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Thursday 28 th May 2015
Dental health indicates body health. A proper program of diet, exercise, freedom from stress, and sensible living habits will insure that your teeth will last for a lifetime. Outside of gum disease, the two most common dental problems are caries and malocclusion.
Caries are erosions of the teeth, and are usually called “cavities” by the layman. Malocclusion means that the teeth do not fit together properly, such as in “buck teeth” or other deformities of the jaw and mouth.
Both of these conditions will not occur if a person consumes an optimum diet. Not only the diet of the person involved must be superior, but also the diet of the person’s mother as well. Good nutrition for the teeth must begin before birth, and the diet of the pregnant mother will shape the child’s dental health for the rest of his life. To understand the role of nutrition in dental health and well-being, you must be familiar with the chief causes of dental abnormalities and diseases.
 


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Wednesday 6 th May 2015
Milk and dairy products are some of the most controversial issues in the science of nutrition. Conventional medicine defends them as some of the most important foods, essential for the calcium in our bones, while many nutritionists and naturopaths have argued for many years that it might be the cause of many diseases.
Numerous books have been written about how milk and dairy products affect health; it is a wide ranging subject overall. This article summarizes some of the pros and cons of milk and dairy products.


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Thursday 30 th April 2015
In the previous article, we stated the essentials of life and presented in-depth scrutiny of two of these needs, namely air and water. This article encompasses two more essentials of life in summary form: cleanliness and temperature.

 


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Wednesday 29 th April 2015
ASK believes that parents often find their greatest support in other parents who are in a similar situation. Sharing and learning from each other empowers parents. The unique aspect of ASK support is that it involves a parent helping another parent. Nevertheless, we are not forgetting the fact that parents also need professional support. Finding appropriate specialists and the right therapeutic options have always been a huge struggle for a lot of parents in this region.
 


Wednesday 29 th April 2015
ASK believes that parents often find their greatest support in other parents who are in a similar situation. Sharing and learning from each other empowers parents. The unique aspect of ASK support is that it involves a parent helping another parent. Nevertheless, we are not forgetting the fact that parents also need professional support. Finding appropriate specialists and the right therapeutic options have always been a huge struggle for a lot of parents in this region.
 
Programme Agenda

18h30 - Welcome and introduction (5 minutes)
Presentation 1 - Truly Balance - Taking TIME to RELAX the BODY and MIND, Annette Ebbinghaus
Presentation 2 - Association Handi-Capable, Improving the lives of children with special needs, Maggie Goudy
Presentation 3 - Living Fully Nourished, "GAPS diet: Gut and Psychology Syndrome", Gemma Calzada
Presentation 4 - Achieving Better Outcomes for Autism, Susanna Salem
Presentation 5 - Dyslexia and Irlen Screening, Cheryl Rooney
Q & A - an hour plus with all presenters on the panel (20h30 to 21h30) End of session - 21h30

GAPS diet: Gut and Psychology Syndrome
From Living Fully Nourished - Presented by Gemma Calzada 


Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAP Syndrome or GAPS) is a condition which establishes a connection between the functions of the digestive system and the brain. This term was created by Dr Natasha Campbell–McBride, MD, MMedSci (neurology), MMedSci (human nutrition) after working with hundreds of children and adults with neurological and psychiatric conditions, such as autistic spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD/ADD), schizophrenia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, depression, obsessive –compulsive disorder, bi-polar disorder and other neuro-psychological and psychiatric problems. 

Date: 29/04/2015
Hour: 18 : 30
Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes 
Location: Webster University Commons Rm Route de Collex 15 1293 Bellevue GE
Contact: info@allspecialkids.org
Phone: 0227882102
Cost: ASK Member: CHF 0.00, Non Member: 45.00 CHF
More Info: Event Website

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