Re: guidance, please?/

[Guest guest]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Now, what enzymes? Kirkman's? Which? Others? How do you determine

what enzyme your child is needing? Is there something else that he

needs to help heal his gut?

Lolita

> Since you saw initial improvement with the diet, there is an

> excellent probability that he will do well on enzymes. Many times

> people see initial improvement with a restrictive diet and then the

> child begins to wane back and regresses. So the parents looks for

> more problem foods, such as soy, yeast, sugar, phenols, corn,etc

and

> you begin this downward spiral of one food removal after another.

> Not every sees this when they go GFCF, but a lot do. This was my

> biggest alarm when I learned about the diet. Now I have learned

that

> when this happens, it points more to a leaky gut or absorbtion

> problem in the gastrointestinal tract. You will " become " reactive

to

> whatever you eat the most of. So in the beginning, corn or soy may

> not have caused a reaction, but then with wheat and milk in the

> diet, you also ate less of these foods. So then you take the gluten

> and casein out, and add in more ....soy and corn foods by default.

> Everything goes well again...for awhile. Then you notice some

> regression and " suspect " the soy or corn. You eliminated them and

> all goes well for awhile...

> Because he also didn't register any solid allergies, I would think

> this is what is going on. So trying enzymes is a good next step. It

> is also interesting to note that many people who say improvement

> initially with the GFCF or other restrictive diet, said they say so

> much more improvement with enzymes. The enzymes will be breaking

> down all foods very well. Also enzymes are pro-active in healing

the

> gut, so it is a double whammy towards gut healing. And in addition

> to all that (yes, you get more bonuses with the same enzyme

> capsule!), you keep a balanced diet and broad nutrition by not

> eliminating more entire food groups. The enzymes thoroughly digest

> the food releasing all those vitamins and minerals and other

> nutrients to the body for optimum health and healing. There's

> more...food elimination will help stop opiate production from

> outside the body, but your body can produce some internally on its

> own. The enzymes breakdown these as well, something food

elimination

> can't do. So even if you want to always remain GFCF there are many

> benefits to taking enzymes.

>

> .