Dr. Rodney Ford (Dr. Gluten)

Dr
Doctor Rodney Ford says “Professionally, I am a paediatrician (a doctor
who looks after children).  I am also a gastroenterologist (gut)
and food allergy specialist. I was Associate Professor of Paediatrics
at the Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago, New
Zealand.”

Dr.
Rodney Ford has been helping people with nutrition and food problems
for more than twenty-five years. Over this time there have been
revolutionary changes in thinking about the widespread damage from
gluten.  He has written a series of books to express his thinking
and increase debate of the effects of gluten on health.  He hopes
his website www.doctorgluten.com  will benefit you and hundreds of thousands of others, worldwide.

Topic 1 (25mins) – Eczema – Cure it!

Find all answers to your Eczema.
At last, you can experience normal skin again.

– Why have you got it?
– What is causing it?
– How can you switch it off?
– What’s driving it?
– Is it gluten, milk or eggs?
– How can you protect your children?
– Can you identify your allergies?
– What creams and potions?

Find your answers to curing your eczema.

Topic 2 (25mins)- The Gluten Syndrome: is wheat causing you harm?

Is it harming you?  Is it harming your kids?

“The Gluten Syndrome” describes the symptoms that people suffer from eating gluten. 

It can cause gut, skin and nerve problems. Hear how:
– Gluten causes its harm through damage to the neural networks in the gut and brain.   
– It causes learning difficulties, behaviour problems and crime.
– Coeliac disease is only a tiny part of the problem.
– Understand why much of the medical profession remains sceptical.
– Gluten causes harm to vast numbers (millions upon millions) of people
– The Gluten Syndrome is the major food problem that the Western World needs to address. 
– Find out if you have The Gluten Syndrome.

Dr Debbie Fewtrell – MB ChB, Dip Obs, FRNZCGP, FACNEM

Dr
Fewtrell has an integrative medical practice specialising in the
 nutritional and biomedical treatment of children with allergies,
immune,  learning and behaviour problems. She also teaches and
mentors Australasian biomedical practitioners. Her work  has been
regularly featured in the NZ media most recently with the “What’s
really in our food” documentary.

Debbie’s
strong focus is to inspire and educate parents and professionals in
Australasia to use  integrative biomedical approaches ( ie a
combination of mainstream, nutritional and natural  medicine)
 to improve the health and neurological function of children. She
is a Pfeiffer and DAN! (Defeat Autism Now) trained physician and a
fellow of Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental
medicine.

What’s really in our food?

Allergies
and sensitivities to foods  are relatively well understood but
 the possible  reactions to  some natural and artificial
food chemicals  are not.  

One
in three children is affected by   Allergy , ADHD , ADD,
a behaviour disorder, a learning disorder,  dyslexia , Autism
spectrum disorders or asthma? Why are these conditions so much
more prevalent than a generation ago?  Does our current diet
explain some of the increases we have seen?

Do
you think your child may be reacting to some food colours but can’t
seem to work out which one?  Do you wheeze after some wines? Is
your child’s behaviour sometimes best described as “Jekyll and Hide”?
Do you get headaches after some chinese food? Are you confused or
concerned about MSG, Aspartame, food colourings, preservatives,
flavours – listen to the research  and learn some  shocking
statistics! 

Become
informed about additives used in NZ , learn how to read labels and then
how to identify  and  eliminate the worst offenders for
optimal health.

Dr
Fewtrell will explain how  changing  the diet can  help
behaviour and the immune system and how biomedical approaches can help
“sensitive” children by  addressing some of the core
underpinning issues in the body rather than being  predominantly
reliant on drugs to treat symptoms.

This lecture will appeal to anyone with an interest in a healthier diet, particularly parents.

Leila Masson

Leila Masson is a consultant paediatrician interested in disease
prevention through healthy nutrition and life style.
She studied in Europe and the United States and now has a thriving
practice in Auckland, where she sees mostly children with behavioural
problems, ADHD and autism, as well as children with allergies and
eczema. She is also a certified lactation consultant and helps many
families to start their children out on the perfect diet by supporting
breastfeeding.  
www.leilamasson.com

Optimal health for children

Leila
will speak about how to attain optimal health through a wholesome diet,
avoiding environmental toxins and getting enough exercise. Any current
or future parent interested in improving their own or their children’s
health should come and hear about the latest research in nutrition and
environmental health.

Gina Wilson – BHSc Comp Med, ND, Dip Herb Med, BEd Tchg

Gina Wilson is a Naturopath and Medical Herbalist. She has a background
in teaching young children with special needs, specifically autism. She
now works in the area of Biomedical Intervention, working with children
with a range of needs on the Autism Spectrum. She works closely with
families, often in their home, helping them implement the Gluten(wheat)
Free and Casein (milk) Free diet. She also works alongside a
Paediatrician, with families at Autism House. Gina presented at the
MINDD conference held in Auckland in 2007. After hours, Gina works
closely with educational facilities, delivering nutritional information
and workshops to parents and teachers.

Removing Casein (Milk) and/or Gluten (Wheat) from your diet: Your questions answered

– Caesein
– Soy
– Gluten
– Recipes
– Troubleshooting
– Products to shop for
– GF/CF Suppliers
– Books and Websites

Sharon Erdrich

Since
qualifying as a registered nurse at Greenlane Hospital in 1980, Sharon
has worked in a wide variety of health care settings in New Zealand and
abroad. 

Following
her life-long vision of creating a comprehensive clinic to promote
health from a holistic perspective, she first gained a Diploma of
Aromatherapy and Certificate of Massage and then attained Diplomas of
Naturopathy and Herbal medicine. Since then she has trained as an
Advanced Metabolic Typing Consultant and is currently studying towards
a Masters in Health Science (Nutrition) at the University of Auckland.

Sharon
is a tutor in both Aromatherapy and Naturopathy at Wellpark College of
Natural Therapies in Grey Lynn, she has also written a number of
magazine articles on nutrition. She is a member of the NZ Association
of Medical Herbalists, Naturopaths of NZ, the NZ Register of Holistic
Aromatherapist and is an associate of the Australasian Integrative
Medical Association.

With
a deep passion for working with nutritional medicine, Sharon enjoys
empowering people to take positive steps towards ensuring good health
and preventing disease.

Sharon is the director of House of Health, with clinics in Herne Bay and Auckland Central.

Even good food can make you sick!

Allergies
and sensitivities  can have unusual and wide-reaching effects on
the body and not all of them can be identified easily, they don’t show
up on regular lab tests, or they may be hard to pinpoint because it
wasn’t what you ate for breakfast this morning  – you had it
yesterday and you were fine!

Many
chronic health problems can arise from consuming foods that your body
doesn’t want – you may experience lethargy, or fatigue, migraine,
depression, skin problems, fluid retention, even joint pains.  The
ingestion of allergenic foods can also affect the neurophysiology of a
person, impacting emotions, memory and behaviour.  And what’s
worse, you may crave the very foods that are causing the problems.

Janet de Witt – B.TchLn. P. Grad Dip. Ed., Dip.E.H.C, Dip. TE.S.S.O.L., Reg. Ed. Kinesiologist.

Janet has a passion for enhancing learning and empowering the learner.
Following 25 years teaching experience, mostly in special education as
a RTLB (resource teacher of learning and behaviour), she  now runs
a specialist clinic using Educational and Developmental
Kinesiology  , Brain Gym/Vision gym and developmental 
movements to support  more efficient learning in a child and 
treat developmental blocks which hinder the child’s progress.
Janet both  runs workshops  showing  parents, and
teachers  how to use  Brain Gym® movements as well as working
in her clinic  with children who  are experiencing difficulty
with coordination, focusing, acquiring reading and writing skills 
or those children who want to enhance sport or artistic performance
skills.  Individuals with ADD, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia and ASD can
find this process enables them to move forward.  

Taking the lid off learning difficulties – Is it just a school problem?

Only
when we ask WHY? , can we start to put in place effective support for
children  who are struggling. Many schools provide strategies,
programmes and extra support in relation to their resources and
assessment of the learning difficulty but is that sufficient to address
the core reasons why the child is having problems?.   Often
we need to explore whether the child is  actually equipped with
the physical, visual and auditory skills to succeed at school. What can
the school provide  and what else is there out there to explore to
support your child?

Cooking with Erik Arndt, managing director and inventor Of Aria Farm Strips and his daughter assistant Heidi Arndt

Quick and Easy Cooking for Allergies

Glenn White – BSc, MSc, MBIBH

Glenn
White was a lifelong asthma sufferer until completing a Buteyko course
in 2000, and has been asthma and drug free ever since.  He turned
his back on a 25 year career in gold exploration to train as a
practitioner and now teaches and promotes this revolutionary
approach to health and wellness.

In
seven years Glenn has helped over 1,200 people overcome breathing
related disorders including asthma, allergies, hay fever, chronic
bronchitis, stress related conditions, panic attacks, snoring, sleep
apnoea and chronic fatigue.

Glenn
has spoken at numerous conferences both nationally and internationally
and was part of a group of four practitioners that travelled to Havana,
Cuba in 2004 to train 14 practitioners and teach Buteyko to 200
asthmatic children. Glenn’s work has attracted media interest including
a feature on New Zealand television in 2006.

Glenn is committed to helping reduce the burden of breathing disorders like asthma in New Zealand and worldwide. www.buteykocourses.com

Allergies and asthma ….is it your breathing?

While
management of asthma and allergies has been primarily focused on drug
therapy there is an increasing body of research demonstrating the
effectiveness of breathing therapies. The best studied and most
effective of these is the Buteyko Method. Medication reduction and
safety of the Buteyko Method have now been demonstrated in seven
clinical trials for asthma including two in New Zealand.

Buteyko
Institute breathing therapist, Glenn White, will explain how
dysfunctional breathing can lead to conditions including asthma,
allergies, hay fever and eczema. He will show how these and many other
breathing related disorders respond positively, often dramatically with
the normalisation of the breathing pattern. The session will include a
demonstration of Buteyko exercises, breathing assessments and
guidelines to start getting immediate benefits from healthy
breathing.  Find out if you are a healthy breather.

You will reconsider everything you thought you knew about breathing and health.

Dr. Rodney Ford (Dr. Gluten)

Dr
Doctor Rodney Ford says “Professionally, I am a paediatrician (a doctor
who looks after children).  I am also a gastroenterologist (gut)
and food allergy specialist. I was Associate Professor of Paediatrics
at the Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago, New
Zealand.”

Dr.
Rodney Ford has been helping people with nutrition and food problems
for more than twenty-five years. Over this time there have been
revolutionary changes in thinking about the widespread damage from
gluten.  He has written a series of books to express his thinking
and increase debate of the effects of gluten on health.  He hopes
his website www.doctorgluten.com  will benefit you and hundreds of thousands of others, worldwide.

Topic 1 (25mins) – Eczema – Cure it!

Find all answers to your Eczema.
At last, you can experience normal skin again.

– Why have you got it?
– What is causing it?
– How can you switch it off?
– What’s driving it?
– Is it gluten, milk or eggs?
– How can you protect your children?
– Can you identify your allergies?
– What creams and potions?

Find your answers to curing your eczema.

Topic 2 (25mins)- The Gluten Syndrome: is wheat causing you harm?

Is it harming you?  Is it harming your kids?

“The Gluten Syndrome” describes the symptoms that people suffer from eating gluten. 

It can cause gut, skin and nerve problems. Hear how:
– Gluten causes its harm through damage to the neural networks in the gut and brain.   
– It causes learning difficulties, behaviour problems and crime.
– Coeliac disease is only a tiny part of the problem.
– Understand why much of the medical profession remains sceptical.
– Gluten causes harm to vast numbers (millions upon millions) of people
– The Gluten Syndrome is the major food problem that the Western World needs to address. 
– Find out if you have The Gluten Syndrome.

Dr Debbie Fewtrell – MB ChB, Dip Obs, FRNZCGP, FACNEM

Dr
Fewtrell has an integrative medical practice specialising in the
 nutritional and biomedical treatment of children with allergies,
immune,  learning and behaviour problems. She also teaches and
mentors Australasian biomedical practitioners. Her work  has been
regularly featured in the NZ media most recently with the “What’s
really in our food” documentary.

Debbie’s
strong focus is to inspire and educate parents and professionals in
Australasia to use  integrative biomedical approaches ( ie a
combination of mainstream, nutritional and natural  medicine)
 to improve the health and neurological function of children. She
is a Pfeiffer and DAN! (Defeat Autism Now) trained physician and a
fellow of Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental
medicine.

What’s really in our food?

Allergies
and sensitivities to foods  are relatively well understood but
 the possible  reactions to  some natural and artificial
food chemicals  are not.  

One
in three children is affected by   Allergy , ADHD , ADD,
a behaviour disorder, a learning disorder,  dyslexia , Autism
spectrum disorders or asthma? Why are these conditions so much
more prevalent than a generation ago?  Does our current diet
explain some of the increases we have seen?

Do
you think your child may be reacting to some food colours but can’t
seem to work out which one?  Do you wheeze after some wines? Is
your child’s behaviour sometimes best described as “Jekyll and Hide”?
Do you get headaches after some chinese food? Are you confused or
concerned about MSG, Aspartame, food colourings, preservatives,
flavours – listen to the research  and learn some  shocking
statistics! 

Become
informed about additives used in NZ , learn how to read labels and then
how to identify  and  eliminate the worst offenders for
optimal health.

Dr
Fewtrell will explain how  changing  the diet can  help
behaviour and the immune system and how biomedical approaches can help
“sensitive” children by  addressing some of the core
underpinning issues in the body rather than being  predominantly
reliant on drugs to treat symptoms.

This lecture will appeal to anyone with an interest in a healthier diet, particularly parents.

Leila Masson

Leila Masson is a consultant paediatrician interested in disease
prevention through healthy nutrition and life style.
She studied in Europe and the United States and now has a thriving
practice in Auckland, where she sees mostly children with behavioural
problems, ADHD and autism, as well as children with allergies and
eczema. She is also a certified lactation consultant and helps many
families to start their children out on the perfect diet by supporting
breastfeeding.  
www.leilamasson.com

Optimal health for children

Leila
will speak about how to attain optimal health through a wholesome diet,
avoiding environmental toxins and getting enough exercise. Any current
or future parent interested in improving their own or their children’s
health should come and hear about the latest research in nutrition and
environmental health.

Dr. Joan Campbell

Dr Joan Campbell
is an integrative health professional and registered medical
practitioner specialising in acupuncture.  She has worked in
medicine and allied fields since 1966 – as a registered nurse, medical
doctor, GP obstetrician, psychologist and medical/traditional
acupuncturist – with an interest in homeopathy, nutrition and hormonal
medicine. 

Dr
Campbell is a trained teacher and co-ordinator for the post-graduate
and masters TCM programmes at Auckland University of
Technology.  She is in private practice in Remuera, Auckland,
working as a holistic practitioner.

Allergies – a different perspective

Traditional Chinese medicine has recognised allergies for the last 5000 years. 

In
the traditional Chinese model, allergy is seen as an internal imbalance
which is expressed as disease and can result in inflammation, such as
atopic eczema.  Allergies may arise from what you inherit
(constitutional) or what you acquire through lifestyle and diet. 
Therefore it is the person who is treated, not the disease. 

Every week in clinical practice I use acupuncture, herbs and dietary therapy to treat allergic conditions.  

This paper discusses the following:
–
A Chinese world-view of health and medicine
–
A traditional Chinese medicine view of allergy
–
Treatment of allergies using Chinese medicine – food, acupuncture and herbal medicine

Kirsten Taylor
Clinical Naturopath
Medical Herbalist
Registered Naturopath
Natural Fertility Consultant
Homeobotanical Therapist

DIRECTOR
House of Health Herne Bay

Kirsten graduated with honours from Wellpark college of Natural
therapies with double diploma’s in Naturopathy & Herbalism. Prior
to completing her studies Kirsten was asked to become part of the team
at one of NZ’s largest practitioner only companies as a practitioner
support consultant. This enabled her to learn a great level of
information on the latest scientific evidence in natural medicines and
how to apply this to get the best clinical results for her clients.

Kirsten
continued her studies and completed post graduate qualifications in
Natural Fertility & reproductive care & Homeobotanical therapy.

Since leaving Pacific Health Kirsten has successfully run her own
private practice, consulted to natural health companies, taught
graduating students at Wellpark & relished every moment. Being a
mother Kirsten is able to understand the demands of family time and the
practical aspects of supporting a family wellbeing. As a mother of a
child with allergies she has witnessed the amazing impact of
undertsanding what foods trigger the symptoms and being able to
alleviate them when they arrive using natural medicines.

Kirsten
has developed a passion for allergy work after regularly seeing a
correlation between food, food allergies & their impact on health.
In clinic it is very important as allergies are so prevalent &
experience has taught her how to use natural medicines
effectively  to support people to be more comfortable. The key is
finding out what the food culprits are and developing strategies that
take each individuals needs
into consideration. Kirsten is constantly astounded at the massive
variety of symptoms that people get relief from once they are able to
identify the foods, eliminate them from their diet and work at
reprogramming the body to moderate it’s response to allergenic foods.

As a clinical Naturopath Kirsten helps people using the following
services:
Naturopathy, Medical Herbalism Homeobotanical Therapy, Flower essences
Homeopathy, Nutrition & appropriate testing methodologies. Kirsten
is a big fan of ELISA Delayed IgG allergy testing through US BioTek
labs in the US.

For more information on Kirsten and the practitioners she works with at House of Health please visit her website www.houseofhealth.co.nz

A Naturopathic understanding of Allergies and their clinical Management