Hi, Mary!

Sorry you are made to feel like a weirdo, when you are just looking out for
the best interests of your son. Hang in there!

I think the outdoors would definitely do him good, especially together with
you- the one that loves him the most! Sounds like it is good for you, too.

My son is hypoglycemic, with a wheat and grain allergy, and it has been
very hard in this "sugar culture" to keep him away from junk food.  He is
just fine as long as he eats right, but give him sugar or grains and watch
out!  In public school, it was very difficult to have enough personal
relationship with his teachers to convey the importance of watching his
diet. School lunches are a joke! Then we switched to a smaller charter
school, and although it is still a challenge, it is a lot more manageable.
Unfortunately,  usually it takes a teacher (or anyone)  witnessing an
actual bonk before they realize I am serious. ( He goes into a big time
funk and really crashes)

He understands the cause and effect now, (he is almost nine) and will
announce his need for protein. He still will eat junk, but only after some
meat. He carries an emergency pack of jerky, but sometimes forgets to eat
it. I carry NAG (N-acetyl Glucosamine -the "antidote" for wheat poisoning)
in my purse all the time. It makes him feel like an oddball, but he knows
he doesn't want to bonk, so he goes along with the diet for the most part.

Even his grandmother thinks I am strange and is convinced if *she* were
feeding him, he wouldn't have dark circles under his eyes. She has been
known more than once to take the kids out for doughnuts(!) for breakfast
after spending the night. She drops him off and never sees the
after-effects. (We have moved so that problem is solved!)

Anyway, I really do empathize with you, and wish you luck. Just remember
what is most important and don't worry about what others think. I hope
whatever decision you make that you and your son will be happy and work it
all out. Trust your maternal instincts.

Warm regards,
Louise

you wrote:
>Thank you to Louise, Oliva, Rachel and everyone else for your kind replies.
>
>I guess my question also is......wouldn't it help his overall health simply
>to be outdoors and walking around more? Like, the more I can promote his
>overall health, with exercise, sunshine, fresh air, as well as fresh meat
>and fat.....
>
>Today we played "hookey" and went to the beach and the boardwalk and did
>lots of walking, lots of sun and fresh air.
>
>His muscles are weaker than an average child, from yeast toxins and
>demyelination from the vaccines. He needs this exercise.
>
>I have to think that the outdoors is a lot healthier.
>
>I don't worry as much about the 'social' at school,  because how social can
>you be or feel when you are sick (yeast toxicity, poor digestion, etc)
>
>In other words, the social would take care of itself as he got healthier?
>
>It takes a lot of guts to pull him out as he has his own aide, etc,  but
>sometimes I think a paleo person would have been doing a lot more walking
>and a lot less sitting in toxic fumes of the classroom.
>
>I also think the school  thinks I'm nuts as I have him on a  mostly meat and
>fat diet....(candida) Most of the staff are on a "no fat" high carb  diet....
>
>Also, doesn't sunlight in and of itself, help with healing? Wouldn't walking
>promote healing?
>
>Finally, we are, constantly,  "freaks" in a high sugar environment.   Sugary
>foods permeate the schools now much more than they did when I was in school.
>
>Mary
>