HACSG

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HACSG

• The Hyperactive Childrens Support Group
• www.hacsg.org.uk
• Liz Wright BA MSC DipION.

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History of HACSG

• Founded in 1977 by Irene Colquhoun and Sally
  Bunday
• Feingold food programme
• Self-help support group for parents
• HACSG Database
• Essential Fatty Acids
• Information and Research
• Journal, helpline, workshops
• School catering award

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A favourite saying

• If you want your child to get A-plus marks,
  dont give him/her a C-minus diet. A childs
  body is an amazing chemical factory and
  warehouse. It manufactures, processes or stores
  more than 100,000 different chemicals.

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.by Dr. William Crook M.D.

• To do this, a child imports only about 50 raw
  materials, chemicals his/her body cant make by
  itself. As well as protein, carbohydrate, fat
  water, glucose and fibre, these are vitamins,
  minerals, essential fatty acids,
• If he/she doesnt get enough of these raw
  materials, his/her brain and body can/t function
  optimally.

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What children used to eat
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What children are eating today
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Results
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Symptoms of ADHD

• Restlessness
• Mood changes
• Speech delay
• Poor concentration
• Endless talking
• Disruptive
• Dislikes change

• Touches, meddles with everything.
• Can be obsessive
• Cant take turns
• Some reading or writing difficulties
• May be withdrawn
• Perceptual disorders

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These parents!
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Parents

• May have little sleep
• Difficulties in taking children out
• May have to give up work
• Stresses on family relationships
• Difficulties for siblings
• May be threatened by older children
• Offered family therapy

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Associated Physical Factors

• Excessive thirst
• Poor sleep patterns
• Allergies
• Ear/chest infections
• Bed wetting
• Poor appetite
• Digestive/gut problems
• Atopic families

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Feingold Food Programme

• Wholefood and wholegrain diet
• Eliminates artificial chemicals
• Eliminates phenolic compounds
• Eliminates salicylates

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Essential Fatty Acids

• Symptoms of essential fatty acid deficiency
• Publication Medical Hypotheses
• Research at Purdue University
• Dr. Johanna Budwig, 1959

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Food intolerances

• Oranges 57
• Tomato 22
• Blackcurrants
• Berries
• Other fruits and vegetables that contain
  salicylates.

• Additives 70
• Chocolate 64
• Cows milk 64
• Cheese 45
• Wheat 45
• Egg 18
• Sugar
• Soya
• Shellfish

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Chemicals in the environment

• Medication
• Toothpaste
• Shampoo
• Felt tip pens
• Perfumes
• Deodorants

• Tap water
• Weedkillers
• Insecticides
• Household cleaners
• Building materials
• Carpets

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Absorption problems

• Hydrochloric acid
• Digestive enzymes
• Leaky gut
• Imbalance of gut flora
• Candida
• Parasites
• Coeliac disease

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Therapies

• Cranial osteopathy
• Homoeopathy
• Reflexology
• Paint brushing
• Art Therapy
• Behaviour management
• Brain Gym
• Emotional Freedom Technique

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HACSG Workshop Programme

• ADHD and Diet
• Behaviour Management
• Brain Gym
• Dyslexia
• www.hacsg.org.uk

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Websites

• www.hacsg.org.uk
• www.feingold.org
• www.fabermazlish.com
• www.emofree.com