SV: new to this - what is peptide and how are they check?

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Peptides

Short chains of two or more amino acids. Peptides are formed when proteins are

broken down (dissembled): They are short lived intermediary stages in the

metabolic pathways from food to whatever the food is used for. They are also

formed when new protein is assembled: Acids are combined to form peptides, and

the peptides grow into protein as other amino acids and peptides are added to

the chains. Peptides are also important substances in themselves: Many of them

are important parts of the body's internal systems for communication and process

control. Many of them are directly bioactive: The active part of morphine is,

for instance, a peptide. Read more about caomorphine, glutomorphine and

endorphins, and about peptide tests.

Peptidase

Enzymes that break down peptides

Peptide tests

" Laboratory tests designed to measure the quantities of one or more sort of

peptides in the patient's blood, urine or spinal fluid. Some tests return just

numeric values for the quantities of " " casomorphine " " or " " glutomorphine " " .

Other tests give comprehensive, graphic pictures of the quantities of every kind

of peptide found in the test sample. No matter how accurately the test procedure

is done, it is always difficult to be sure that the substance found in the

sample is, in fact, what it looks like. Exact identification is next to

impossible. Test results can be very informative, but laymen will often find

them hard to interpret. There are only a few laboratories that do these tests,

worldwide, and we recommend that you or your doctor search the web periodically

for more up-to-date information about what services are available.

Some children react quickly to the GFCF diet. Look up the survey results at

www.gfcfdiet.com and you'll see a lot of sharply slanting red lines. These

families will obviously not need peptide testing to determine if the diet is

worth while or not. However, when better testing facilities become available,

these families ought to volunteer, all of them, for extensive testing in order

to find out what these " " miracle " " children have in common. This would be much

easier to find out, if proper baseline (pre- diet) tests are also done on a

routine basis.

Most of the autistic patients respond more slowly to the diet. These families

may have to slog it out for a long time, and may not at all be sure about where

they stand and what was caused by what. Diet results can be very difficult to

interpret because of the differences between short-term and long-term effects.

A child's peptide levels may rise and fall due to factors that are partly beyond

our control, and partly out of sight as well. These families will probably need

regular peptide tests in order to interpret with any accuracy what's going on.

Remember: It's the actual peptide levels, and not the diet as such, that affect

the patient's condition.

n Klaveness

www.advimoss.no/GFCF_results.htm

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Dato: 30. mars 2001 15:33

Emne: new to this - what is peptide and how are they check?

>blood? or what: also, will Kaiser HMO do this test? what does it show?

>

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>JoyceW, So Calif, divorced, work FT, Homeschool TWTM,

>5y7m old son, Aspergers/SID, no formal dx yet , but Mom's observations....

>Feingold diet www.Feingold.Org. ; considering GFCF