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Doctor's Prescription for Healthy Weight Print E-mail
Looking to make a positive change in your child's weight?  Here's your holistic prescription:

One:  Model slowing down to eat.  Just the act of taking some deep breaths before eating and putting down your fork between bites has a positive chemical impact on your body.  Model this for your child and teach her to do it as well.   Teach your child to tune into the tastes, smells, textures and appearance of her food.  Then she will be more likely to tune into her body's signals about what to eat and how much.  A great resource is The Slow Down Diet by Marc David, which explains all the science behind this concept.

Two:  Probiotics support weight loss as well as overall health.  Make sure your child is taking a high quality probiotic daily. See Probiotics The Healthy Bugs for more information. Start adding more fermented foods to your child's diet everyday. Try both dairy based and vegetable based probiotic foods. Examples of fermented vegetables include sauerkraut and pickles. Fermented dairy options include whey, sour cream, yogurt and keifer. If dairy allergic or sensitive, try coconut keifer. A great fermented beverage is Kombucha. You can buy these fermented foods already prepared, or make your own by purchasing starter cultures online at Cultures for Health. Jenny from Nourished Kitchen will share with you her techniques and recipes for how to make this traditional process of fermenting easy and fun.

Three: Food protein intolerances particularly to gluten are often overlooked as a contributing factor for overweight children. Be sure your child is thoroughly blood tested for gluten intolerance.  Helpful tests include IgG to gluten, IgG and IgA anti-gliadin antibodies, IgA antibodies to tissue transglutaminase, anti-endomysial IgA, total IgA, and HLA typing for celiac disease (a genetic mutation test).  Some of these tests can be run through standard labs, while others are run through specialty labs such as Alletess Medical Laboratory.