This document outlines a 5-step plan for using food therapy to improve child behaviors. The steps are: 1) learn how food impacts behavior, 2) identify problematic foods like sugar and dyes, 3) eliminate common food triggers, 4) add probiotics and fermented foods to support the microbiome, and 5) follow behavioral strategies while implementing the diet changes. The document provides examples of elimination diets and supplements that may help with issues like impulse control in children. Overall it promotes using dietary changes and eliminating certain "bad" foods to positively influence a child's behavior and development.

1. Food Therapy and Child
Behaviors
5 Steps to Happy Kids

2. Step 1: Learn about how food really does impact behavior
 Conditions for which food had been scientifically
studied for behavioral impact: ADHD, allergies,
autoimmune disorders, antisocial behavior, autism
spectrum disorders, bipolar, dyslexia, dyspraxia,
schizophrenia, sleep and vision.
 References for more information:
 Food and Behavior Research:
http://www.fabresearch.org/
 Institute for Food, Brain, and Behavior:
http://www.ifbb.org.uk/

3. Step 1: Learn about how food really does impact behavior
 Appleton School -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWnQp2lKpmQ
 Blaylock- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6jG-qnU8hU
 Read Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat,
Carbs, and Sugar – Your Brain’s Silent Killers by David
Perlmuter, MD.

4. Step 2: Identify the “Big Bad
Ones”
 Sugar
 Food Dyes: Blue No 1, Blue No 2, Green No 3, Orange B, Red No 3, Red no 40,
Yellow no 5 and 6.
 Preservatives: MSG, sodium nitrate, sodium benzoate,
 Artificial Sweeteners – sorry, all of them
 Caffeine
 Pesticides
 GMOs
 Hydrogenated oils
 Gluten

5. Step 3: Eliminate Triggers
 Seven most common food triggers:
Gluten
Sugar or sugar substitutes
Dairy
Nuts
Fish
Eggs
Soy

6. Elimination Diets
 GAPS protocol: http://www.gapsdiet.com/
 Clean Gut Diet: Sample 21 day menu plan -
http://www.cleanprogram.com/media/files/gut-sample-meal-
plan.pdf

7. Step 4: Add in the “Good
Guys”
 The microbiome
 How can we positively impact our microbiome in order to improve our overall health and reduce the risk of chronic diseases? These
several steps will help you enhance the good bacteria in your body and your immune system as well.
 Don't murder your good bacteria – keep your microbiome vital by avoiding unnecessary antibiotics. Ask your doctor if you really need
that antibiotic. And don't run to the doctor when you have a cold – it's viral!
 Enrich your microbiome with probiotics – we can replenish the microbiome when we take good quality probiotics. These capsules,
available over the counter, often contain billions of microrganisms. Look for ones that have lactobacillus and bifidobacterium, both
critical for immune function.
 Eat foods that are plant-based – greens and other vegetables are what your microrganisms feed on. Fermented foods like sauerkraut
and pickled vegetables along with artichokes, garlic, beans, oats, onions and asparagus will help your good bacteria grow and flourish.
When your microbiome is strong, so is your immune system. This will help to reduce inflammation in our bodies and reduce our risk of
developing chronic diseases.
 Avoid junk food – processed foods can be toxic to the microbiome. Sugar can promote an overgrowth of bad fungi. Think high fiber
diet, with lots of fruits and vegetables to enrich your good bacteria
 Get your hands dirty – working in the garden or digging around in the soil exposes you to trillions of good bacteria that can enhance
your immune system
 Enough with the hand sanitizer already – with overuse, we limit our exposure to the very microrganisms that are here to protect us.

8. Step 4: Add in the “Good
Guys”
 Fermented foods
 Supplement science is not yet solid, but here are the
things that helped children with impulse control:
Magnesium, Vitamin D, B 6, amino acids, and Omega 6
and 3s.
 Wahl Protocol- http://terrywahls.com/

9. Step 5: Follow Through with
Behaviors
 Cecelia http://youtu.be/sL1-WkqEvhg
 GAPS Protocol – You have to regain control. Your child’s
eating habits are out of control. Your child has to know, that
until they make good choices, the parent is in charge.
 Kids “earn” everything.
Ex: You may eat with the family when you are ready to eat your
food. Until then, you may wait in your room.
Ex: You may turn the tv on after you finish your broccoli.

10. What we did…
 Day 1-3: Bone Broth, boiled chicken and blueberry smootie with almond milk
 Day 4-5: Bone Broth, boiled meat with juice from fermented veggies poured in,
smoothies, fruit, “pancake”
 Day 6-8: Bone Broth, boiled meat, smoothies, fruit, “pancakes,” and steamed veggies
 Day 8: Add in rice, see how it goes
 Day 10: Add in fermented dairy and see how it goes
 Day 12: Add in eggs and see how it goes
 After 2 weeks we add in breakfast bars (Laura Bars) and some gluten free breads. We
start serving meat baked.
 After 3 weeks add in dairy and see

11. What you need to have on
hand…
 Good meat – organic whole chickens are the easiest
 Bone Broth
 Ghee
 Lots of organic veggies and fruit
 Kefir
 Organic pasture raised eggs
 Gluten Free pancake mix – Pamelas is the best one

12. How to make this work with
busy schedules
 Bake two chickens Sunday afternoon. Eat one Sunday for
dinner and save the meat from the other in the fridge to use
for corn tortillas later in the week. Take the carcasses and
put them back in the crock pot to make bone broth for the
week.
 Buy a rice cooker. Use bone broth instead of water and add
veggies to the steamer.
 Cook more meat than you need at one time and use the
leftovers on salad.
 Buy a ton of vegetables and learn to make fried rice.