NUTRITIONAL THERAPY
Food can harm, and food can heal. Dietary factors invariably play a major role in the
onset of symptoms of the 4-A disorders, and alteration of diet can play a primary role in
recovery.
There is no single, one-size-fits-all diet in the Healing Program.
The diet must be carefully individualized. There are six basic dietary plans that
comprise nutritional therapy in the Healing Program, and you should evaluate each of
them, to determine if they are appropriate for your child.
Perhaps just one of these six basic diets will be sufficient to help heal your child.
However, you will probably need to combine two or more of the diets.
The six diets are:
The Six Essential Healing Program Diets
(1) The Gluten-free, Casein-Free Diet, or GF/CF Diet.
(2) The Specific Food Reaction Diet.
(3) The Anti-Yeast Diet.
(4) The Anti-Hypoglycemia Diet.
(5) The Specific Carbohydrate Diet.
(6) The Low Oxalate Diet.
Healing often depends upon combining these diets, because this is a comprehensive
program, based upon the belief that isolated therapies are not as effective as
combined therapies.
Most 4-A kids have combinations of problems. For example, they may suffer from:
• Food reactions to gluten and casein.
• Various allergies to specific foods.
• Yeast overgrowth.
• Hypoglycemia.
• Nutrient deficits.
• Digestive disorders.
• Bowel dysbiosis.
You simply can’t overcome these combined problems with just one diet. It requires a
combination of associated diets.
Don’t be overwhelmed by the many details that comprise these diets. The basic
information is mostly just good common sense. It’s essentially the same basic
advice your own mom probably gave you: Eat your fruits and vegetables, go easy on the
sweets, keep the junk food to a minimum, eat enough protein, and if a certain food
doesn’t seem to agree with you, don’t eat it. That advice describes all six diets. As I
often say, MOMS KNOW.
