Re: Gluten Confession

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so I let him

> have wheat that morning. I know, very risky, but I

> was in a bad state of mind. I let him eat half a

> package of Ritz crackers! Here's the wierd part: NO

> REACTION. Why??? I can't figure it out.

I may be the person Wendi referred to in her message, so I will reply

to you here. My son is celiac in addition to being autistic. At the

time I began using enzymes, I did not know he was also celiac. I gave

gluten infractions with the enzymes, and I did not see any reaction

for about two weeks, but then I did. If your child is also celiac in

addition to autistic, his intestine may have healed now, but you might

see reaction within the next two weeks if you continue to give gluten.

But, see below, your son may not be celiac and it may be that he can

have gluten again. Personally, if you want to challenge gluten, I

would recommend using enzymes from this url, which I use now for

occasional infractions and also for the other foods my kids do not

tolerate.

http://www.houstonni.com/

So with these enzymes, I do allow my son to have gluten occasionally,

and I see no reactions, but I have to be careful how I do it, because

it does do slight damage to his intestines every time I allow an

infraction, and if I allow more than 1-2 infractions every month or

so, then he will start to show signs. But other people whose children

are not also celiac, have been able to resume eating gluten with these

enzymes with no problems. It depends on the child.

Could it

> have something to do with removing all sources of

> antimony and arsenic? We did that in the early

> summer.

Removing metals has allowed many kids to resume eating gluten and

casein, but not for other children. Perhaps your child is one who can

now eat gluten/casein.

He's getting allergy shots 2x per week from

> his DAN allergist. Could that make any difference? I

> wouldn't think so.

If your son has an allergy to wheat, and these shots have cleared

that, then I would think this may also have been a contributing factor

to him being able to eat wheat again. This may or may not also impact

other gluten grains, depending on which allergy shots your DAN was

providing. You might want to ask your DAN this question.

Dana