Angelman's Syndrome: Rare Childhood Disease Responds Favorably to Diet Changes

A Protein Type Success Story in Progress

Krista was 4 years old when she visited our clinic and had been diagnosed with Angelman's Syndrome, which is a relatively rare disease. Children with this have a stiff, jerky gait, absent speech, excessive laughter and seizures. Krista also had irregular heartbeats.

It is common for conventional medicine to develop very precise diagnostic criteria for relatively exotic symptom combinations that result from not following natural medical approaches. They have no clue what to attribute the cause to and are equally clueless about solutions.

About the only solace they provide patients with these conditions is a worthless label.

Her Mom, Karen, began feeding her a gluten/casein-free diet and she immediately slept better, her diaper rash cleared up, her cognitive function improved and her staring spells diminished.

However, Krista continued to experience a number of other physical and behavioral symptoms that indicated severe underlying metabolic imbalance. Her metabolic typing test done earlier this year showed her to be a protein type.

Krista continued to engage in aggressive behavior (kicking, biting, slapping, pulling hair), until it was discovered that she was intolerant to any food that comes from a cow — even raw dairy. Avoiding all cow-derived foods helped to improve Krista's behavior.

Also, Karen has been feeding Krista raw bison, raw salmon and raw eggs, and she reports that overall Krista's progress has been "fabulous." She has seen amazing improvement in Krista's cognitive and learning abilities.

Krista has been talking, which was amazing in light of the fact that.doctors had previously told Karen that Krista would never be able to talk. She also has more awareness, seeks to be more involved in activities and has learned to ride a bike. She no longer has constipation and eczema. Additionally, she is no longer intolerant to beef.

This is an absolute amazing testimony to the power of natural foods that are right for a child's metabolic type. Application of very simple approaches has resulted in dramatic improvements in a condition that is generally regarded as hopeless in conventional medicine.

This does not mean that all children with Angelman's syndrome would respond to Krista's program, but most would likely respond to an individualized approach similar to the one that was used for her.

It really is quite tragic that more children do not have this type of care available and suffer with the hopeless therapies traditional medicine has for them.

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