Re: Who is Right (long)

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>>> suffering from information overload, my boys have been gf/cf for

a year now with some success, but I really find the diet limited.

> Dont want to give it up because the youngest was in so much pain

> before he started gf/cf.

Very understandable...even a little improvement is better than no

improvement.

>>>> I have been pondering the issue of enzymes for a while now,

but I also keep reading stuff about SCD diet and Lutein free diet

and everyone there praises this stuff to the high heavens, and like

this enzyme site it all makes perfect sense, but it cant possible be

all right because for one thing my kids would have nothing left to

eat if we start these other diets,

I think that thing to keep in mind is that ALL of these alternatives

are not right or even beneficial for ALL people...so it isn't a

matter of having to do all of them at the same time. If someone

finds something that helps even a little, they might be very happy

about it. And different people need different combinations of what

is available. It doesn't lessen any particular person's experience

with any one of them. If you hear someone say EVERYone with autism

needs to do a certain thing, run in the other direction. 'autism'

diagnoses are being handed out pretty frequently for all sorts of

things. It is based on observed behavior only, and there can be

drastically different underlying problems among individuals. Isn't

it amazing how eager many other, including professionals are, to

spend your money? One mom said a Dan doctor she visited told her it

would cost $4,000 out-of-pocket just to get started with

him...before she got any information or help back.

>>>>then there are all the various therapies for auditory and

sensory issues to say nothing of ABA and son-rise, then ofcourse

speech therapy and O.T.

Here is an organization scheme as I see all these choices. This

helps me to see which therapies tend to overlap and which don't:

Category 1. Some type of one-on-one interacting with child

(this would include academics and socializing skills)

~~Floortime

~~Son-rise

~~ABA, VBA, DTT

~~Faciliated Communication

Category 2. Some type of Sensory Integration Therapy

~~Sensory Integration (SI) therapy/Occupational Therapy

~~Physical therapy/hippotherapy/sports if needed

~~Hearing therapy/AIT/Listening program if needed

~~Irlen lenses/special glasses if needed

~~Speech therapy/language training if needed

~~PECS - picture exchange system/sign language if needed

Category 3. Some type of biological measures, if needed only

(this order is what I think is most efficient as a guide)

~~Enzymes (primary)

~~Probiotics (primary, in yogurt or supplements)

~~Extra measures to heal gut (zinc, oatmeal)

~~Reduce toxins (Feingold diet, general detox, reduce chemical load)

~~Medications (if necessary or helpful, might be discontinued as

other healing measures become effective)

~~Extra supplements if necessary (magnesium, selenium, calcium,

multivitamin, EFAs)

~~Remove other problematic foods if necessary

~~Yeast/bacteria treatment if necessary

~~Viral treatment if necessary

~~Special detox or chelation if necessary

On Category 3: Digestive enzymes up front. The reason is that they

are efficient, they work in a variety of ways on a variety of

problems, hence you get a lot of inexpensive healing in this one

measure even if you have various problems - they cover a lot of

ground. Enzymes up front often eliminate the need for special diets,

elaborate food eliminations, and bucketfuls of supplements. You may

still want to take a few selected supplements or remove a few foods,

but not the exasperating and expensive amounts sometimes given or

encouraged. Good results often come quickly and inexpensively with

enzymes and most people see improvement of some kind within the

first 3-4 weeks, which is very encouraging. Other measures often

take months.

Probiotics are very good is assisting healing a gut and proper

intestinal function. Relatively inexpensive, easy to get.

Check for yeast/bacteria problems, or even viruses. Treat those up

front because that is at the root of many problems and often you can

see rapid improvement.

Remove artificial chemicals/additives/colorings and consider epsom

salts. This seems to improve behavior relatively quickly for the

majority of those sensitive to it, and it is something you can do

right away, not difficult and is CHEAP!

see Epsom salts (www.enzymestuff.com/epsomsalts.htm)

see Feingold Program (www.enzymestuff.com/dietsfg.htm)

see Magnesium (www.enzymestuff.com/magnesium.htm)

After all this, if you need to still remove some foods or add some

supplements, do that.

Then any additional special detoxification protocols. Some of these

can be done concurrently and some not, so they should be research

thoroughly.

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