Biochemical Individuality??!

Reading an AWESOME book right now called "Diet & Nutrition, a Holistic Approach". In it, the author (Rudolph Ballentine, MD) speaks about how each person can have drastically different nutritional requirements and ability to utilize nutrients from their food, and how that can affect physical and mental health of the individual.

He uses the phrase "Biochemical Individuality" (from another author who coined the term in his own book) to describe this condition... not as an illness we need to label, but the source of many labelled "conditions"! When the needs are not identified and met for an individual, problems are manifested, and can range from physical to mental, mild or occasional to debilitating.

This concept really resonates with me because it is EXACTLY what we have been living for the past two years with our kids! A few vitamins and extra nutrients, in my son's case removing an allergen, and voila, drastically improved health... and behaviour!

It is a little sad to me that this is not a "main stream" approach in medicine, as it makes so much sense, and we have personally had such success with it. My daughter has not had a siezure in a year and a half, and my son is functioning and developing normally now that we are more consistently meeting his more demanding nutritional needs. It has been such a consuming and worthwhile effort.