GLUE EAR: VIMILA’S STORY
On vitamins only (Formula Six)—no anti-allergy treatment yet. Like Sophie, Vimila is still on the program and, like Sophie, had made similar strides forward. However at the end of the twelfth
week which coincided with the end of term her mother reported that she had slipped back to being tired, disorganised and lacking concentration. Yet she hadn’t stopped taking the vitamins. Careful questioning revealed that Vimila was feeling so confident, energetic and well within herself she not only applied herself more vigorously to her schoolwork but took on too many extra-curricula activities—swimming, piano and flute—and literally burnt herself out in one term. The symptoms that were originally caused by allergies and vitamin and mineral deficiency were now being perpetuated by fatigue.
Although Vimila suffers from night sweats (classic allergy symptom) I can’t send her for allergy tests until her energy levels are back up to where they were. Low energy means low resistance which means she’ll show up allergic to more things.
It’s most important that new found energy not be spent as soon as it is attained. Many people, children and adults alike, make the mistake of burning up their new found energy as quickly as they get it. This temptation must be resisted otherwise the treatment program will fail. To achieve long-term good health we must build up an energy reserve. Energy is the currency of life, just as money is the currency of business. To have a healthy business you must keep some money in the bank. To have a healthy body you must keep some energy in reserve. Don’t be an energy spendthrift.
Because my particular program was designed to help kids improve their lot in life it was not structured as an analytical measure of intelligence. There were no control groups to provide a comparison because I felt no slow learning, under-achieving child should be denied help and used as a guinea pig to prove or disprove some intellectual theory. Because of this it can be argued that my study is not a scientific measure of the link between diet and intelligence and I accept that. What it did prove though is the link between diet, and improved performance on all levels and I’m happy to say all those young people on the program who were once headed for a life of under-achievement and all the spin-off frustrations and emotional problems that accompany it are now able to realise their full potential. Such an opportunity is the birthright of everyone and it’s such a pity that modern day diet and living habits are denying so many this basic rights.
It would seem however that in addition to raising our ability to perform, vitamin and mineral supplementation can also raise our intelligence per se. In the 23 January 1988 issue of the Lancet (one of the leading British medical journals) the results of a double blind study (using placebos) of the link between vitamin/mineral supplements and intelligence can be found.
Since doing my own experiment I’ve discovered more and more scientific data detailing increases in intelligence by up to 35 points after supplementation with vitamins and minerals. I’ve also discovered many excellent books describing the link, between allergies behaviour and learning.
Despite the stunning improvements in schoolwork and exam results a change of diet can bring, it is not a panacea. Hard work is always needed. There’s no substitute for it. Tutoring always has been and always will be a principal component of learning. I recommend the programs in this book as an adjunct to, not an alternative to, remedial tutoring. Sophie’s case is a good example of what dietary change and remedial tutoring can achieve. Sophie was being tutored by the Linda Mood Method, a remedial tutoring method for children who’ve grown up with auditory problems and aren’t able to pronounce their words properly. She amazed everybody by completing the twelve month course in four months. In the words of her tutor ‘she was a model student’.
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