RE: Re:heal the gut?/Chelating

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Hi

My 4 year old had the typical “lots of antibiotics before 12 months

story”. He had less language at 3 years than at 12 months of age, loose

bms, visual & vestibular stimming etc.

With adjustments to diet, supplements and enzymes (and speech therapy,

OT and special-school kindy and “normal” day care!) he has made enormous

gains this year – eg the speech therapy assessment done in March showed

his language to be at about a 10 month old baby’s level – by November,

he had reached all the pragmatic speech milestones of a three year old.

And I rarely see stimming these days, he’s very social and his poohs are

mostly fabulous (only ASD parents can describe a pooh that way!). So

LOTS of improvement.

Having said that, we had his heavy metals (hair) and metallothienein /

glutathione (blood) tested in October – and he’s TOXIC in several of the

metals and his MT and glutathione are all out of whack as well. So, now

we’re starting the attack on these bad guys.

So I suppose what I’m saying is, lots of healing / improvement can be

seen before chelation takes place. One thing at a time; steady as you

go although always with some urgency and never complacency; and always

with hope and joy.

:-)

Re: " heal the gut " ?/Chelating

If you have high mercury/aluminum, can the gut heal without

chelating?? We are following the diet, using HNI enzymes, CLO,

probiotic, multi-vitamin. Is it still possible to heal the gut and

have metal issues? Or do you have to go through chelation to finally

heal the gut? Any and all opinions would be appreciated??

Thanks,

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>

>

> Not stupid at all. I had the same question for the same reasons in

> the beginning. Some diet sites said that a special diet was needed.

> But most people doing GFCF where getting more food sensitivites,

not

> less. And some were on the diet for years. Since gut healing is

> supposed to occur by 18 months for the most severe cases, these

were

> 2 indications gut healing wasn't happening. It is a process and

> different people may do well with different measures, depending on

> what caused the gut problems to begin with.

>

> Enzymes are known to heal tissues (lots of clinical studies). So

that

> is one thing that will help. The experience of people using enzymes

> also supports that over time less enzymes are needed, not more. And

> more foods can be put back in the diet over time (instead of foods

> removed). These indicate gut healing too.

>

> So enzymes are a definite plus. Other supplements which seem to

help

> in this are:

> - zinc (helps gut integrity)

> - probiotics (promote gut flora and fauna)

> - essential fatty acids and vitamin A might

> - aloe vera (a good quality one) has a history of tissue healing

>

> - I like oatmeal myself, if you do grains

>

> Also, taking out lots of processed foods, artificial junk,

> preservatives etc can help because consuming lots of these can

injure

> the gut.

>

> Just those things can go a looooooong way. I have seen lists with

> dozens of items listed but those become unwieldy to implement.

Going

> with good sound nutrition/foods, and then enzymes to digest them so

> your body gets the nutrition from the foods (and the foods don't

stay

> undigested and cause problems) is a solid way to start.

>

> If you notice, just about all the special diets and supplements

> talked about in 'autism groups' deal with some food not being

> digested right or some nutrient not being absorbed. Enzymes get to

> the root of this at the core and thus make many of these things

> unnecessary (or substantially reduce your need for them).

> Nothing 'magical' or 'fairy dust' about enzymes....based on

straight

> biology.

>

> I also like magnesium for overall health but it isn't particularly

> known for gut healing.

>

> .