Digestive Wellness for Children : How to Strengthen the Immune System & Prevent Disease Through Healthy Digestion

Foreword by Ann Louise Gittleman, ix Introduction: Our Children's Health, 1(8) PART ONE An Overview of Children's Health Issues and Digestion 1. Our Kids: Overfed and Undernourished, 9(5) 2. Chemicals and Convenience: Consumer Be Aware!, 14(14) 3. A Journey Through the Digestive System, 28(12) 4. Enzymes: The Body's Workhorses, 40(4) 5. Probiotics and Prebiotics: Keys to Healthful Resilience, 44(11) 6. Dysbiosis: An Unbalanced Body Ecology, 55(7) 7. Acid-Alkaline Balance: Optimizing Cellular Function, 62(9) PART TWO Healing Your Child with Food 8. We Are What We Eat!, 71(12) 9. Making the Change, 83(12) 10. How to Feed Your Kids So They'll Be Happy and You'll be happy, 95(9) PART THREE Digestive Health Issues in Children Introduction to Part Three, 104(1) 11. Food and Environmental Sensitivities, 105(8) 12. Leaky Gut Syndrome, 113(5) 13. Care and Feeding of Infants and Toddlers, 118(17) 14. Issues of the Mouth, Esophagus, and Stomach, 135(10) 15. Issues of the Small Intestine, 145(14) 16. Issues of the Large Intestine, 159(10) 17. Inflamed or Irritable Bowels, 169(14) PART FOUR Additional Conditions That Benefit from a Healthy Gut 18. Arthritis, 183(11) 19. Asthma, 194(7) 20. Attention Deficit Disorder, 201(8) 21. Autism, 209(8) 22. Cystic Fibrosis, 217(7) 23. Diabetes, 224(10) 24. Down's Syndrome, 234(5) 25. Influenza, 239(6) 26. Migraine, 245(8) Conclusion, 253(2) Resources, 255(7) Appendix A Laboratory Testing and Self-Testing, 262(10) Appendix B Healing Nutrients, Herbs, and Supplements, 272(23) References, 295(34) Index, 329(12) About the Author, 341