With all due respect to those dieticians who actually have some real knowledge and skill in nutrition (and some are on this list), most simply do not. Just as many physicians receive their "drug" education from the pharmaceutical industry, so are dieticians trained based upon the "research" of the food industry.
I have worked with hundreds of babies whose myriad of symptoms ("colic", reflux, eczema and other rashes, etc) have cleared treating based upon the beliefs I have, which are indeed grounded in most holistic theories from natruopathy to homeopthy to TCM to osteopathy and chiroprcatic.
Creams
do not cure eczema, steroids do not cure Crohn's disease, babies do not
outgrow food allergies, infrequent bowel movements are never normal and
mothers with leaky guts often grow babies with gut damage. It is absurd to me that anyone in health care does not understand that food is first and foremost the medicine of all human beings--running hand-in-hand, of course with belief. So, pretty much food and the placebo effect cover most everything.
As an aside, most holistic practitioners sell products, b/c the best brands are only available through doctors. Also, it is often very difficult for many folks to gather up all the different herbs and things they might need.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
Intuitive Parenting Network, LLC
From: Marianne Vanderveen-Kolkena <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: probiotics
Hi Cathy (and Jennifer),
I attended a workshop about two weeks ago from a dietician. She told about
allergies and food sensitivities.
I still have great difficulty understanding this whole issue and told her
about this idea, that Jennifer often promotes: if mom does not have a leaky
gut, then she will not let allergies through and therefore the baby will
then not be exposed to allergens and consequently show no signs. She said
this was not proven. I am really confused now: this theory of the leaky gut
in mom sounds SO logical, that it is hard to believe that it is not true.
She also said that with eczema they first try ointments and if that doesn't
work, they look further into the issue. To me, that seems the totally wrong
way around of handling the problem.
What am I missing here? I suggested vitamin deficiencies and lack of
unsaturated fatty acids might be well worth looking into, but no, that was
not how they handled it.
I feel it is very abnormal that we see so many allergies nowadays. There is
so much weird thinking in the whole allergy matter, in my view, that that is
probably why I cannot make sense of its treatment.
Any enlightening views here, to share with me (and others)...? ;o)
Warmly,
Marianne Vanderveen IBCLC, Netherlands
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