From Picky Eater to Food Lover
Learn how to get your picky eaters to enjoy food. The first step is to find the cause of the fussiness – is it a sensory issue, a gut issue, food reaction, or a nutritional deficiency?
In this webinar, Dr. Leila will discuss various causes of picky eating:
deficiencies in, for example, zinc and iron, which cause sensory issues, lazy taste buds, and poor digestion,
an unhealthy gut microbiome demanding to be fed with unhealthy foods.
The, unfortunately, all too common problem of constipation
If your child’s tummy is filled with old poo, there is not much space for the stomach to fill with food. The stretched gut also feels uncomfortable or even painful, which makes you not want to eat. Faeces are made up mostly of gut bacteria and waste materials, and these should be eliminated from the body every day. If they get stuck inside, the bacteria and the waste release chemicals that can make you feel nauseous and dampen your appetite. Constipation has become almost the norm among Western Diet consumers, as this diet lacks fibre. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate 100-150gm of fibre per day. We are lucky if we get 25gm; actually, only 5% of us do. Yet it is so easy to get the fibre back into your child’s diet. Dr. Leila will give you practical tips on how to do this.