Outline of topics for webinar for PEAs
\nBy specialist Food Sensitivity Dietitian Joan Breakey<\/p>\n

Overall PEAs have managed as best as they can for them. Each is different in the way the
\nissue affects their lives as adults. Using the ideas below each person can be more
\nsympathetic about their own situation and work out what small changes they may make to
\nmake life easier.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The webinar is for Joan to respond to issues raised by PEAs that are important to them. It will
\nnot be a lecture. It is important that PEAs feel they can raise issues of how being a PEA
\naffects their lives. And to get the real life insights from a practitioner who has worked with
\nhundreds of PEAs<\/p>\n

\u2022 PEAs could be forgiven for thinking their difficulties can’t be solved. After all their mothers
\ntried with them right throughout their childhood. On the other hand they could be forgiven for
\nbelieving there is some easy solution. They and their mother have often been told that
\neverything will go well if they just try some new idea. In fact the answer is that each person is
\ndifferent so they can gradually find some helpful way for them<\/p>\n

\u2022 The introduction of a diverse range of foods that many people manage is a big task early in
\nlife so it is no wonder it can be very complicated and problematic for some. This can be for a
\nvariety of reasons – family factors, nutrition, breastfeeding factors, the possibility of adverse
\nreactions, the baby being in distress, crying, waking at night, and others. Each baby is
\ndifferent so in a way each baby is a picky eater. See Chap 1 of Fussy Babies.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The idea of eating development was not widely understood until now so many PEAs did not
\nhave the advantage of this knowledge. Now it is known it can be used. Where people have
\nproblems with speech, coordination, reading or writing they are seen as having a
\ndevelopmental delay and not judged. Yet where eating is concerned they are often judged
\nwhen the issues should be seen as part of eating development. See Chap 2 or Fussy Babies.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Somehow those people with heightened discrimination about food and who become chefs or
\nfood gourmets are not judged but PEAs are. The overlap of ideas here is important.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Another important idea that is not well known is that many of the little problems that start to
\nshow in infancy and continue in some form is food sensitivity, that is adverse reactions to
\nfoods. The reactions can be tummy aches, rashes and other allergic symptoms, irritability,
\nfrequent mood changes, sleep problems such as not settling, restless sleep, nightmares,
\nrestless legs or waking very early, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), car
\nsickness, mouth ulcers, headaches and migraine. Fortunately diet investigation helps
\ndetermine what foods cause reactions and how to decrease the symptoms for people who are
\nsusceptible. See Chap 3 of Fussy Babies, and Are You Food Sensitive?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Supersensitivity is another important issue for many PEAs. The idea that some people are
\nsupersensitive to smell, taste, light, texture, temperature, sound and some other inputs is not
\nunderstood in the general community at all. Most people think their degree of frustration with
\nsmell or noise is much the same as others so they do not understand that for some one
\nparticular smell or strength of smell can be so distressing that it means the appetite goes
\ncompletely. This is an interesting area to discuss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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