Autism Soccer: Food Alternatives

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Alternatives to Therapy: Parents Approach

Not all special needs children react the same to treatment. Try with different options and look for the one that fits them.

Individuals with autism need to be constantly looked after and more importantly, they need early intervention and treatment for them to develop the skills autism affects like the lack of communicative skills, the repetitive behavior, and the sleeping disorders. Those are specific characteristics that autism causes on children in their early stages of growth, and most of them can severely affect them (the lack of sleep, for example) in the long term.

Research has been done looking for a definitive answer, but the thing is that autism disorder has a complex way of affecting children that vary from one case to another. Some treatments may work for an individual, but not for another. This is why parents of children with autism search for different alternatives that can adapt to each of their cases; this is the CAM treatment or Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Remember, some cases might be detrimental for your children, be sure to check with your pediatrician before trying any of these options:

Omega-3 Fatty Acids:

The benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids are well known for both their benefits in children and adults, as it is a healthy fat found in fish oil. Although it hasn’t been supported by scientific evidence, Omega-3 fatty acids are being given to children with developmental disabilities like ASD to help them in the treatment of their condition.

Melatonin:

As stated in the beginning, children with this disorder experience problems related to sleep like interrupted or late-sleeping, which affects the development in early stages of growth, to the extent of causing brain damage. Giving a natural supplement of melatonin greatly helps ASD children as it regulates the sleep-wake cycle. A nightly dose might do the job and help autistic children to have a good sleep.

Diet Alternatives:

In some cases, it’s recommendable to try alternative foods and diets for autism children. This is the most reliable choice for parents who are looking for a non-invasive treatment. Most of these diets are gluten or casein-free since both options tend to cause digestive problems in children. Check your children’s nutritionist before trying this alternative; it wouldn’t be a good idea to take these two out of the diet without proper guidance.

It was said in the beginning: not all those alternatives are made for your children, so consider checking with your doctor before trying any of these options. Also, don’t forget there are alternatives for your children to enjoy, like practicing sports with the people of Autism Soccer. A team made for special needs children, the best environment for growing children.

Do not forget to see an expert on the matter. Alternatives are only a supporting tool, you need a specialist.

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

3 Drinks That Affect Your Children’s Behavior

Many popular drinks in stores have chemicals that might affect your kids, be cafeful on what you're giving to them.

It has become very normal to consume and eat foods that are widely known and famous for their years in existence; products like soda, hamburgers and even food additives have made their way into people’s minds because of the brands behind them. The only thing that people tend to ignore is the risk and consequences of ingesting products like those, because of the acceptance they get in our society. This gets even worse when talking about children with ASD since they’re more susceptible to becoming addicted and risking their health.

This article’s objective is to bring awareness of the risks of certain drinks and the effects they have on the child besides the dependence they cause.

Soda/Soft drink: This is the main drink that’s consumed almost on every part of the globe. It’s mostly composed of carbonated water, a sweetener, artificial flavoring, and coloring. The main problems with these types of drinks are the sweeteners and artificial coloring:

Aspartame: An artificial sweetener used as a sugar substitute. Its use has been the subject of many controversies. Known to have caused adverse reactions after its consumption like fatigue, irritability, insomnia, headaches and migraines.
Artificial Coloring on food: Causes many negative effects that go from chromosomal damage (from Blue #1), to lymphomas and hyperactivity (from Red #40), and most of those are found in drinks.

Sugar Drinks: After soda, these are the next in the list of negative effects on the organism. Sugar ingest can increase the risk of gaining weight on kids, causing heart disease in the long-term. Dental cavities are more likely to happen in children who ingest sugar on a daily basis. All of this without taking the chemicals added to those drinks into account, which make these an option to be put out off their habits for good.

Fruit Juice: Most of the processed juices today have stopped being healthy and are now as harmful as any junk food out there. The main reason for this is because of the amount of sugar found in most of the juices, causing hyperactivity and the risk of type 2 diabetes. It’s better to swap for the natural choices and stop the consumption of those for ASD children (and non-autistic children, too).

There’s no need to add more drinks to the list since those are the worst, and hopefully this information will bring awareness on parents with special needs children to change the drinks kids have, with healthier alternatives to help them in their growth. Autism Soccer also has great tools to allow your children have a change in their routine and become fit to grow properly, in an environment made just for him. Contact with them on their website!