Weird Reaction - Stomach

November 16, 2003

Hi. We have been using the Houston Enzymes for about a month. They

definitely helped my 3.4 yr old's elimination. This week both my 19

month old and 3.4 yr old got a reaction where they got red patches all

over their bodies for about 2 hours. I think there was too much Vit B3

and this was the B3 flush. I took it out. However, today my 3.4 yr

old got red patches on his legs again today and had the red ears and

mottled cheeks. I had a bit more selenium that I normally give him,

could that be it? I just got done reading Enzymes and Autism last

night. What hope it gives me! Could my kids be absorbing their

vitamins more and so need less? Or are these reactions something else?

Also, about a month ago I took my kids off their supplements for a week

to retest their gut and heavy metals. Things started to fall apart a

bit and my 3.4 year old got more diarhea again. This is when I started

the Houston enzymes and his poops got better. Later I found out that

he had no Lacto in his stomach at the re-testing. Somehow I think it

was the enzymes that got us through the 6 weeks of waiting for our Dr.

to get back to us to report that he had no Lacto in his stomach so we

could start supplementing with Lact again (started last week). Could

this be the enzymes?

Also, other weird stuff happened in the last month with 4 poop smearing

incidents. Could this be a lack of Lactobaccillus? Things seem so

much better now. Also, in this month my son stopped napping and

started sleeping much less. I started Magnesium 5 days ago and things

are soooooooo much better. Looking back at his original tests, he was

deficient in Mag, but the Dr. never mentioned supplementing with it.

With me, I am having some horrible stomach issues lately with cramping

and throwing up. Never had these issues before. My allergies are

worse and it could be from a " gentle chelation " from my Dr. that I am

still suffering from. I did this for 8 weeks and stopped 4 weeks ago.

I have elevated mercury excretion in my hair. Could the enzymes be

exacerbating allergies of mine? I don't have celiac. I do have milk,

egg, apple, string bean, green pepper, mustard green and casein IgG

elevated readings. I threw up an egg today but last week it was quail.

Any thoughts?

Thanks, Maureen

November 17, 2003

>>today my 3.4 yr

> old got red patches on his legs again today and had the red ears and

> mottled cheeks. I had a bit more selenium that I normally give him,

> could that be it?

Yes

I just got done reading Enzymes and Autism last

> night. What hope it gives me! Could my kids be absorbing their

> vitamins more and so need less? Or are these reactions something else?

They can be absorbing better. Or they might only tolerate a low dose of these

supplements. Or they might be reducing their need for

certain supplements, even if they need *some* supplementation.

My son would regress without his selenium supplement, but now if I give it to

him, it CAUSES regression.

Sounds like your kids are healing!

> could start supplementing with Lact again (started last week). Could

> this be the enzymes?

Yes

> With me, I am having some horrible stomach issues lately with cramping

> and throwing up. Never had these issues before. My allergies are

> worse and it could be from a " gentle chelation " from my Dr. that I am

> still suffering from. I did this for 8 weeks and stopped 4 weeks ago.

Describe your " gentle chelation " protocol. I might have some ideas for you.

> I have elevated mercury excretion in my hair. Could the enzymes be

> exacerbating allergies of mine?

Yep. My allergies and other issues have changed as I have detoxed myself. It

can be VERY frustrating.

Dana

November 17, 2003

Maureen,

You have so much going on at the moment, it really is hard to

attribute it to any one thing. The enzymes appear to be helping at

least some, but having to switch things around for the testing would

cloud the results. I suggest just keeping at it and evaluate how

things are going over a few weeks times once you get his

diet/supplement schedule regular in some way.

Enzymes can make supplements/medication more available simply because

enzymes can improve absorption and gut healing. Thus anything can be

better absorbed. And you may not need many of those extras

anymore...or go down to a typical vitamin amount, and not the

atrociously high amounts (if you are giving any).

If you haven't reintroduced any supplements, you might want to hold

off on them for a couple weeks and see how the enzymes do on their

own. Then add in just the supplements, one at a time, and see how

your child reacts.

Magnesium is great stuff. Covers a lot of bases and is cheap. Given

our basic diets then to be mag deficient, and mag isn't stored in the

body, a lot of people might benefit for some extra magnesium.

Restrictive diets like GFCF tend to eliminate the few natural food

sources one does typically get.

I am glad you like the Enzymes for Autism book. It is written to be

very factual...and the facts are pretty hopeful!

Keep in touch and keep posting as you work with this.

.

November 17, 2003

We too " observed " that the Super Nu Thera was no longer needed for my son, once

enzymes were a part of his daily routine. In fact, we saw a good deal of what

you're seeing, minus the feces smearing. What happened for us, a later blood

test confirmed, that two things were responsible, one, the nutrients ph was

receiving, be it from a wider selection of foods and the proper breakdown (

enzyme reaction) of the food was nourishing ph, no more malabsorption

issues. In addition, a small degree of gut healing must have occurred for the

villi to be absorbing these nutrients and distributing them. However, for the

first time, I realized we had a " yeast " problem, and the skin, nausea, diarrhea,

stomach cramping, and especially the congestion were all symptoms for us. The

GSE (combined with No Fenol) made it more intense, but after 4 days, we were

excellent. It's been a roller coaster with the yeast for us, and we go about 3

weeks in between GSE treatments. But, we had an excellent fall this year.

Neither of us needed Zyrtec. Good luck to you, and I believe I've read posts

before that said feces smearing is yeast or bacterial related.