One tragedy but millions of positives?

I followed this book when pregnant with my daughter. I was terribly ill at the time and hoped to have a healthy pregnancy. I felt great throughout my pregnancy and it went by-the-book and even better. My delivery was quick and by the book, too. I only felt some pain the last hour of my labor. My dr. asked ME what was I doing? I only gained 25# and lost it all soon after through following this book. My daughter was born full term, Apgar of 10, is now 30 and people always remark at her beauty. I don't ever remember reading to give a child only goats milk and barley water. She recommends healthy natural foods, too, including carbs, proteins, fats, etc. I nursed my daughter then gave her goats milk as she grew then switched to cow's milk along with a healthy diet. I also don't remember reading to give a child so much potassium! I gave my daughter a pinch of potassium and pantothenic acid in water whenever she had a tummy upset and it instantly cured it! No colicky nights. She slept 4 hours from birth, and through the night soon after. Of course you must use common sense in everything you do. With the Internet, you can check anything before giving it! How tragic for the child that died but how many children died from any other method of care?

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Thumbs up to Adelle

After 10 years of using and researching Adelles books and nutrition suggestions I totally applied them to my last pregnancy. She was our "test baby". By that time I was fully confident in Adelles research. Our baby is now 19 years old and she was the epitome of health until the age of 17 when I could no longer control her nutrition and she finally got strep throat. She was never sick until the age of 17. Never had an ear infection or an antibiotic until 17. If she ever got the sniffles as a child they were quick and light and gone the next day. She is a stunningly beautiful (due to excellent bone structure), mentally gifted young woman with lovely skin and sparkling eyes and a zest for life. There are some cases where people (as people will be) misunderstand Adelles writings. She was not the only author voicing all the things Adelle voiced, but she was the only one to address the entire human body at once with whole body applied nutrition which made her books easier to read and understand. Often people think if 100 mg is good then 1000 mg must be better and in the cases of certain supplements like Potassium Chloride that is not the case. In almost all cases, the information Adelle wrote about is still considered valid today with very few exceptions. I have been studying nutrition now for 30 years and she is still my mainstay. She was an amazing, brilliant, courageous woman to be admired. As in ALL writings on any subject, use your common sense along with it. Don't mis- read what an author writes. I read, test, re-test and re-test again, starting in smaller doses and working up, while also researching other authors works on the same subject. I have never found anything Adelle wrote to ever be dangerous if applied properly as she described.

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Worked for Me

About a year before I got pregnant with my son, I began following the guidelines in this book and in her publication, Eat Right to Stay Fit. Surprisingly, the fatigue I had suffered from for a decade vanished and has not returned. My son weighed 10 pounds at birth with an APGAR score of 10. Today he's working on his PhD in bioengineering.

Research now being done at McGill University shows that "the activity of a mouse's genes can be influenced by food supplements eaten by its mother just prior to, or during, very early pregnancy." Specific food supplements given during critical development periods or with a single dose can potentially permanently change behavior or health, for the better or worse. While the reseach is limited to animals for now, future treatments for humans are possible.

I would recommend reading this book even today but I would weigh her recommendations against newer research. For example, raw milk is no longer considered safe and honey is not to be given to infants. Also, a number of the supplements she recommends are incorporated into today's prenatal vitamins. But the focus on everything you eat as potentially influencing your child's wellbeing and future life is absolutely valid.

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