Tonight my guest was Sue Cook from Brainbuzzz. She’s been on the show a couple of times before and she was here again to update us on all of the good work that she’s doing with children with learning disabilities.

Neuro developmental issues are a sensory problem, a problem of interaction with the world, not a low IQ. Neuro developmental delay is separate from intelligence but it affects a person’s ability to prove their intelligence in the ways accepted by society. Children experiencing these problems under-perform at school and as a result can suffer from constant feelings of failure, lack of achievement and being judged as simple. For these children it is frustrating to know and understand things, yet find writing and reading very difficult. For some, just sitting in a classroom chair is impossible.

Sue has been working on the connection between diet and the various learning difficulties. One of the main culprits is gluten. Gluten has been linked to a variety of disorders and now it’s latest link is to the brain, in the elderly as well as the young. It has been found to create a kind of plaque across the brain that causes fogginess and slow reactions and can ultimately result in Alzheimers. The recommendation is to exclude gluten and include fish oils and the problem could be corrected in about three months. Sue advocates dietary changes alongside the special Brainbuzz exercises and her techniques have helped many hundreds of children and their families return to a normal way of life.

Sue has written many books including her latest publication on nutrition; all of which can be found on Amazon. To find out more about Brainbuzz have a look on the website www.brainbuzzz.co.uk