Nutritional and Integrative Treatments for Children and Adults

Mindd Foundation proudly invites you to the 10th Mindd International Forum, a 3 day conference and expo designed to educate patients and train practitioners in solutions for the prevention and treatment of chronic illness.

Whether you are a parent managing your child’s chronic condition or an adult wanting to prevent or treat arthritis, dementia diabetes or heart disease, the Mindd Forum offers solutions for you.

Take Charge of Your Health

Worldwide families are facing an epidemic in interrelated and environmentally driven metabolic, immunologic, neurologic, digestive and developmental conditions that often affect the mind (i.e. MINDD conditions).

Modern diseases are at an all-time high and are affecting our children in large numbers. “Maternal transfer” is a key factor with many of the effected children inheriting more than just the genes from their mothers including infections, toxins, nutritional deficiencies, microbiome and mitochondrial abnormalities, immune dysregulation and physical and emotional trauma.

In our children, malnutrition and toxins especially impact on developing brains and digestive tracts which have a very strong impact on one another. Recent studies indicate that the type and levels of gut microbes directly impact on brain development as well as on immunity. (Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease; Inna Sekirov, Shannon L. Russell, L. Caetano M. Antunes and B. Brett Finlay).

A large body of research now points to the microbiome playing a huge role in illness and disease. Diet, toxins, infection and lifestyle impact one the 70 trillion cells in the human body as well as the 700 trillion cells that make up the “good bugs” in our digestive tract. The body’s universal response to these stressors is inflammation and oxidative stress (rusting of the cells). Inflammation is linked to the epidemic in chronic illness (inflammation of the lungs in asthma; skin in eczema; brain in anxiety, depression, autism and ADHD; joints in arthritis; arteries in heart disease.

Nutritional and environmental health care offers personalised, holistic and less toxic solutions

Nutritional & Environmental (NEM) healthcare can treat and reverse chronic illness by supporting the body’s innate ability to heal, grow, prevent and fight disease. The focus is on cellular health (toxins out and nutrients in).

For the past 11 years, Mindd Foundation has trained Australian practitioners in evidence-based NEM with a focus on how diet, environment and lifestyle impact on human health, even turning genes on and off (epigenetics)

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These Integrative Healthcare specialists understand how nutrition, toxins and infections impact on the whole body (especially the microbiome) which in turn impacts on the brain and mental health (mood, behaviour, memory, sleep, cognitive function). At present this holistic approach is rarely taught to General Practitioners and Paediatricians in Western Medical Schools so there is a great need for post-graduate training as well as public education.
By recognising that disease is not solely genetic, we can take charge of our health as well as the wellbeing of future generations.

Natural and allied health therapies provide a holistic approach to treatment and prevention

Once NEM helps balance biochemistry, the body is then better able to respond to a range of allied therapies including natural, neurological and behavioural therapies.

Best outcomes result from teams of well-trained professionals and educated patients who work together to select, sequence and integrate treatments that treat the whole individual with a focus on addressing core causes versus symptoms. This also saves time and money for families seeking answers as well as for Government and the wider community.

Natural Therapies include but are not exclusive to: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Dentistry, Homeopathy, Kinesiology, Osteopathy, Bioenergetics.

Neuro Therapies, include but are not exclusive to: Behavioural Optometry, Functional Neurology, Movement Therapy, Neuro Feedback, Occupational Therapy, Sensory Integration, Sound Therapy, Behavioural Therapies include but are not exclusive to: ABA, RDI, Social Skills Training, Sonrise.

The Mindd Forum offers education, empowerment and hope

  • World experts instructing on science-based nutritional, dietary, structural, neurological, behavioural and lifestyle solutions.
  • Question and answer sessions with international experts addressing your concerns
  • Cooking demos and tastings that offer healthy meals your family will love
  • Experienced carers coaching on how to manage your family’s healthcare
  • The opportunity to connect with other carers, patients, and professionals
  • Tips on dozens of products and services to help you create a healthy home

 

Did you know?

Allergies affect 1 in 3 Australian children, Asthma 1 in 4, ADHD 1 in 10, and Autism nearly 1 in 63.*

Childhood cancer, diabetes, obesity, and depression have more than doubled over the past 2 decades.*

Wide-spread zinc, iodine, and Omega 3 deficiencies adversely impact on IQ and immunity.*

Integrative healthcare offers treatment solutions for:

autism, ADHD, allergies, anxiety, anorexia, Aspergers, asthma, autism, bi-polar, chronic fatigue, depression, diabetes, dysplexia, dyspraxia, food sensitivities, infections, learning & language delay, mood, sleep disorders, obesity, OCD, ODD, schizophrenia, sensory processing disorder, auditory & visual processing disorder, metabolic, tic-born illness, PANDAS & PANS, immune and digestive disorders and more.

The alarming rates of chronic disease are a sign that we need to rethink how we approach healthcare and lifestyle.

Almost half of the Australian population (45.5%) experiences mental illness at some point in their lifetime (1)

16-24 year old Australians have a mental illness prevalence of 25% with depression being the most common in females (2)

More than 20% of Australian teens suffer from some mental health condition (3)

1% of Australian children have Autism (4).

10% of Australian children struggle with ADHD (5).

Up to 70% of Australian children are low in iodine which lowers IQ (6).

Allergies affect 1 in 3 Australian children, Asthma 1 in 4 (7).

Childhood cancer, diabetes, obesity and depression have each more than doubled in two decades (8).

(1)(2)(3) Australian Communtiy Surveys, 2007 (4) Autism; Autism ACT, B. Buckley, A4. (5) ADHD & Mental Health; M. Sawyer, Australia & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2001 (6) Are Australian Children Deficient in Iodine. C. Eastman et al, University Sydney, 2006 (7) Allergies; B. Hill, Australian Society of Clinical Immunology & Allergy Annual Conference, Nov 2003. (8) Childhood Disease rise in Past 2 Decases; Dr R. Cosford, DAN! Conference 2009




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