist—one capsule for infant

Week 7: Lecithin, 1 Tablespoon a day “The Mother of all good fats”

Refrigerated portion of health food store or vacuum sealed can (2T. for

adults)

* You can bake this into mini muffins and freeze them.

* Emulsifies fat, lowers cholesterol

* Component of myelin sheath

* Helps us digest & utilize oils

* Helps balance, coordination, auditory processing, calms nervous

system

* In Dr. Feingold’s work, too

* goes well with fatty foods—p. butter, mayonnaise, yogurt, choc.

Pudding, shake

* soy product

* will see results in one week

Week 8: Pycnogenol (pick-noj-in-ole), 1 mg per pound of weight.

Helps focusing tremendously…it’s the ‘clean up committee

* Will help if child has a lot of allergies

* It’s a bioflavinoid—comes from grapeseed extract

* It’s an antioxidant, antihistamine, and anti-inflammatory

* can buy in a bottle

* will see results in one week

Other helpful things: Possible Week 9

* Liquid Trace Minerals—copper, lithium, etc.—Concentrase—brand—can be

very calming—SPD stuff—jump at sound, labels bother them

A. Natural Medicines—cannot be taken with psychotropic medicines—b/c

they will immediately boost serotonin in brain

1. 5HTP, 2 mg per pound of weight from Nature’s Way or Futurebiotics

at Healthfood stores

for aggressive kids—big behavior problems

* could do it right at the beginning or wait until the end if child

needs a little something more

* 5 Hydroxy Triptophan—Dr. Murray—5HTP

* B3 & B6 convert to triptophan (from turkey & milk) and triptophan

converts to serotonin

* Dr. Atkins—don’t take if asthma is present—VitaNutrient Solution

* Used to reduce aggression, ADHD, OCD, Tourettes

* 2. Lithium Orotate, 5mg of Elemental Lithium…Don’t take this if on

5HTP

Natural mineral found in our soil. The supplement contains only a trace

amount. The calming mineral.

* Natural salt in body

* Dr. Carlton Fredericks—Psychonutition

* Essential trace mineral—can be found in health food stores

* Lithium is a transporter of minerals

* Helps with kids with high yeast overgrowth

* Talk to Dr. first!

* 5 mg capsules—no more than 3/day

* prescribed amount is 500 mg

* don’t give with 5HTP

* brand: Atrium in health food store—if they don’t have it, ask them

to order it

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From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Kathleen Ruiz- Gray

Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:59 PM

Subject: Focus in School-What to do

Hello,

My 4 year old who has autism, has a tough time focusing in school.

What supplements can I give him. I am already giving him the following:

5HTP

Taurine

Calcium

Buffered Magnesium Glycinate

Vitamin C

DMG

Supra Nu Thra

Grapefruit Seed Extract

Olive Leaf Extract

Nordic Naturals Arctic Cod Liver Oil

EPA

Thanks so much,

Kathy