Holiday is fun but can be very stressful. The stresses are basically adrenal stress and dietary stress. Adrenal stress is from playing too much and not sleeping enough. Our body has an internal rhythm that follows the sun rise and sun down. If our activity messes up this rhythm by sleeping too late, the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal system could be stressed. The symptoms of a stressed adrenal system include sleeping problem (hard to fall asleep and wake up at middle of the night), fatigue, hypoglycemic, irritable and focus issue during the day. Not sleeping enough also weakens our liver detox and digestive functions. Toxin accumulation may lead to a variety of high inflammatory symptoms such as skin break out, allergies and ingestion etc.

Dietary stress is from having too much bad food such as cookie, cake, ice cream and candy or simply eating too much. Too much sugar intake causes hyper activity and Candida over growth in the gut. Candida is a special type of yeast that grows in our digestive system. Over growth of Candida produces extra toxins in the body and leads to high inflammation. The common symptoms include sleeping problem, indigestion, focus problem in school, breaking down easily etc.

To get kids in shape after holidays, parents have to do two things: 1) control sugar intake and 2) follow the regular schedule such as eat at the right time and sleep early at night. Some children in the beginning of the low sugar diet may have to go through a sugar withdrew for a few days. For most of cases, life will go back to normal after two weeks. If the symptoms do not get better in two weeks, it could be a Candida outbreak. Special Candida therapy may be needed to help the kid return to the healthy balance.

Dr. Harry Hong's comprehensive program specializes in the integration of a variety of natural healing therapies such as energy testing, allergy desensitization, homeopathy, Chinese medicine and acupuncture, enzyme therapy, flower essences, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and much more. The Healing Light Co is committed to provide quality special care to the Highly Sensitive Person with Highly Sensitive Body. We are located at northwest suburb of Chicago area and have an Out-of-Town program as well.

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