Different antifungals kill different strains of yeast. Some doctors will test you to find out which antifungal will kill the type of yeast in your body, and other doctors will just try several different antifungals and see which one helps. You must be careful not to indiscriminately use antifungals. Your main problem may be bacteria, not yeast. more...

When you supplement pancreatic enzymes, not only does your body get more nutrients, but also digestive enzymes help break up yeast clusters in the intestines. Digestive enzymes taken between meals help clean up some of the debris in the blood stream. Supplemental digestive enzymes sometimes reduce food allergies too. more...

A significant subgroup of patients with ADHD and Autism has pyrroluria high levels of pyrroles in the urine. Pyrrole is a toxin that interferes with liver detoxification and with heme production. more...

In the book The Hidden Drug, Dietary Phosphate: Cause of Behaviour Problems, Learning Difficulties and Juvenile Delinquency by Hertha Hafer, she points out that phosphates in our diets have been increasing, especially in processed foods and soft drinks. Reduce phosphate intake can help some children with ADD/ADHD. more...

If you look up fluoride on the net, you will find many who feel that it contributes to children’s attention deficit reactions. Doris Rapp, MD, who wrote Is this your Child?, suggests that you test your child’s reaction to fluoride. See how he/she acts after all sources of fluoride have been removed. more...

Neurofeedback or EEG biofeedback is a training method for regulating brainwaves. In a study of 1,100 adults and children, Drs. Siegfried Othmer and David Kaiser found that 85% of those with ADD and other attention and behavior disorders were able to improve their attention ability after 20 sessions. more...

Drastically reducing environmental exposures and eliminating all food allergies allows the immune system of the autistic to calm down. This can sometimes eliminate the symptoms of autism. more...

Lead is well known to be a contributing factor to ADHD and autism. [48] To protect yourself and children, get a lead paint test kit at your hardware store. Besides testing paint, test your dishes. There was a couple in France who found out that their severe lead poisoning was coming from some fancy coffee cups. more...

Dr. Shattock has suggested that the increased use of organophosphate pesticides might be contributing to the autism epidemic. The switch from the older organochlorine insecticides to the organophosphate insecticides occurred largely between 1979 and 1982. California records show a dramatic increase in reported autism cases between 1979 and 1992 (birth dates). more...