Counseling children with ADHD and aggression on food allergies and intolerances

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Leanne is a 9 years old girl that studied in primary school. Her school teachers had been complaining about her ADHD and aggressive behaviors in school, such as biting, beating her friends, kicking and vandalizing objects in school. Furthermore, her parents complained that she could not settle down to get to sleep and other times she would wake up in the middle of the night in the worst mood for no obvious reason. Leanne could not be calmed down as well. She would literally scream until she felt comfortable. Leanne’s parents were very concerned about her issues and decided to bring her to International Psychology Centre (IPC) for some tests. The psychologists suspected that her ADHD and aggressive behaviors were caused by food allergies or intolerances. Therefore, they conducted Food Allergen Cellular Test for delayed food allergies or intolerances (F.A.C Test) on Leanne.

Food intolerances, usually involved common foods, were often difficult to detect and can be important factors in both acute and chronic ill health. Such food intolerances were often the result of a disturbance in the delicate balance of the gut environment due to chronic stress and poor diet or lifestyle. Therefore, food intolerances can lead to a wide variety of symptoms. The FACTest can identify the causes of these symptoms that have been both difficult and unreliable.

For food allergy, the reaction to a food can happen within minutes. Conversely, food intolerance generally produces very slow responses to food. The symptoms of food intolerance may appear several hours after eating or any point up to 48 hours after consumption. Hence, for many people especially children, it is hard for them to identify a moment when the illness start. The symptoms may begin with mild problems that most of us take for granted, such as headaches, or excessive tiredness or frequent bouts of indigestion. For children, food intolerances can lead them to experience anxiety, depression, seizures, excessive talking, and aggressive behavior, hyperactive, inability to concentrate, fatigue and irritability.

For Leanne’s case, results of her F.A.C Test showed that she had food intolerances towards gluten, sugar, artificial color and sweeteners. These foods caused her to experience anxiety, hyperactive and inability to concentrate. This explained her naughty action in school and unusual sleep pattern. Our nutritional therapists tailored nutritional therapy and counseling to Leanne to address the identified food intolerances and to boost health, improve her immune system and lessen the allergy responses. In addition, the nutritional therapists suggested Leanne to avoid consuming those identified allergic food. After 3 months, there were noticeable improvements found in Leanne’s behaviors. She was more calm and serene, behaving well and able to control her aggression and behaviors in school. Furthermore, she can sleep soundly throughout the night without waking up and thus her sleep problem resolved.

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