Comments on: Mozart Won’t Make Your Baby Smarter, But the Right Food Might http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/24/mozart-wont-make-your-baby-smarter-but-the-right-food-might/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:55:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Heidi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/24/mozart-wont-make-your-baby-smarter-but-the-right-food-might/#comment-6801 Heidi Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:01:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/24/mozart-wont-make-your-baby-smarter-but-the-right-food-might/#comment-6801 I have two kids. One was a normal, healthy baby, who was fed on some breastmilk, plus Enfamil, McDonald's, and various crackers and other fast food when she was old enough. However, we changed her diet when she was about 6 to exclude wheat, due to my own problems with it. The other had a major eating problem. We fed him on our own mix of kefir, steamed rice, beef, vegies. He never got plain cow milk, and never, ever got wheat. The two look very similar. But the younger one is smarter, calmer, no cavities, etc. Like they are from two different planets. Both of them have very wide faces and ok teeth (which is unusual in this family). But the older child started to have teeth problems before we dropped the wheat. Both of us parents have very narrow jaws and had braces: neither kid needs them. But the younger child, who SHOULD have more health problems, given his history, is actually in better shape. Science will sort this out, eventually. But for right now: it's interesting data. I have two kids. One was a normal, healthy baby, who was fed on some breastmilk, plus Enfamil, McDonald’s, and various crackers and other fast food when she was old enough. However, we changed her diet when she was about 6 to exclude wheat, due to my own problems with it.

The other had a major eating problem. We fed him on our own mix of kefir, steamed rice, beef, vegies. He never got plain cow milk, and never, ever got wheat.

The two look very similar. But the younger one is smarter, calmer, no cavities, etc. Like they are from two different planets.

Both of them have very wide faces and ok teeth (which is unusual in this family). But the older child started to have teeth problems before we dropped the wheat. Both of us parents have very narrow jaws and had braces: neither kid needs them. But the younger child, who SHOULD have more health problems, given his history, is actually in better shape.

Science will sort this out, eventually. But for right now: it’s interesting data.

]]> By: Susan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/24/mozart-wont-make-your-baby-smarter-but-the-right-food-might/#comment-6800 Susan Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:02:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/24/mozart-wont-make-your-baby-smarter-but-the-right-food-might/#comment-6800 My oldest baby had severe vitamin B deficiency, I was given a special diet--no white (milk) wheat, or sweet. Since it was over 30 years ago, that meant doing all my own cooking and baking, no candy cookies, or fast food. All three kids are super coordinated (not inherited), not one cavity, (not inherited) no overweight kids(we parents are), and IQ's in the gifted range (not inherited) they are also high achievers, but never hyper. I push the diet for all kids, but most parents don't realize that the first cookie or candy bar "treat" is poison and starts the downward spiral of nutrition until they reach the typical American diet. My oldest baby had severe vitamin B deficiency, I was given a special diet–no white (milk) wheat, or sweet. Since it was over 30 years ago, that meant doing all my own cooking and baking, no candy cookies, or fast food. All three kids are super coordinated (not inherited), not one cavity, (not inherited) no overweight kids(we parents are), and IQ’s in the gifted range (not inherited) they are also high achievers, but never hyper. I push the diet for all kids, but most parents don’t realize that the first cookie or candy bar “treat” is poison and starts the downward spiral of nutrition until they reach the typical American diet.

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