Need help group sourcing information on what I can do to help my kid.
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Yes, getting rid of sugars (includes root vegetables, pumpkin, sweet fruits and milk) is a major good advice, bigly. This is my advice to my family when they have bugs, or toothaches - cut the carbs. Recently we have added a gargle with mouthwash 3-4 X a day if feeling under the weather routine.
Try yoghurt if cutting milk sounds scary for children, as the sugars have been consumed by the yoghurt bacteria, but this is a personal thing, some people can't take dairy at all.
Also, I agree with the home-schooling advice. And the sunlight. I had my young children identifying all the plants in the garden, and actively growing food, cooking, painting, and reading books etc. As adults, they are intelligent and well-adjusted, so don't buy into the home-schoolers-are-not-socially-adjusted meme.
The issue with the dairy in children suffering from recurrent respiratory infections goes beyond possible sugars. There is an additional problem with mucus production that in turn can complicate clearance of pathogens in someone say with MBL deficiency. So even though clean dairy is still a good source of animal protein for most people, those that have respiratory and sinus issues need to be judicious in their use of dairy.
Yes, that whole propaganda about homeschoolers being social misfits is completely bogus. As a clinician, I had the opportunity for over 25 years to see the differences between children raised off the grid versus the normies. They are healthy physically, mentally, socially, emotionally, and spiritually more so as compared to their counterparts raised in the meatgrinder of narrative normalcy. Good for you having sense enough to raise normal people.
I agree about the dairy = mucus thing, it is not for everyone, but some people are good with it, there is no blanket rule. Soy is not a good alternative either. As far as animal proteins are concerned - I found lamb and beef to be the best, chicken & eggs maybe, and pork maybe - it depends on the person. Personally I thrive on pork, but I know a lot of people who get tummy aches from it.
Dairy has to be very clean - which is getting harder to find at a price you can afford. After years of not being able to consume dairy, I can once again enjoy my cheese. But, I do not overdue it. When I notice myself getting phlegmy, I know I need to cut back. Gastric distress is the point where I have crossed way over the line and it will be months before I get it calmed down. But, I have not had that happen in several years.
All my animals sources are very clean - local grass fed and free range organic when I can find it. Absolutely no pork. Pigs are pretty much garbage cans and will eat anything - like us. They are also used in research because they do have similarities to humans. Therefore, IMHO, since their systems really are too similar to ours, we probably should not eat them.
As I said, it depends. In New Zealand all farm animals are grass-fed. I realise that pigs are considered dirty by many, and that's fine - everyone is different, also there are faiths that ban it. Our dog breeder claimed that dogs must not be fed pork, but our dog loves it, but gets the runs if we feed her lamb, which she recommended.
BTW. One can say the same about chickens being dirty/hormone fed - they are carnivorous devils, and will gobble maggots like candy if you give them the chance.
For years I would get terrible symptoms eating chickens, but that has resolved since I cut all carbs.
Re: dairy - we only have yoghurt, cream and butter, not milk and cheese. The yoghurt we make ourselves from skim milk powder, so that it is live yoghurt. The whole milk powder has soy in it - it tastes funny, and some of us are allergic to that. Also, if one is gonna do milk, don't get the homogenised sh*t. Get the full cream stuff that has cream floating on top - preferably organic.