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I just thought I would pass this on. Heard about it on the phone today. If you

google Enhansa, many parents with autism are trying it. It is one of the same

active ingredients in Nutriiveda.

Here's 1 week of a blog post I found when I googled Enhansa:

Enjoy, Gretchen

............................................................

Tori's GFCFSF Blog: Enhansa/Curcumin: Week 1

At the Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) conference in Atlanta (April 2009), I picked up

a bottle of Lee Silsby's much-talked-about new supplement, Enhansa. Lee Silsby's

website claims that " Enhansa Has Been Shown to be 7 - 8 More Absorbed Than

Standard Curcumin Extracts. " I was interested in trying curcumin because I had

heard on AutismActionPlan.org from Dr. Woeller that it is a good supplement for

decreasing inflammation in the gut -- something I was concerned about since my

son had come back with so many food sensitivities on his IgG test.

Alan at the Lee Silsby booth told me to work up gradually because there would

" definitely " be a die-off reaction. The Lee Silsby's recommended protocol on

their website says to start with 150 mg (one cap) once per day and work up from

there. Well, I was nervous about starting something that would " definitely "

cause die-off, so I decided to work up more slowly than that.

I'll be blogging my experiences with Enhansa here with the hopes it helps

somebody out there...

WEEK ONE

My Dosing Protocol:

Days 1-3: Open up 150 mg capsule and dump out everything but about 1/3 the

" bottom " half of the cap.

Days 4-5: Open up cap and dump out everything but about 2/3 the bottom half of

cap.

Days 6-7: Open up cap and dump out " top " half of cap + a smidgen of the bottom

half of cap.

Observations:

Overall this week: Much less tantrums/melt downs/break downs (this was noticed

by hubbie too, who did not know I had started Enhansa). Slightly increased

complexity in speech/comprehension (hubbie did not notice this).

Day 3 he woke up with watery eyes and seemed tired. Also had a bit of a runny

nose/cough, so I kept him home from school thinking he had a cold. After dinner

on Day 3 he came to show me that his " spots " had come back (pimple-like spots on

his torso that I had thought were food intolerance).

Day 5 had a ball at our impromptu picnic at the park and spent tons of time up

high on the baby swing -- something I honestly don't think he's done since he

was a baby; before all this craziness started! (In the past he would have

screamed like it was torture.) He kept saying " wee " and just loved it. [Note:

That's my brother in the swing photo, not my husband! :)]Also on Day 5 he tells

me he wants Daddy to cut his hair, another first. (haircutting has traditionally

been trauma for him. He tolerated his last haircut, but he has NEVER come out

and ASKED for one! That is just unheard of for him!) Night of Day 5 he is

coughing a lot and crying out in his sleep.

Day 6 he is coughing still to the point that I gave him a nebulizer treatment

(albuterol). Day 6 I notice he is playing with his cars, which is interesting to

me since he's been " stuck " on dinosaurs for months.

Also this week he had some funky poop - not sure how to describe it and I didn't

take photos for the Poop Blog. First few days I saw some thick, white stringy

things which I considered could be yeast coming out. Poop this week was very

regular, I believe even increased. It was not diarrhea, but they were not " logs "

either. More like " fuzzy. " Day 7 I saw some of the curcumin in his poop (hard to

miss the bright orange dots of color!). Poop on Day 7 was also very dark in

color and very uniform in color; I know that's vague, but it was really

noticeably darker than usual, but still soft and " fuzzy. "

Days 5-7, we noticed he was scratching the back of his head a lot. The front top

of scalp was dry/scaly on Day 7; I couldn't see the back where he was

scratching. Days 5-7 he also had a rash on his neck and at various times through

the day on Day 7 it looked like some weird stuff was going on with his face too.

Kind of like a rash but not really " organized " enough; just a general

strangeness or difference that made me look closely and determine it was a rash.

The rash on his neck wasn't a red rash but more like hives -- little raised

bumps the same color as his skin. He didn't have a fever with this, but on Day 7

he did seem warmer than usual, like his circulation was working. I kept him home

from school on Day 7 of Week 1.

On Day 7 I let him go to the park with a neighbor boy he knows but does not see

often. They were chaperoned by the other boy's nanny, and I realized later that

I did not worry once the whole hour he was gone that he would be acting out or

would be a handful for the nanny. (Kind of odd, since in the past I would've

worried about melt downs, etc, but this week he'd gotten much more controlled

and only cried/whined when he actually had something to be upset about.)

One other thing I will note about this week is that he started clicking his

tongue a bit. I comment on it because he has never done that before this week. I

have no idea what it means or if it's good or bad. I just mention it because

it's new.

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We started Enhansa in July with very good improvements all around. You have to

move up slowly as you do get viral die off.

>

> I just thought I would pass this on. Heard about it on the phone today. If you

google Enhansa, many parents with autism are trying it. It is one of the same

active ingredients in Nutriiveda.

> Here's 1 week of a blog post I found when I googled Enhansa:

> Enjoy, Gretchen

> ...........................................................

> Tori's GFCFSF Blog: Enhansa/Curcumin: Week 1

> At the Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) conference in Atlanta (April 2009), I picked

up a bottle of Lee Silsby's much-talked-about new supplement, Enhansa. Lee

Silsby's website claims that " Enhansa Has Been Shown to be 7 - 8 More Absorbed

Than Standard Curcumin Extracts. " I was interested in trying curcumin because I

had heard on AutismActionPlan.org from Dr. Woeller that it is a good supplement

for decreasing inflammation in the gut -- something I was concerned about since

my son had come back with so many food sensitivities on his IgG test.

>

> Alan at the Lee Silsby booth told me to work up gradually because there would

" definitely " be a die-off reaction. The Lee Silsby's recommended protocol on

their website says to start with 150 mg (one cap) once per day and work up from

there. Well, I was nervous about starting something that would " definitely "

cause die-off, so I decided to work up more slowly than that.

>

> I'll be blogging my experiences with Enhansa here with the hopes it helps

somebody out there...

>

>

>

> WEEK ONE

>

> My Dosing Protocol:

> Days 1-3: Open up 150 mg capsule and dump out everything but about 1/3 the

" bottom " half of the cap.

> Days 4-5: Open up cap and dump out everything but about 2/3 the bottom half of

cap.

> Days 6-7: Open up cap and dump out " top " half of cap + a smidgen of the bottom

half of cap.

>

> Observations:

> Overall this week: Much less tantrums/melt downs/break downs (this was noticed

by hubbie too, who did not know I had started Enhansa). Slightly increased

complexity in speech/comprehension (hubbie did not notice this).

>

> Day 3 he woke up with watery eyes and seemed tired. Also had a bit of a runny

nose/cough, so I kept him home from school thinking he had a cold. After dinner

on Day 3 he came to show me that his " spots " had come back (pimple-like spots on

his torso that I had thought were food intolerance).

>

> Day 5 had a ball at our impromptu picnic at the park and spent tons of time up

high on the baby swing -- something I honestly don't think he's done since he

was a baby; before all this craziness started! (In the past he would have

screamed like it was torture.) He kept saying " wee " and just loved it. [Note:

That's my brother in the swing photo, not my husband! :)]Also on Day 5 he tells

me he wants Daddy to cut his hair, another first. (haircutting has traditionally

been trauma for him. He tolerated his last haircut, but he has NEVER come out

and ASKED for one! That is just unheard of for him!) Night of Day 5 he is

coughing a lot and crying out in his sleep.

>

> Day 6 he is coughing still to the point that I gave him a nebulizer treatment

(albuterol). Day 6 I notice he is playing with his cars, which is interesting to

me since he's been " stuck " on dinosaurs for months.

>

> Also this week he had some funky poop - not sure how to describe it and I

didn't take photos for the Poop Blog. First few days I saw some thick, white

stringy things which I considered could be yeast coming out. Poop this week was

very regular, I believe even increased. It was not diarrhea, but they were not

" logs " either. More like " fuzzy. " Day 7 I saw some of the curcumin in his poop

(hard to miss the bright orange dots of color!). Poop on Day 7 was also very

dark in color and very uniform in color; I know that's vague, but it was really

noticeably darker than usual, but still soft and " fuzzy. "

>

> Days 5-7, we noticed he was scratching the back of his head a lot. The front

top of scalp was dry/scaly on Day 7; I couldn't see the back where he was

scratching. Days 5-7 he also had a rash on his neck and at various times through

the day on Day 7 it looked like some weird stuff was going on with his face too.

Kind of like a rash but not really " organized " enough; just a general

strangeness or difference that made me look closely and determine it was a rash.

The rash on his neck wasn't a red rash but more like hives -- little raised

bumps the same color as his skin. He didn't have a fever with this, but on Day 7

he did seem warmer than usual, like his circulation was working. I kept him home

from school on Day 7 of Week 1.

>

> On Day 7 I let him go to the park with a neighbor boy he knows but does not

see often. They were chaperoned by the other boy's nanny, and I realized later

that I did not worry once the whole hour he was gone that he would be acting out

or would be a handful for the nanny. (Kind of odd, since in the past I would've

worried about melt downs, etc, but this week he'd gotten much more controlled

and only cried/whined when he actually had something to be upset about.)

>

> One other thing I will note about this week is that he started clicking his

tongue a bit. I comment on it because he has never done that before this week. I

have no idea what it means or if it's good or bad. I just mention it because

it's new.

>

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I have a friend who uses it with her autistic son. He had a lot of die-off and,

first tantrums during the die-off, but then positive changes.

Dr. Demio is also my son's DAN (he created it) and so I have it for him. I have

not used it consistently with him though. With a prescription, my insurance

does cover it.

>

> I just thought I would pass this on. Heard about it on the phone today. If you

google Enhansa, many parents with autism are trying it. It is one of the same

active ingredients in Nutriiveda.

> Here's 1 week of a blog post I found when I googled Enhansa:

> Enjoy, Gretchen

> ...........................................................

> Tori's GFCFSF Blog: Enhansa/Curcumin: Week 1

> At the Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) conference in Atlanta (April 2009), I picked

up a bottle of Lee Silsby's much-talked-about new supplement, Enhansa. Lee

Silsby's website claims that " Enhansa Has Been Shown to be 7 - 8 More Absorbed

Than Standard Curcumin Extracts. " I was interested in trying curcumin because I

had heard on AutismActionPlan.org from Dr. Woeller that it is a good supplement

for decreasing inflammation in the gut -- something I was concerned about since

my son had come back with so many food sensitivities on his IgG test.

>

> Alan at the Lee Silsby booth told me to work up gradually because there would

" definitely " be a die-off reaction. The Lee Silsby's recommended protocol on

their website says to start with 150 mg (one cap) once per day and work up from

there. Well, I was nervous about starting something that would " definitely "

cause die-off, so I decided to work up more slowly than that.

>

> I'll be blogging my experiences with Enhansa here with the hopes it helps

somebody out there...

>

>

>

> WEEK ONE

>

> My Dosing Protocol:

> Days 1-3: Open up 150 mg capsule and dump out everything but about 1/3 the

" bottom " half of the cap.

> Days 4-5: Open up cap and dump out everything but about 2/3 the bottom half of

cap.

> Days 6-7: Open up cap and dump out " top " half of cap + a smidgen of the bottom

half of cap.

>

> Observations:

> Overall this week: Much less tantrums/melt downs/break downs (this was noticed

by hubbie too, who did not know I had started Enhansa). Slightly increased

complexity in speech/comprehension (hubbie did not notice this).

>

> Day 3 he woke up with watery eyes and seemed tired. Also had a bit of a runny

nose/cough, so I kept him home from school thinking he had a cold. After dinner

on Day 3 he came to show me that his " spots " had come back (pimple-like spots on

his torso that I had thought were food intolerance).

>

> Day 5 had a ball at our impromptu picnic at the park and spent tons of time up

high on the baby swing -- something I honestly don't think he's done since he

was a baby; before all this craziness started! (In the past he would have

screamed like it was torture.) He kept saying " wee " and just loved it. [Note:

That's my brother in the swing photo, not my husband! :)]Also on Day 5 he tells

me he wants Daddy to cut his hair, another first. (haircutting has traditionally

been trauma for him. He tolerated his last haircut, but he has NEVER come out

and ASKED for one! That is just unheard of for him!) Night of Day 5 he is

coughing a lot and crying out in his sleep.

>

> Day 6 he is coughing still to the point that I gave him a nebulizer treatment

(albuterol). Day 6 I notice he is playing with his cars, which is interesting to

me since he's been " stuck " on dinosaurs for months.

>

> Also this week he had some funky poop - not sure how to describe it and I

didn't take photos for the Poop Blog. First few days I saw some thick, white

stringy things which I considered could be yeast coming out. Poop this week was

very regular, I believe even increased. It was not diarrhea, but they were not

" logs " either. More like " fuzzy. " Day 7 I saw some of the curcumin in his poop

(hard to miss the bright orange dots of color!). Poop on Day 7 was also very

dark in color and very uniform in color; I know that's vague, but it was really

noticeably darker than usual, but still soft and " fuzzy. "

>

> Days 5-7, we noticed he was scratching the back of his head a lot. The front

top of scalp was dry/scaly on Day 7; I couldn't see the back where he was

scratching. Days 5-7 he also had a rash on his neck and at various times through

the day on Day 7 it looked like some weird stuff was going on with his face too.

Kind of like a rash but not really " organized " enough; just a general

strangeness or difference that made me look closely and determine it was a rash.

The rash on his neck wasn't a red rash but more like hives -- little raised

bumps the same color as his skin. He didn't have a fever with this, but on Day 7

he did seem warmer than usual, like his circulation was working. I kept him home

from school on Day 7 of Week 1.

>

> On Day 7 I let him go to the park with a neighbor boy he knows but does not

see often. They were chaperoned by the other boy's nanny, and I realized later

that I did not worry once the whole hour he was gone that he would be acting out

or would be a handful for the nanny. (Kind of odd, since in the past I would've

worried about melt downs, etc, but this week he'd gotten much more controlled

and only cried/whined when he actually had something to be upset about.)

>

> One other thing I will note about this week is that he started clicking his

tongue a bit. I comment on it because he has never done that before this week. I

have no idea what it means or if it's good or bad. I just mention it because

it's new.

>

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