Re: Need help! (long reply)

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Hi ,

Your description of your son's diet and behavioral reactions to foods says a

lot, in that people tend to crave things they have problems & nbsp;with. The dairy

and bread (but not the fries and hash browns unless they're breaded) mean he

should respond to an enzyme that deals with protein & nbsp;peptides.

The reaction to red dye and eating mostly apples and grapes as far as fruits

indicates to me he has trouble with phenols and salicylates, so that is

something else to look at. At least some of the drinks you mentioned are high

salicylate also (berries) and Gatorade-type drinks have artificial colors, as do

most gummie products. (It isn't just Red #40 that is a problem for many kids,

but any " FD & amp;C " dye. They're coaltar derivatives, not food, and a study in

Europe, published in the journal Lancet, where even children with no other

issues reacted to them has led to them being banned there.) Read labels and

eliminate these colors and I suspect you'll see a change in your son's behavior.

Read the label on everything, as colors hide in amazing places, for example

name-brand regular marshmallows have blue dye in them so they don't turn pink

with & nbsp;age. (Walmart's store brand doesn't.) Also & nbsp;try to eliminate

household products like hand soaps that have them, as well as fragrances (eg

detergents, you can get the " free and clear " versions of several). For more

information on these issues, go to & nbsp;Feingold.org. That's another dietary

intervention program some of us do varying degrees of along with enzymes and/or

gfcf diet. Doing it 100% would be expensive, especially if you did it for the

whole family, but just eliminating the artificial colors and preservatives (BHT,

BHA, & amp; TBHQ are the Feingold " big 3 " but some children also react to sodium

benzoate) doesn't add to the budget. Also avoid artificial sweeteners, as

someone else mentioned. & nbsp;

Hope this helps. & nbsp;

-- Sent from my Palm Pixi

On Oct 13, 2010 17:10, kelly3570 & lt;Barbin@... & gt; wrote:

I am married to a nurse, who does not believe that going natural and using

enzymes will help our 13 yr old son. He has decided to let me try this, mainly

because the 13 yr old is getting much harder to handle, and because I cried

quite a bit over awful advice I was given and refuse to use for helping my son.

I have Enzymes: Go With Your Gut; can anyone suggest a book to read, that might

reach my husband? If anyone has older children that have improved, would you be

willing to share that with me? My husband does not want me to spend alot of

money doing this, and he has asked that I try one enzyme for say 6 weeks, and

see what that does. This is also where I need help, trying to figure out what to

start with. Seth hits himself when he gets frustrated, or does not like what you

said to him. Red dye makes him very hyper-laughs,giggles, runs around, and

cannot control himself. What he eats, is mostly dairy(cheese,ice

cream,half-n-half,ect..)carbs(garlic bread, french fries, hashbrowns, and

pizza), and some fruit(apples, grapes, and certain melons). He will drink

coffee(he loves starbucks),certain flavors of gatorade,cran-brape juice, any

type of soda, and water when he cannot get anything else; and he loves all types

of gummy candy. I have to help my son;he has 3 other siblings that I cannot give

full attention to, when he is meltdown, or running off.Any and all

help/suggestions greatly appreciated!

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Hi

My husband was a bit unsure as well. After he has seen the results for

himself he is now totally behind me.

Tri enza was the start of turning my sons life around - literally. He did

react badly to them at ist. Even the slow introductory method was too much

(but he is only 2 so may be didn't need so much). We ended up giving the

enzymes seperately to start with then switching to no fenol. You can

request samples to try ist.

We started with no fenol, then added zyme prime then added peptizide. (All

this is what is in tri enza) then when on a full dose we switched to tri

enza. This was the advice in the enzyme and autism book for those who

reacted. Our nutritioinst suggested just opening enymes capsule and

sticking wet cocktail stick in - using a heaped amount.

This may not be necessary. I think my son was very sensitive but most seem

to do fine following the slow intro method given by Houston enzymes. If he

does react to this please don't give up - I almost did and it would have

been the worst decision.

My son has huge problems with fenols (including salicylates) and colouring

and medicines.

We know this as prior to enzymes we followed the feingold diet which meant

cutting these things out. He changed within a few days but the change has

been even better on enzymes and has allowed us to add back fruits and other

foods but we still keep off all artificial additives.

I think the enzymes book you have is very good. (If I;m thinking of the

right one - is it by DeFlice). If so she also produced this under

another cover called enzymes and autism which includes all the spectrum type

disorders.

Within 2 days of starting no fenol our son played for the 1st time ever on

his own. He woke up happy! He started babbling which has now lead to some

speech although very delayed.

As we added more enzymes things improved more and more. His social skills

are much better and he is now in a position to learn. Prior to this he

never slept, was totally unhappy, cried most of the time and seemed in

constant distress.

He is on a normal diet apart from milk, soya and artificial additives. Its

been a difficult journey but well worth the effort - we still have a long

way to go.

Now he's not just on enzymes - we consult with a nutritionist, so tests and

are trying to sort out his where his biochemistry is not functioning

properly. Each time we add a supplement based on test evidence he needs it

we see massive gains. I know lots of people do this from the information

they read (this site is excellent and certain books) and don't feel a need

to do the tests as some are expensive.

Enymes was the starting point for us - things have improved dramatically.

Best wishes

Alison R

On 14 October 2010 02:29, Brattin <sdb2956@...> wrote:

>

>

> Hi ,

>

> Your description of your son's diet and behavioral reactions to foods says

> a lot, in that people tend to crave things they have problems & nbsp;with. The

> dairy and bread (but not the fries and hash browns unless they're breaded)

> mean he should respond to an enzyme that deals with protein & nbsp;peptides.

>

> The reaction to red dye and eating mostly apples and grapes as far as

> fruits indicates to me he has trouble with phenols and salicylates, so that

> is something else to look at. At least some of the drinks you mentioned are

> high salicylate also (berries) and Gatorade-type drinks have artificial

> colors, as do most gummie products. (It isn't just Red #40 that is a problem

> for many kids, but any " FD & amp;C " dye. They're coaltar derivatives, not

> food, and a study in Europe, published in the journal Lancet, where even

> children with no other issues reacted to them has led to them being banned

> there.) Read labels and eliminate these colors and I suspect you'll see a

> change in your son's behavior. Read the label on everything, as colors hide

> in amazing places, for example name-brand regular marshmallows have blue dye

> in them so they don't turn pink with & nbsp;age. (Walmart's store brand

> doesn't.) Also & nbsp;try to eliminate household products like hand soaps that

> have them, as well as fragrances (eg detergents, you can get the " free and

> clear " versions of several). For more information on these issues, go

> to & nbsp;Feingold.org. That's another dietary intervention program some of us

> do varying degrees of along with enzymes and/or gfcf diet. Doing it 100%

> would be expensive, especially if you did it for the whole family, but just

> eliminating the artificial colors and preservatives (BHT, BHA, & amp; TBHQ

> are the Feingold " big 3 " but some children also react to sodium benzoate)

> doesn't add to the budget. Also avoid artificial sweeteners, as someone else

> mentioned. & nbsp;

>

> Hope this helps. & nbsp;

>

>

>

> -- Sent from my Palm Pixi

> On Oct 13, 2010 17:10, kelly3570

& lt;Barbin@...<Barbin%40hotmail.com> & gt;

> wrote:

>

> I am married to a nurse, who does not believe that going natural and using

> enzymes will help our 13 yr old son. He has decided to let me try this,

> mainly because the 13 yr old is getting much harder to handle, and because I

> cried quite a bit over awful advice I was given and refuse to use for

> helping my son. I have Enzymes: Go With Your Gut; can anyone suggest a book

> to read, that might reach my husband? If anyone has older children that have

> improved, would you be willing to share that with me? My husband does not

> want me to spend alot of money doing this, and he has asked that I try one

> enzyme for say 6 weeks, and see what that does. This is also where I need

> help, trying to figure out what to start with. Seth hits himself when he

> gets frustrated, or does not like what you said to him. Red dye makes him

> very hyper-laughs,giggles, runs around, and cannot control himself. What he

> eats, is mostly dairy(cheese,ice cream,half-n-half,ect..)carbs(garlic bread,

> french fries, hashbrowns, and pizza), and some fruit(apples, grapes, and

> certain melons). He will drink coffee(he loves starbucks),certain flavors of

> gatorade,cran-brape juice, any type of soda, and water when he cannot get

> anything else; and he loves all types of gummy candy. I have to help my

> son;he has 3 other siblings that I cannot give full attention to, when he is

> meltdown, or running off.Any and all help/suggestions greatly appreciated!

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ditto 's reply.

Re: Enzymes the book you have is great, we stand by it.

www.enzymestuff.com might help him cruise the same information.

Special Diets for Special Kids is a great book -- there are for

GFCF and other diets. Small changes can help swapping out one " bad " item for one

good every few days or weeks. Big changes or changing his whole diet at his age

can be tough, can cause a lot of die off that can be misery especially if you're

struggling with him now. Not every family can deal with that necessarily. But,

as you progress he's likely to become more reasonable and hopefully participate

in the process.

Don't hesitate to cal Houston for advice.

Good luck.