Is This Your Child?: Discovering and Treating Unrecognized Allergies

by Doris J. Rapp

In Is This Your Child? Dr. Doris Rapp gives you the clues and explanations to determine if your child is part of the subset of children affected by food or chemical allergies. More important, she... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688086233
• ISBN13: 9780688086237
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 626 Pages
• Weight: 2.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive and Helpful

This book (and advice) can be overwhelming at first but it's excellent at helping you understand how food and chemical sensitivities can influence your child's health and behavior. There is so much information and it really gives you a clear idea on how to try to track down the roots of problems like hyperactivity, bedwetting, migraines, rashes, moodiness, ear infections, etc. The elimination diet helps you pinpoint triggers you might never have realized caused issues otherwise. I added soy to the eliminated products when we did it, since soy has become a much more common allergen and ingredient since the book was written. If you have a child suffering from physical or behavior issues and you don't want to just blindly medicate, this is a book to read. It is somewhat outdated, but it's simply the best book out there on this subject. The author's "Is This Your Child's World" is also excellent and covers me of this and some more-- particularly more environmental triggers like chemicals in carpets, pesticides, etc. that can be causing problems.