Re: Syntol question

[Guest guest]

Eventually he will eat.

If he's willing to drink the chicken broth, maybe you can juice a healthy meal and get him to drink it.

....You may have to keep the apple or pear and slowly make the change-over to mostly veggies.I know 's had great success using that method. (We were having pretty good success here, until I went a little overboard one morning and got busted). He does need atleast a small amount of carbs to produce glucose. Glucose feeds the mitochondria that feeds our brain. The body can also produce a small amount of glucose from protein - but from your post, it looks as if he doesn't have much. If the body is not able to produce glucose from carbs or protein, it will look to the muscles and begin to eat away at them.

With that said, maybe you can make a compromise and let him keep a little bit of pear. Maybe you could use it as an incentive or "reward" when he tries something new. Sometimes, we've gotta wheel and deal, ya know? It completely sucks because we DO have to eat - there's no two ways around it....and we have to eat multiple times a day. So optimally, we want meal times to be relaxing and enjoyable. Stress and aggravation 3 times a day is not good for anyone, especially for kids whose systems are already stressed to the max. As for me, I'm not above bribery. Many parents will tell you that as the kids get older, they can FEEL the difference when they eat certain foods. Eventually you will see him becoming more proactive in his well-being. This is what's happening with my 8 year old. He WANTS to be better and he understands what that involves.

I give him choices whenever possible so he feels empowered and in control. Yeast is a bitch, I know...an ugly ugly 8 headed monster. But it would totally suck to create a problem while trying to fix another. If you can pump his little body up with super-rich nutrition, his body will have a much easier time fighting the yeast. Good luck!

-Tammy

To: mb12 valtrex Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 1:42:15 PMSubject: Syntol question

Hey guys.I know a few of you here have raved about Syntol, and I have a couple questions about using it. My little guy has been GFCFCF and low soy for a long time (over a year) but his yeast is still crazy out of control. We finally realized he's a total carb addict and are doing a complete overhaul of his diet; trying to mimic what and Toni are doing with their kiddos. The problem is, he's been subsisting on mostly apples, rice cakes, pears and baby food. So we've pulled all the yeast feeders from his diet and he's on a hunger strike, being closely monitored by our DAN. He's refusing all the chicken and veggies we continually offer him.While we kill off all the yeast in his gut, I want to make sure we repopulate it with good stuff, so I bought Syntol and have been slowly increasing his dose every day. Today he will get 6 caps. My questions are:1. Do you continue to give a "regular" probiotic with it? Their website says

not to, but I can't imagine why. I want to give him doses of Syntol throughout the day and then give him his Custom Probiotics at night as well.2. He doesn't swallow capsules so I am opening them and giving them that way... anyone know if that destroys the delivery of the spores?Also if any of you have had hunger strikes like this (I know Christel's son went 4 days) any advice would be greatly appreciated! We are on day 5 and have resorted to squirting homemade chicken broth in his mouth via syringe, because he will take his supplements but NO FOOD. Plenty of water though, thank goodness.Thanks!sara

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Sara, dahling.....

Do not starve your child. If the only thing he will eat is apples and rice

cakes, let him have apples and rice cakes. (pears and baby food) If he will only

eat gum, let him eat gum. Yeast is pesky, and is merely a symptom of a much

larger problem. Yeast, (and sorry if you're a mother in law LOL!!) is like a

mother in law, you may not like it, but it's there, and you have to deal with

it. There are ways to control it, but first and foremost, you must change the

conditions in which you deal with it, and how you think about it.

Yeast thrives in certain conditions. Changing the conditions is key to working

the issue. (that took me some time to learn)

I can say that now that Rob (my brother) overcame klebsiella, clostridia, and

strep in his gut...and we had little or no success for a while.

They don't want you to use other probiotics (for now) because they choose

non-competing stuff. Meaning, the good stuff won't be killing each other. This

is good. I used " Culturelle " as my other probiotic -- simply because it's not

in the gut, and helps with damage control. Once you stop using it, it's no

longer there. It doesn't colonize.

Yes, you can open the caps, both with Syntol and Culturelle.

Have you tried the art of juicing? You would be amazed. A year ago, my kid was

eating 5 things, this morning he had a ....

radicchio, bok choy, cabbage, beet, carrot, celery, apple, ginger, kale,

zucchini, and lemon juicer drink. Couldn't suck it down fast enough.

The nutrition from the drink gets in the system within 10-15 min, vs the 3 hours

when they eat it. Juicing saved us something fierce. And it cut down (and

almost out!) all the enzymes and vitamins that I was buying. (I still do the

fermented CLO)

I know where you are..and it SUCKS!!

Also, have you tried zinc? I tout the zinc monomethionine. The reason is, the

amino acid required for uptake is already there, so the body can use it

immediately. This might help with the picky eater. If you are concerned about

supplementing with zinc, ask your DAN to run a copper zinc test...this will tell

you what the serum levels are as well as if they are not in sync. (copper will

run out zinc and zinc will run out copper if the ratio isn't good.)

Also, to help with any other 'yeast' type issues, I also supplemented Candex.

It helps with all sorts of things, and eats bad yeast. It got our issues under

control within a couple of weeks (I didn't stop my dosing strategy for 30 days,

and then I took it to the min)

I also ferment my own veggies. That might be something down the road. Just put

a little paper clip on this thought, as it would save you a TON Of money in

probiotics. Just a thought. IT's easy and cheap!

Let your child eat whatever he wants. If he want to eat the sugar bowl, let

him. (I say that with love...) It's important not to kill the child while trying

to kill the yeast. (Obviously offer him something better than that, but if that

is all he will eat, just let him. Kids NEED calories to live...We all need

calories to live.)

It's what we do with Cancer (radiation and chemo), and honestly, most people (as

I have learned) don't die from the cancer, they die from the complications from

the cancer. There is a lot of great information out there, but after reading

and reading and listening and watching (documentaries)...nutrition is key. It's

truly TRUE that we are what we eat. But we need to eat. The art is to stay

alive to fight off (and WIN!) what is taking from us or get things working the

way they are supposed to.

Once your child feels better, and things start to come into order, he will

choose new foods. New foods that he will want. He will ask for. Because his

body will crave it. Trust me. Keep offering, at some point, it's going to

smell good, and he will want it.

I gave everything pineapple, why, because it just smells good. It's sweet, and

wonderful with lots of nutrition and enzymes. I didn't cut out sugar or yeast

feeders, but I did start saying, " Oh, you want this chocolate chip cookie?, then

you have to drink your juicer drink first. " -- and it worked. Now, he gets a

juicer drink and no cookie. (and doesn't want a cookie!) I eventually cut out

the 'sugar' fruits and he gets mostly a veg drink. It took time to get there,

important thing -- EAT!! Get nutrition in wherever you can, and if you can't,

try again tomorrow. Don't starve your child, you suffer as a mother, and he

suffers as a child. No suffering needed.

Really. It can be this simple.

Tonight for dinner, he ate 'chinese' chicken ( sauteed: garlic, onions, olive

oil, salt, grated ginger with gluten free tamari sauce), steamed broccoli and

kale, and acorn squash with butter and salt. He asked for seconds on broccoli.

For a 'snack' this afternoon he ate kalmata olive and artichoke hummus on rice

crackers with water and a wedge of lemon.

A year ago, this same child only ate banana, strawberries, toast, speghetti

(rice) and drank orange juice until his eyes were orange. LOL!

BTW - Jimmy is taking his last speech eval, he has been in speech for a year and

a half...and his therapist today told me that he will probably just need to come

back in 6 month to monitor his progress.

Change your strategy, trust me, this works.

>

> Hey guys.

>

> I know a few of you here have raved about Syntol, and I have a couple

questions about using it. My little guy has been GFCFCF and low soy for a long

time (over a year) but his yeast is still crazy out of control. We finally

realized he's a total carb addict and are doing a complete overhaul of his diet;

trying to mimic what and Toni are doing with their kiddos. The problem is,

he's been subsisting on mostly apples, rice cakes, pears and baby food. So we've

pulled all the yeast feeders from his diet and he's on a hunger strike, being

closely monitored by our DAN. He's refusing all the chicken and veggies we

continually offer him.

>

> While we kill off all the yeast in his gut, I want to make sure we repopulate

it with good stuff, so I bought Syntol and have been slowly increasing his dose

every day. Today he will get 6 caps. My questions are:

>

> 1. Do you continue to give a " regular " probiotic with it? Their website says

not to, but I can't imagine why. I want to give him doses of Syntol throughout

the day and then give him his Custom Probiotics at night as well.

>

> 2. He doesn't swallow capsules so I am opening them and giving them that

way... anyone know if that destroys the delivery of the spores?

>

> Also if any of you have had hunger strikes like this (I know Christel's son

went 4 days) any advice would be greatly appreciated! We are on day 5 and have

resorted to squirting homemade chicken broth in his mouth via syringe, because

he will take his supplements but NO FOOD. Plenty of water though, thank

goodness.

>

> Thanks!

> sara

>

[Guest guest]

Tammy you are CORRECT!!

Brain food is SUGAR, and the brain is in control of everything, it's what makes

up get up and walk over to the frig for an ice cream sundae. (makes you move

your arms to forget the bowl and position the whip cream over your mouth!) LOL!

We need to eat to survive. And yes, again, you don't want your body feeding on

itself - that's just more issues.

Our little guys need about 1200-1700 (or more) calories a DAY. JUST To

survive. What you don't want is your body taking 'food' from something really

important like making your heart beat. Eating is life.

Use what you have, and WORK on getting more healthy alternatives ( as well as

lots of Vitamins, minerals, supplements, enzymes, etc.) until you can get real

food and good for them food --into them.

Rome wasn't built in a day...

laura

>

>

>

> Eventually he will eat.

> If he's willing to drink the chicken broth, maybe you can juice a healthy meal

> and get him to drink it.

> ...You may have to keep the apple or pear  and slowly make the change-over to

> mostly veggies.

> I know 's had great success using that method.  (We were having pretty

good

> success here, until I went a little overboard one morning and got busted).  

He

> does need atleast a small amount of carbs to produce glucose.  Glucose

feeds the

> mitochondria that feeds our brain.  The body can also produce a small amount

of

> glucose from protein - but from your post, it looks as if he doesn't have

much. 

> If the body is not able to produce glucose from carbs or protein, it will look

> to the muscles and begin to eat away at them. 

>

>  With that said, maybe you can make a compromise and let him keep a little

bit

> of pear.  Maybe you could use it as an incentive or " reward " when he tries

> something new.  Sometimes, we've gotta wheel and deal, ya know?  It

completely

> sucks because we DO have to eat - there's no two ways around it....and we

have

> to eat multiple times a day.  So optimally, we want meal times to be relaxing

> and enjoyable.  Stress and aggravation 3 times a day is not good for anyone,

> especially for kids whose systems are already stressed to the max.  As

for me,

> I'm not above bribery.  Many parents will tell you that as the kids get

older,

> they can FEEL the difference  when they eat certain foods. Eventually you

will

> see him becoming more proactive in his well-being.  This is what's happening

> with my 8 year old.  He WANTS to be better and he understands what that

> involves.  I give him choices whenever possible so he feels empowered and in

> control.    Yeast is a bitch, I know...an ugly ugly 8 headed monster.  But

it

> would totally suck to create a problem while trying to fix another.   If you

can

> pump his little body up with super-rich nutrition, his body will have a much

> easier time fighting the yeast.  Good luck!

> -Tammy

>  

>

> ________________________________

>

>

> To: mb12 valtrex

> Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 1:42:15 PM

> Subject: Syntol question

>

> Hey guys.

>

> I know a few of you here have raved about Syntol, and I have a couple

questions

> about using it. My little guy has been GFCFCF and low soy for a long time

(over

> a year) but his yeast is still crazy out of control. We finally realized he's

a

> total carb addict and are doing a complete overhaul of his diet; trying to

mimic

> what and Toni are doing with their kiddos. The problem is, he's been

> subsisting on mostly apples, rice cakes, pears and baby food. So we've pulled

> all the yeast feeders from his diet and he's on a hunger strike, being closely

> monitored by our DAN. He's refusing all the chicken and veggies we continually

> offer him.

>

> While we kill off all the yeast in his gut, I want to make sure we repopulate

it

> with good stuff, so I bought Syntol and have been slowly increasing his dose

> every day. Today he will get 6 caps. My questions are:

>

> 1. Do you continue to give a " regular " probiotic with it? Their website says

not

> to, but I can't imagine why. I want to give him doses of Syntol throughout the

> day and then give him his Custom Probiotics at night as well.

>

> 2. He doesn't swallow capsules so I am opening them and giving them that

way...

> anyone know if that destroys the delivery of the spores?

>

> Also if any of you have had hunger strikes like this (I know Christel's son

went

> 4 days) any advice would be greatly appreciated! We are on day 5 and have

> resorted to squirting homemade chicken broth in his mouth via syringe, because

> he will take his supplements but NO FOOD. Plenty of water though, thank

> goodness.

>

> Thanks!

> sara

>

[Guest guest]

I remember when I first discovered the world of biomed...supplementing and dieting, I tried to make too many changes too fast. Tom was already a ticking bomb and I was desperately searching for a way to help him. School had become a nightmare and the few moments of peace he was able to find each day was here at home. Out of desperation, I started pouring supplements down his throat. He didn't swallow pills so everything had to be crushed or poured out of capsules and mixed in food and drinks. Some are easy to hide in food. Some are very difficult. Meal times became stressful. I was frustrated, he was pissed and it only took a few weeks for me to realize this wasn't the answer. When we eat, we should walk away from the table feeling

nourished and satisfied. I just can't see how the very thing meant to nourish your body becoming such an enomous stressor can benefit a person any more than a frosted doughtnut. So I backed off, wheeled and dealed with him, started juicing and started again slow and easy. He has tested on the higher side for gluten and casein, so we've cut it out of most of his "goodies", but leave it in where the benefits of the food (as a whole) outweighs the "infraction". We're using enzymes and so far, so good. He has a cousin who is gfcf, another who is lactose intolerant and a friend who is diabetic, so the little sicko finds it kinda cool that he shouldn't have certain foods (hey! when life gives you lemons, I'll make lemonade for my kid!) haha

To: mb12 valtrex Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 9:43:29 PMSubject: Re: Syntol question

Tammy you are CORRECT!! Brain food is SUGAR, and the brain is in control of everything, it's what makes up get up and walk over to the frig for an ice cream sundae. (makes you move your arms to forget the bowl and position the whip cream over your mouth!) LOL!We need to eat to survive. And yes, again, you don't want your body feeding on itself - that's just more issues. Our little guys need about 1200-1700 (or more) calories a DAY. JUST To survive. What you don't want is your body taking 'food' from something really important like making your heart beat. Eating is life.Use what you have, and WORK on getting more healthy alternatives ( as well as lots of Vitamins, minerals, supplements, enzymes, etc.) until you can get real food and good for them food --into them. Rome wasn't built in a day... laura >> > > Eventually he will eat. > If he's willing to drink the chicken broth, maybe you can juice a healthy meal > and get him to drink it.> ...You may have to keep the apple or pear and slowly make the change-over to > mostly veggies.> I know 's had great success using that method. (We were having pretty good > success here, until I went a little overboard one morning and got busted).  He > does need atleast a small amount of carbs to produce glucose. Glucose feeds the > mitochondria that feeds our brain. The body can also produce a small amount of > glucose from protein - but from your post, it looks as if he doesn't have much. > If the body is not

able to produce glucose from carbs or protein, it will look > to the muscles and begin to eat away at them. > >  With that said, maybe you can make a compromise and let him keep a little bit > of pear. Maybe you could use it as an incentive or "reward" when he tries > something new. Sometimes, we've gotta wheel and deal, ya know?  It completely > sucks because we DO have to eat - there's no two ways around it....and we have > to eat multiple times a day. So optimally, we want meal times to be relaxing > and enjoyable. Stress and aggravation 3 times a day is not good for anyone, > especially for kids whose systems are already stressed to the max.  As for me, > I'm not above bribery. Many parents will tell you that as the kids get older, > they can FEEL the

difference when they eat certain foods. Eventually you will > see him becoming more proactive in his well-being. This is what's happening > with my 8 year old. He WANTS to be better and he understands what that > involves. I give him choices whenever possible so he feels empowered and in > control.   Yeast is a bitch, I know...an ugly ugly 8 headed monster. But it > would totally suck to create a problem while trying to fix another.  If you can > pump his little body up with super-rich nutrition, his body will have a much > easier time fighting the yeast. Good luck!> -Tammy>  > > ________________________________> > > To: mb12 valtrex > Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 1:42:15 PM> Subject: Syntol question> > Hey guys.> > I know a few of you here have raved about Syntol, and I have a couple questions > about using it. My little guy has been GFCFCF and low soy for a long time (over > a year) but his yeast is still crazy out of control. We finally realized he's a > total carb addict and are doing a complete overhaul of his diet; trying to mimic > what and Toni are doing with their kiddos. The problem is, he's been > subsisting on mostly apples, rice cakes, pears and baby food. So we've pulled > all the yeast feeders from his diet and he's on a hunger strike, being closely > monitored by our DAN. He's refusing all the chicken and veggies we continually > offer him.> > While we kill off

all the yeast in his gut, I want to make sure we repopulate it > with good stuff, so I bought Syntol and have been slowly increasing his dose > every day. Today he will get 6 caps. My questions are:> > 1. Do you continue to give a "regular" probiotic with it? Their website says not > to, but I can't imagine why. I want to give him doses of Syntol throughout the > day and then give him his Custom Probiotics at night as well.> > 2. He doesn't swallow capsules so I am opening them and giving them that way... > anyone know if that destroys the delivery of the spores?> > Also if any of you have had hunger strikes like this (I know Christel's son went > 4 days) any advice would be greatly appreciated! We are on day 5 and have > resorted to squirting homemade chicken broth in his mouth via syringe, because > he will take his supplements but NO FOOD. Plenty of

water though, thank > goodness.> > Thanks!> sara>

[Guest guest]

Thanks guys!

> >

> >

> >

> > Eventually he will eat.

> > If he's willing to drink the chicken broth, maybe you can juice a healthy

meal

>

> > and get him to drink it.

> > ...You may have to keep the apple or pear  and slowly make the

change-over to

>

> > mostly veggies.

> > I know 's had great success using that method.  (We were having

pretty

> >good

> >

> > success here, until I went a little overboard one morning and got

busted).  

> >He

> >

> > does need atleast a small amount of carbs to produce glucose. 

Glucose

> >feeds the

> >

> > mitochondria that feeds our brain.  The body can also produce a small

amount

> >of

> >

> > glucose from protein - but from your post, it looks as if he doesn't have

> >much. 

> >

> > If the body is not able to produce glucose from carbs or protein, it will

look

>

> > to the muscles and begin to eat away at them. 

> >

> >  With that said, maybe you can make a compromise and let him keep a

little

> >bit

> >

> > of pear.  Maybe you could use it as an incentive or " reward " when he

tries

> > something new.  Sometimes, we've gotta wheel and deal, ya know?  It

> >completely

> >

> > sucks because we DO have to eat - there's no two ways around it....and we

have

> >

> > to eat multiple times a day.  So optimally, we want meal times to be

relaxing

>

> > and enjoyable.  Stress and aggravation 3 times a day is not good for

anyone,

> > especially for kids whose systems are already stressed to the

max.  As

> >for me,

> >

> > I'm not above bribery.  Many parents will tell you that as the kids get

older,

> >

> > they can FEEL the difference  when they eat certain foods. Eventually you

will

> >

> > see him becoming more proactive in his well-being.  This is what's

happening

> > with my 8 year old.  He WANTS to be better and he understands what that

> > involves.  I give him choices whenever possible so he feels empowered and

in

> > control.    Yeast is a bitch, I know...an ugly ugly 8 headed

monster.  But

> >it

> >

> > would totally suck to create a problem while trying to fix another.  

If you

> >can

> >

> > pump his little body up with super-rich nutrition, his body will have

a much

>

> > easier time fighting the yeast.  Good luck!

> > -Tammy

> >  

> >

> > ________________________________

> >

> > From: " sarastratford@ " <sara_stratford@>

> > To: mb12 valtrex

> > Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 1:42:15 PM

> > Subject: Syntol question

> >

> > Hey guys.

> >

> > I know a few of you here have raved about Syntol, and I have a couple

questions

> >

> > about using it. My little guy has been GFCFCF and low soy for a long time

(over

> >

> > a year) but his yeast is still crazy out of control. We finally realized

he's a

> >

> > total carb addict and are doing a complete overhaul of his diet; trying to

> >mimic

> >

> > what and Toni are doing with their kiddos. The problem is, he's been

> > subsisting on mostly apples, rice cakes, pears and baby food. So we've

pulled

> > all the yeast feeders from his diet and he's on a hunger strike, being

closely

>

> > monitored by our DAN. He's refusing all the chicken and veggies we

continually

>

> > offer him.

> >

> > While we kill off all the yeast in his gut, I want to make sure we

repopulate

> >it

> >

> > with good stuff, so I bought Syntol and have been slowly increasing his dose

> > every day. Today he will get 6 caps. My questions are:

> >

> > 1. Do you continue to give a " regular " probiotic with it? Their website says

> >not

> >

> > to, but I can't imagine why. I want to give him doses of Syntol throughout

the

>

> > day and then give him his Custom Probiotics at night as well.

> >

> > 2. He doesn't swallow capsules so I am opening them and giving them that

way...

> >

> > anyone know if that destroys the delivery of the spores?

> >

> > Also if any of you have had hunger strikes like this (I know Christel's son

> >went

> >

> > 4 days) any advice would be greatly appreciated! We are on day 5 and have

> > resorted to squirting homemade chicken broth in his mouth via syringe,

because

>

> > he will take his supplements but NO FOOD. Plenty of water though, thank

> > goodness.

> >

> > Thanks!

> > sara

> >

>

[Guest guest]

oh so disagree if you are fighting a war you don't send supplies to the enemy fighting you, you starve them out and they are easeier to kill, eating junk is still junk and no nutritional value will your child get eating only carbs and sweets

From: laurargoddin

Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:20 PM

To: mb12 valtrex

Subject: Re: Syntol question

Sara, dahling.....Do not starve your child. If the only thing he will eat is apples and rice cakes, let him have apples and rice cakes. (pears and baby food) If he will only eat gum, let him eat gum. Yeast is pesky, and is merely a symptom of a much larger problem. Yeast, (and sorry if you're a mother in law LOL!!) is like a mother in law, you may not like it, but it's there, and you have to deal with it. There are ways to control it, but first and foremost, you must change the conditions in which you deal with it, and how you think about it. Yeast thrives in certain conditions. Changing the conditions is key to working the issue. (that took me some time to learn) I can say that now that Rob (my brother) overcame klebsiella, clostridia, and strep in his gut...and we had little or no success for a while. They don't want you to use other probiotics (for now) because they choose non-competing stuff. Meaning, the good stuff won't be killing each other. This is good. I used "Culturelle" as my other probiotic -- simply because it's not in the gut, and helps with damage control. Once you stop using it, it's no longer there. It doesn't colonize. Yes, you can open the caps, both with Syntol and Culturelle. Have you tried the art of juicing? You would be amazed. A year ago, my kid was eating 5 things, this morning he had a .... radicchio, bok choy, cabbage, beet, carrot, celery, apple, ginger, kale, zucchini, and lemon juicer drink. Couldn't suck it down fast enough. The nutrition from the drink gets in the system within 10-15 min, vs the 3 hours when they eat it. Juicing saved us something fierce. And it cut down (and almost out!) all the enzymes and vitamins that I was buying. (I still do the fermented CLO)I know where you are..and it SUCKS!! Also, have you tried zinc? I tout the zinc monomethionine. The reason is, the amino acid required for uptake is already there, so the body can use it immediately. This might help with the picky eater. If you are concerned about supplementing with zinc, ask your DAN to run a copper zinc test...this will tell you what the serum levels are as well as if they are not in sync. (copper will run out zinc and zinc will run out copper if the ratio isn't good.)Also, to help with any other 'yeast' type issues, I also supplemented Candex. It helps with all sorts of things, and eats bad yeast. It got our issues under control within a couple of weeks (I didn't stop my dosing strategy for 30 days, and then I took it to the min) I also ferment my own veggies. That might be something down the road. Just put a little paper clip on this thought, as it would save you a TON Of money in probiotics. Just a thought. IT's easy and cheap! Let your child eat whatever he wants. If he want to eat the sugar bowl, let him. (I say that with love...) It's important not to kill the child while trying to kill the yeast. (Obviously offer him something better than that, but if that is all he will eat, just let him. Kids NEED calories to live...We all need calories to live.)It's what we do with Cancer (radiation and chemo), and honestly, most people (as I have learned) don't die from the cancer, they die from the complications from the cancer. There is a lot of great information out there, but after reading and reading and listening and watching (documentaries)...nutrition is key. It's truly TRUE that we are what we eat. But we need to eat. The art is to stay alive to fight off (and WIN!) what is taking from us or get things working the way they are supposed to.Once your child feels better, and things start to come into order, he will choose new foods. New foods that he will want. He will ask for. Because his body will crave it. Trust me. Keep offering, at some point, it's going to smell good, and he will want it. I gave everything pineapple, why, because it just smells good. It's sweet, and wonderful with lots of nutrition and enzymes. I didn't cut out sugar or yeast feeders, but I did start saying, "Oh, you want this chocolate chip cookie?, then you have to drink your juicer drink first." -- and it worked. Now, he gets a juicer drink and no cookie. (and doesn't want a cookie!) I eventually cut out the 'sugar' fruits and he gets mostly a veg drink. It took time to get there, important thing -- EAT!! Get nutrition in wherever you can, and if you can't, try again tomorrow. Don't starve your child, you suffer as a mother, and he suffers as a child. No suffering needed. Really. It can be this simple. Tonight for dinner, he ate 'chinese' chicken ( sauteed: garlic, onions, olive oil, salt, grated ginger with gluten free tamari sauce), steamed broccoli and kale, and acorn squash with butter and salt. He asked for seconds on broccoli. For a 'snack' this afternoon he ate kalmata olive and artichoke hummus on rice crackers with water and a wedge of lemon.A year ago, this same child only ate banana, strawberries, toast, speghetti (rice) and drank orange juice until his eyes were orange. LOL! BTW - Jimmy is taking his last speech eval, he has been in speech for a year and a half...and his therapist today told me that he will probably just need to come back in 6 month to monitor his progress. Change your strategy, trust me, this works. >> Hey guys.> > I know a few of you here have raved about Syntol, and I have a couple questions about using it. My little guy has been GFCFCF and low soy for a long time (over a year) but his yeast is still crazy out of control. We finally realized he's a total carb addict and are doing a complete overhaul of his diet; trying to mimic what and Toni are doing with their kiddos. The problem is, he's been subsisting on mostly apples, rice cakes, pears and baby food. So we've pulled all the yeast feeders from his diet and he's on a hunger strike, being closely monitored by our DAN. He's refusing all the chicken and veggies we continually offer him.> > While we kill off all the yeast in his gut, I want to make sure we repopulate it with good stuff, so I bought Syntol and have been slowly increasing his dose every day. Today he will get 6 caps. My questions are:> > 1. Do you continue to give a "regular" probiotic with it? Their website says not to, but I can't imagine why. I want to give him doses of Syntol throughout the day and then give him his Custom Probiotics at night as well.> > 2. He doesn't swallow capsules so I am opening them and giving them that way... anyone know if that destroys the delivery of the spores?> > Also if any of you have had hunger strikes like this (I know Christel's son went 4 days) any advice would be greatly appreciated! We are on day 5 and have resorted to squirting homemade chicken broth in his mouth via syringe, because he will take his supplements but NO FOOD. Plenty of water though, thank goodness.> > Thanks!> sara>