littleroses: any thoughts?
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littleroses: any thoughts?
| Sun, 02-19-2006 - 1:52pm |
http://www.phosadd.com/character/pHtest.htm
it basically states that if your child's saliva is acidic, chances are s/he has ADHD.
I am wondering if changing the body's Ph would help?
littleroses (or anybody) -any thoughts?
-Paula

wow! that's really interesting! My son Dx'd w/ ADD-NOS has perfect teeth! he is HORRIBLE about brushing and still his teeth are perfect! HMMM! I'll have to try this out! My DD that is nt has awful teeth! and we did test her saliva due to all the teeth problems she's had (12 yrs old and 15cavities, always brushed well). Her saliva is quite acidic. We've had to cut her acidic foods back considerably and try to get her to brush as often as possible.
We do notice that when we're eating good natural meals a lot that our boys have much less difficulties w/ attention. When we're eating more foods that are processed we have more problems. I just need reminders like this more often!
Betsy
Edited 4/1/2006 10:47 am ET by littleroses
LR,
Wow! Thanks for all that.
....although you made my brain hurt...
I found a site that listed foods which enhanced alkalinity, and interestingly enough; lemons were right up there. I had always thought of them as acidic, but I am wondering now if that backs up your theory about citrates.
-Paula
visit my blog at www.onesickmother.com
LOL! Littleroses ...this simply cannot be a coincidence! Let's talk about acid and iron. I'm one of those people who turns metal into funny corroded stuff. I played the flute and until I switched to a gold mouthpiece I made a wreck out of everything. I also tend to tarnish even titamium earrings, which I why I've not bothered to proceed with my molar implant (yes I have HORRIBLE teeth), because something in the back of my mind said it would be bad to put a titanium rod into my jaw bone.
Anyway, as a child I had big trouble throwing up all the time. The Dr. told my mom I was "nervous" and gave me a vitamin supplement (contained iron) which made me VERY sick. Turned out, I did not process iron properly. It simply built up in my system and to this day if I take supplements with iron I get flu-like. I mean everything aches, I start throwing up, I feel absolutely awful. I had to stop eating red meat at age 15. Even now in my 40s I watch cereal boxes and if iron is above 10% I either don't buy it or I make sure I don't eat it 2 days in a row. So, for certain my iron handling functions are wrong.
Colin had same problem I did with teeth. Just like me at 5 years old he needed a root canal and has a stainless steel crown for a molar. Just like me he complains of pain in the crown (although it's not technically alive).
DH has those gorgeous straight, hard, white teeth that people spend $$$$$ for. He never cares for them (being slight Aspie himself....I have to remind him to brush) and nothing ever happens. But, now that he's getting older they are starting to shatter!! just as you proposed.
I still believe there is some kind of a strange link in here to some answers. Just wish I could find it!
(BTW - I started the magnesium citrate and do feel a little better with back arthritis, thanks!)
Jackie
Wow - look what I read right after I wrote this last post! Seems other people are looking at iron too. BTW - I have a very large birthmark that at one point in time Drs. told my parents they wanted to keep an eye on because it was associated with MS. Odd stuff.
Jackie
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4724414.stm
Jackie,
Have you ever been tested for hereditary hemochromatosis? It is a condition in which iron is not processed by the body properly, and builds up in different areas, causing all sorts of problems, which start to pop up later in life (and I think arthritis is one of them).
There is a genetic test for the disease, which usually impacts people of Celtic origin.
-Paula
visit my blog at www.onesickmother.com
Yes - my Dr. tested me about 20 years ago. She said I didn't retain the iron so long that it remained in organs to do the damage that this would do, but that I also didn't process it fast enough out. Another thing is that I seem to have red blood cell numbers (despite having always avoided iron) and the Dr. thought at the time it had something to do with living at high altitude as a child (I lived on the altiplano at about 14-15,000 feet in Bolivia). She said bodies start making extra blood in oxygen deprived environments and that it usually stops. For some reason she thought mine didn't return to normal. I don't and didn't buy it. Athletes don't get flu-like symptoms when they develop their blood production in high altitude and then come back to the U.S. to compete. I still think it's something else.
BTW - I'm sensitive to aspirin too. Does almost the same thing as iron.
Jackie
There's a genetic test now, which might be more accurate than the 20-years-ago test. For example, I know I am a carrier of the disease, but DH (who is Scottish) is not, so our kids are spared. (it is a recessive gene)
I don't buy the high altitude arguement either. Sounds like someone trying to make a nonsense theory fit.
-Paula
visit my blog at www.onesickmother.com
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Edited 2/19/2008 7:25 pm ET by littleroses