To Vicky Re: Adding gluten again

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In a message dated 12/14/01 3:36:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,

stankus3@... writes:

> So, he wants to see if daughter can

> tolerate gluten before trying them. If she can tolerate it, then

> there wouldn't be a need to buy the enzymes. But, I just don't know

> what to do.

Vicky --

The thing is, we had been gfcf with no success for two years, so I assumed

the diet

wasn't working. But, after I have read about all the other foods causing the

opiates,

I started wondering if the diet was perhaps helping a bit, but the other

foods we were

allowing him to have instead of the gluten/casein were causing new

sensitivities and

new peptides due to his leaky gut and intestinal inflammation. Every time I

took him

to the allergist, we were finding more and more food allergies. There was

hardly

anything he wasn't sensitive to. So his behavior really never improved. I

assumed

the diet wasn't working and decided to abandon it. Then we started both the

enzymes and -- now almost nine weeks later, no more digested food in his bms,

sleeping better, calmer, more focused at school, more appropriate language,

etc.

We still have days that are better than others, therefore, we are going to go

gfcf

over the holidays to see if that helps further.

So, I really believe if you can swing it, try the enzymes while still gfcf.

Then after a while, you can add these back to see if they are a problem. It

is much easier than the other way around. Plus, if you go off the diet and

then back on, it takes quite a while to clear the body of the peptides.

I hope you come to a comfortable decision. I realize it is difficult.

All the best to you.