Tourette's Syndrome + ADHD and protein supplements?!
Question: I'm 15 and I have long time ago been diagnosed with Tourettes syndrome and very light/mild ADHD. I am realy skinny and I am considering buying Muscle Milk powder to take while lifting weights. Will the powder have any effect on my Tourette's/ADHD? will it be bad for me?
Answers: I'm 15 and I have long time ago been diagnosed with Tourettes syndrome and very light/mild ADHD. I am realy skinny and I am considering buying Muscle Milk powder to take while lifting weights. Will the powder have any effect on my Tourette's/ADHD? will it be bad for me?
Are you on any medications for your Tourettes and/or ADHD? Some of those can cause loss of appetite. That may be why you are so thin.
Be sure to check with your Neurologist or general doctor to see if there are any cotraindications with whatever you are taking.
If you are not on meds, still check with your Doc and have him/her give the green light before you try it.
You'll need to take that up with your doctor or pharmacist.
Have your doctor's tested you for Celiac Disease? If not - why not??????
Yes it does have an affect, because it is a whey based product and you should not be on any dairy. I'm sorry for sounding really wierd if this is the first time you've heard of this restriction.
10 years experience working with health practitioners in pedicatric nutrition with ADD/ADHD, Tourrettes, Aspergers, Autism (full spectrum).
You must supplement with probiotics and enzymes to make sure that what you put in your mouth is broken down properly for proper brain function.
Probiotics, digestive enzymes, and systemic enzymes as your body is a garden and its a domino affect when giving proper health benefits.
The body needs these things lacking in our modern diets desperately.
More than half of the cells in your body are not human and this statement is true. Its interesting information, but we have a mutualy dependent relationship with all kinds of creatures that are not only to our benefit but are essential to our survival.
What do I mean by that?
About 70% of your immune response is centered in your gut and what bolsters this immune support and the proper breaking down of the foods we eat leads to better brain function.
These beneficial probiotics are found on raw fruits and vegetables in the trillions and billions. Some people with Tourrettes can't eat a raw apple because it causes a reaction like teeth grinding or ticks. That's because the gut is compromized, so there are restrictions. However, probiotics are not found in processed foods.
Without friendly flora in your gut, you are wide open to quality of life ruining situations.
I know that there is also the issue of people wanting to get in better shape and have a pouchy mid drift that they seem not to get rid of... That's the colon that get's lined with fecal material causing distention of the lower belly that the body cannot get rid of. So, how do probiotics aid in getting rid of this distention?
Probiotics form colonies that get in underneath the old fecal matter and actually cleanse it out of the body naturally!
In contrast, dairy and whey products form a sticky mucousy mess that interferes with that process, so no dairy.
If you are not using probiotics on a daily basis, you must. If you want nutrition to work properly in better functioning of organs like the brain and less ticking, you will be on probiotics and add digestive enzymes, fatty acids and all the things needed for the gut.
How do you gage if you have digestive problems with Tourrettes?
Do you use over the counter Nexium, Tagamat, Rolex, Tums and any anti acid remedy?
If so, its not normal, even though people think it is. Its your gut not utilizing nutrition properly and that is how you gage a healthy gut versus one that is in trouble.
If it is in trouble, you cannot absorb and utilize protein.
Let me give you an analogy. Would you put wet wood into a live fire?
So, if you put high quality protein into your body and your gut is not having a normal elimination function, do you think that the proteins you eat would work?
Not if your gut doesn't have the proper flora, it won't, because it won't break it down into something recognizable that your body could absorb for lean muscle mass or for your brain function.
Did you know your brain goes through just as much protein as a 4 hour physical work out when concentrating?
What can probiotics do for you?
Improve the terrain of your body. It was Louis Pastuer that was the father of disease theory. On his death bead he said, no I was wrong... Its not the bacteria, its the terrain of the bacteria of the body.
An analogy would be soil to the farmer. If the soil were healthy, there would be very little need to add pesticides. If the soil is healthy, it would not proliferate rusts and disease. Thus, no need for synthetic man made chemistries.
The same thing occurs in the human body.
I use a probiotic, enzyme supplement every day before I eat my breakfast. I eat raw fruits and vegetables. I supplement after that with antioxidants that work because I'm making sure that the terrain of my body in my gut is there to allow for proper utilization of my foods for my cell repair and cell function. Thus, my tissues, and my organs function normally and youthfully. My out come is more energy, youthful energy and free of seasonal flus and colds and joint problems and organ problems etc.
For protein powder, I use Super Pro Green 96, which is an organic soy protein, not dairy because I am against dairy for very good reasons. Please, check to see if you are allergic to any soy, too. Again, I already know because you have Tourrettes or ADHD, absolutely NO dairy no matter what.
I have an audio that I keep in my private web site on Tourretttes, ADHD, and Autism etc with people improving on the proper supplementation and diet. Let me know if ou would like that audio.
Also, your food choices are going to determine your dominant bacteria. Is it beneficial or non beneficial raising acidic PH, which can cause cancer or illness? Or raising alkaline PH in which cancer cannot survive?
Food is based in two parts as far as probiotics. They have this amazing ability to get underneath the layer of intestinal walls and get at the decay and flush it out naturally. They form a colony and as long as you don't kill the colony with antibiotics which kill all of the colony... Then, you probably wouldn't need to replace your probiotics... But antibiotics are in our chicken meat, our water and its everywhere, so we have to supplement.
Probiotics also produce enzymes. They produce enzymes that break down calcium and all kinds of vitamins. Constipation can be quickly relieved, and the reverse of the cronic runs can be reversed by probiotics. They also produce antigens that keep you from getting stomach flus, respiratory infections, systemic candida etc. It also increases lactoferin, which relieves iron simulation deficiencies which prevents anemia and low energy as well as helping to regulate good and bad cholesterol.
We are very complex human beings and your best buy for your dollar is only from a couple of products I know of for their quality and money back guarantee because they work. Let me know if you want more info and I'll supply the link and ingredients and benefits for educational purposes.
I love to teach and allow people to take their power back in order to take charge of their health. I hope what I've share so far helps. Copy and paste my answer for future reference.