| Ask any doctor, and he will tell you that | | | | intolerance. To see if intolerance to gluten and |
| medication is the best and only way to treat | | | | casein is aggravating your child's ADHD, you will |
| attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Western | | | | need a specialized test called "urinary peptides," |
| medicine believes that ADHD is a genetic and | | | | which is offered only by chiropractors and |
| chemical issue that can only be corrected by | | | | alternate health care practitioners. |
| stimulant medication and some behavioral therapy. | | | | The urinary peptides test is a non-invasive |
| While there is indeed a genetic and chemical | | | | method of measuring the peptide content in your |
| aspect to the disorder, ADHD is also caused by | | | | child's urine sample. A healthy gastrointestinal tract |
| other environmental triggers and bodily imbalances. | | | | may have a few peptides present, which are |
| One of these environmental triggers is the food | | | | harmlessly eliminated through urine. However, a |
| intolerances that infiltrate the immune system, the | | | | diet high in dairy and carbohydrates combined with |
| digestive system, the nervous system, and the | | | | a problematic digestive system will result in an |
| brain. Allergologists have discovered that a large | | | | excess number of peptides in the urine. In fact, |
| number of children with ADHD also suffer from | | | | not all the peptides are excreted efficiently; some |
| an intolerance to gluten and casein, complex | | | | make their way to the bloodstream and the brain, |
| proteins found in wheat and dairy products, | | | | where they bind with the nervous system's opioid |
| respectively. Wheat and milk are ingredients of | | | | receptors and produce their morphine-like effects. |
| many foods we normally eat, but most people | | | | The urinary peptides test requires a 10 ml sample |
| have trouble digesting gluten and casein. When | | | | of your child's urine. Your child does not need to |
| gluten and casein are partially digested, they form | | | | fast before the test; in fact, it would help if your |
| harmful peptides that induce morphine-like effects | | | | child maintains his or her eating habits. Through |
| on the body: you feel drowsy and sedated, and | | | | methods like spectrometry, HPLC, and RA |
| concentrating on tasks and maintaining your | | | | methods, a lab technician can identify the |
| attention require far more effort. In severe | | | | presence and levels of peptides in your child's |
| cases, peptides from gluten and casein alter | | | | urine. The peptide content in the urine is also |
| speech, sensory integration, and behavior. | | | | reflective of the peptide content of the blood, |
| Treating ADHD should involve eliminating the | | | | because the elements found in urine are waste |
| source of the intolerance, but before we can | | | | elements of the blood. If the test reveals that |
| even begin to talk about treatment, we need to | | | | your child has an excess amount of peptides in his |
| uncover the causes. Although Western medicine | | | | or her urine, your child will have to follow a |
| has certain tests and technologies that detect | | | | gluten-free, casein-free diet as part of the |
| food intolerances, they are unable to objectively | | | | treatment protocol. |
| determine the particular substance causing the | | | | |