When I started my business, one of my first clients was a young boy with very severe eczema. Severe to the point that he had to be wet wrapped most of the day and pulled out of school. Over a few months, we managed to clear it up, he was able to go back to school, and was much happier overall.

When my son was about 3 or 4 months old he started to develop eczema and I was able to jump straight into action. It cleared up within 4 weeks and never had a chance to get severe.

Through this, and speaking with other parents, I realised that many babies and children are suffering from skin conditions. However, the advice is to usually ‘wait and see’ if it gets better and using steroid creams in the meantime. and it opened my eyes to how many kids are suffering from skin issues. This often creates more suffering as, left to its own devices, eczema often gets worse before it gets better. Also, many parents don’t want to use steroid creams too often.

But there is another way. A way which doesn’t involve harsh medications or ‘wait it out’ techniques. Very minimal supplementation, if any, is needed.

And it’s through the power of food as medicine.

We can find out exactly which foods are causing inflammation in the body, and which foods are healing to the body. Not food groups such as gluten or dairy, but specific foods, such as broccoli or kiwi fruit as an example. So we don’t need to do elimination diets or cut out entire food groups. Instead, we are able to tailor the diet to the child specifically.

You will see results within 3-4 weeks of this process. However, to enable total healing of the body and ensure that the problem doesn’t return, the entire process takes 6 months.

The benefits of doing this go so much further than skin. It supports healthy development of the immune system meaning that food sensitivities and allergies are far less likely to develop. It helps gut function, supports energy production, and soothes the nervous system by decreasing physical stress in the body.

I recommend this process for children aged 0-12. Once they are older, there can be more complicating factors and we may need to alter the process slightly. They can still do this program, however we may do different testing or no testing altogether.