This is a response that I gave several months ago to a person who asked the same question but it was related to asthma. I know that my friends response applies to all respitory problems. There has been a great deal of research on the connection of home cleaning products and children with respitory problems like asthma, bronchitis, pnuemonia, and allergies. I have been giving my 8 month old vitamin suppliments for two months now and her immune system is pretty strong considering she is in day care 4 days a week. I am doing all I can to avoid drugs for anything thing she gets. So far so good. Let me know if you want more information. I can send you some research info and Deb's contact info.
Hi,
Name is Deb Villarese. My heart poured out to you when I read what you are going through with your child. I can especially relate to the drugs and their side effects.
I know will sound like an old story, and yet it also will be a very sad story because over the past 25 years, they, the medical industry still hasn�t come up with any solutions in young children
By the time my son Todd was 1 year old, he had been hospitalized 5 different times with the diagnosis of �pneumonia.� Back then, they wouldn�t let the parents spend the night and the visiting hours were very limited. By the time he was 18 months, my pediatrician suggested allergy testing. ( the kind that they scratch their little body and put the �toxins� in the scratch.) They normally didn�t do it to kids that young, but he was certainly a concern for all of us. The testing actually gave him an asthma attack and he was administered a shot of adrenalin which they really didn�t like doing too often.
Todd was the youngest child to ever be put on an inhaler. I had taught him at age 15 months to self propel and suck in the medicine that was put in the small apparatus. This was long before the portable nebulizer had been made available to the general public. Many times I believe he was admitted in the hospital because he just needed a breathing treatment.
Along with the drugs that kept him up all night, caused very labored breathing, and made him look like the �Pillsbury Doughboy� because it caused such puffiness, I was instructed to remove everything from his room. The only thing in his room was his crib ( which I wiped down every day with bleach water, the vinyl pull down shades, and the wood floor. He had no toys, books, games, and even his blanket and sheets had to be washed daily. The Doctors had me convinced that I was not a �good enough� housekeeper, especially with a child who had such breathing challenges.
We even sold the house we lived in and bought a brand new house thinking that there were some mold issues in the old house. ( I might add, this was in the early 70o�s before mold issues were even talked about)
Because of moving to a new area, I found a new pediatric allergist. He suggested I was creating a toxic environment because of all the chemicals that I was using to �obsessively� clean my house. Bleach, Sparkle, Windex, and even the laundry detergent had a lot of fillers. He suggested that I find a person who sold Shaklee products because they were all natural, did not have any toxic residue. I have to admit that it made a huge difference when I finally found them and started using them. Instead of getting sick every 3-4 weeks, he could last for 3-4 months. Dr Lin was Chinese and he said that all the chemical cleaners were causing a break down in a very week immune system. He told me that allergies were a sign of a weak immune system and that he knew his system was compromised because he was sick with lung problems just way too much.
I then started doing my own research. I found that the thing that built the immune system strong was food��vitamins, minerals and protein. He was a normal 7 year old and his diet was about what tasted good, not what was good for him.
I took him to a Doctor 3 hours away and he coincidently suggested that I put him on a mico-biotic diet in order to nourish his body better and in addition, he wanted me to put him on supplements. The crazy part was that he was going to sell me Shaklee again. These 2 doctors never knew each other were over 150 miles away from each other, one was from China, the other was from Egypt. I decided it was Devine intervention.
I got my own products, followed the program and the diet. A lot has changed since then, but I am here to tell you, that this story has helped 100�s of Moms over the years because it all made sense. Today, My son gets sick occasionally with a virus. He is a pilot for a major airline and lives a normal life.
It changed my life and as a matter of fact, it made such a difference in my life, I felt obligated to tell others. I have a similar story with my daughter with ear infections.
I loved how it worked and how I was able to help others and change their lives for the better which the doctors are so unable to do because they are dealing with drugs and never think to ask about the environments they are living in.
I have now sold the products for 25 years. I market them because I love them and because I can make a difference in peoples lives.
