My Enzyme Manifesto & then I am out of here!

[Guest guest]

Listen up people!!!

I am not a new member. I have been a member on here for a long time

under a previous e-mail address and since January at

ckelley100@.... I don't post because I have not had a reason to

before and because I prefer the www.gfcfdiet.com message board. For

quite some time the members there have been communicating with Devin

Houston, Ph.D. We have been waiting for his new enzymes anxiously.

Apparently, very few people cross over between this board and the

gfcfdiet board, so you all have not had the pleasure of having

countless biochemistry questions answered by Devin.

I decided to respond to someone's question about enzymes because it

was apparent to me that this board was not aware of the new Houston

enzymes. Why in the world would anyone with a conscience not let you

know about this? When someone on the other board asked about zinc, I

posted that zinc seemed to help my son. When I posted a question

about the side effects of vitamin C, someone there let me know that

if given at night, it can cause wetting. I was just answering a post

about enzymes here. I am a cautious person and probably would not be

rushing to try the Houston enzymes if I hadn't been a member of the

other board for the last year. I invited Devin Houston to speak at

one of the parent support groups I am in and that further convinced

me to try the enzymes. I printed off information from Devin's

website and delivered them to my pediatrician. She sent a directive

to the school concerning administering the enzymes. So you see, I

did not just order something off the internet on a whim.

Who am I? I am a mother of an almost eight-year-old who has been

gfcf, corn-free, soy-free, egg-free, nut-free, phenol-free and so on

for one year. If you were at the Kansas City conference, you may

have picked up our personal story which was printed and distributed

by Beth Bowers, one of the speakers and sponsers of the conference

along with Dr. Shaw. Dr. Shaw and Beth know me. If you received a

flyer for their Denver conference, the endorsement on the back is

from me. I am a huge supporter of Beth Bowers. I heard about the

diet first from the Parents magazine article, then went to one of

Beth's parent classes. I recently sent out notices to many Kansas

City area papers about Beth's dietary intervention class. So you

see, I am far from knocking this diet! I am involved in two diet

support groups here in the Kansas City area. One in Raytown,

Missouri, and one in Lenexa, Kansas.

My final words about the enzymes: WE ARE ALLOWING MY SON TO ENJOY

EVENTS THAT BEFORE BROUGHT STRESS TO HIM. This means he is no longer

on the diet 100%, but more like 95% with the aid of enzymes. My son

is very high-functioning. He wants to participate in events fully.

I can see where parents of young, severely affected children would

not want to test the diet, but the diet is especially challenging for

parents of older, higher-functioning children. If I see any

regression, I will stop using the enzymes. However, my son is taking

the enzymes daily regardless of whether he is " cheating " or not and I

believe the enzymes are breaking down proteins that I didn't even

realize he was sensitive to. Why do I think that? Because his

behavior is better than before the diet. The last two weeks, he has

played with his younger brother every evening in a way I only dreamed

of. Usually, he finds the sound of his brother's voice to be

offensive. His little brother used to ask me often, " Why does my

brother hate me? " Now they are playing and laughing together in

a " normal " way. His eye contact and awareness of subtleties is

better, too: it seems " normal " . This better behavior is the part

that completely surprised me. Devin had stated the enzymes might

help with other proteins, but I didn't believe it until I saw it. I

will admit I am scared to take my son off the diet and won't for a

very long time. I have decided to let others go that route before me

because I don't want to take even one little step backwards. I have

been unable to convince an acquaintance of mine to try the diet for

her seven-year-old daughter, but she is now considering the enzymes.

If the enzymes bring her daughter to the level my son is at, then I

will most certainly reconsider the diet. I also don't want to

contribute to a possible yeast problem. If you are on a strict

Candida diet, you must respect that. With the enzymes, we are having

the wetting side effect, but if you go to the www.gfcfdiet.com

message board and read through several pages, you will see Devin's

explanation and his prediction that the body will adjust over time.

If you need information, you can e-mail Devin. His website is at

www.houstonni.com; you can send him a message there or he will answer

your messages on the www.gfcfdiet.com board. If you read through the

many pages, you will see that I have been around for quite some

time. One thing about the other board, we have an attitude there

that we are all here to help each other, so please don't go there if

you do not share that position. You will find me there.

Cindy K