Eliminate strep throat by cutting dairy

Q: My 10-year-old son is constantly coming down with strep throat! No matter what I try, it keeps coming back. What can I do?

Dr. Wright: After reading a book by a doctor who found that eliminating all milk and dairy products from childrens' diets completely eliminated strep throat, I started giving my own patients the same advice. And it worked every time.

In fact, the only time it didn't work was on one little girl—it turned out, though, that she had been sneaking cheese at a friend's house! Once her mother uncovered that little secret and stopped it, the strep throat never returned.

If your son is used to milk and dairy, getting him off it could be a struggle, but there are substitutes. Occasional soy cheese is okay, but I don't recommend regular use of it—or of soy milk—because they contain too much plant estrogen for children. But most of the kids I've talked to seem to like rice and almond milk—easily found in the supermarket!

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