New to Enzymes...Have Some Questions

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Hello all-

We've been on Peptizyde at every meal for one week and I just added Zyme Prime

in two days ago, also at each meal. I'll add in the No-Fenol when I am

satisfied that there are no problems. We're moving slow, since my son just had

an endoscopy last month and it showed a LOT of inflammation.

So far, so good...I've seen a slight increase in irritability and my son is more

hyper than usual (he was pretty hyper anyway). I'm hoping these are only

temporary, and I feel that things are manageable.

My question is this: When can we go off the GFCF diet? We've been at it for

over three years and, frankly, it's getting old. My son has always been

sensitive to gluten so we've strictly avoided it. Since we've started the

enzymes, I've been allowing things like ketchup and several pieces of cereal,

and I haven't seen any of the old problems surface. Can we quit the diet cold

turkey? Is that what the Peptizyde is for? I want to put gluten back in. The

dairy end poses more of a problem; he had respiratory issues with dairy items

and would get quite congested if he consumed them. I guess I'll have him

retested to see if the allergy is still present (it was quite high the last time

he was tested).

Dana (I think it was you) - is it you child(ren) who had limited diets in spite

of the enzymes? Could you elaborate on that?

Any help would REALLY be appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

Lori Getz

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The Peptizyde has been an alternative to the GFCF diet for many kids,

but I would wait until you are certain your child has adjusted to the

enzymes: maybe a few more weeks. Being a GFCF survivor, I understand

the urge to ditch it, which I eventually did after enzymes. But it's

best to make sure your child can tolerate the enzymes and has

weathered any adjustments before complicating things with sudden GFCF-

withdrawal. That's good that he has done okay with the cereal so

far. Gradual testing is the best way. If you see some problems with

testing the diet, resume the diet, stay on the enzymes consistently

and consider testing again in a few months. Some parents who

initially could not leave the diet could do so after a few more

months on enzymes (perhaps after some gut healing?). The enzymes may

or may not help with the congestion from dairy.

I am very interested in hearing how your child does on enzymes since

the endoscopy indicated so much inflammation.

> Hello all-

>

> We've been on Peptizyde at every meal for one week and I just added

Zyme Prime in two days ago, also at each meal. I'll add in the No-

Fenol when I am satisfied that there are no problems. We're moving

slow, since my son just had an endoscopy last month and it showed a

LOT of inflammation.

>

> So far, so good...I've seen a slight increase in irritability and

my son is more hyper than usual (he was pretty hyper anyway). I'm

hoping these are only temporary, and I feel that things are

manageable.

>

> My question is this: When can we go off the GFCF diet? We've been

at it for over three years and, frankly, it's getting old. My son

has always been sensitive to gluten so we've strictly avoided it.

Since we've started the enzymes, I've been allowing things like

ketchup and several pieces of cereal, and I haven't seen any of the

old problems surface. Can we quit the diet cold turkey? Is that

what the Peptizyde is for? I want to put gluten back in. The dairy

end poses more of a problem; he had respiratory issues with dairy

items and would get quite congested if he consumed them. I guess

I'll have him retested to see if the allergy is still present (it was

quite high the last time he was tested).

>

> Dana (I think it was you) - is it you child(ren) who had limited

diets in spite of the enzymes? Could you elaborate on that?

>

> Any help would REALLY be appreciated!

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

> Lori Getz

>

>

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>>Since we've started the enzymes, I've been allowing things like

ketchup and several pieces of cereal, and I haven't seen any of the

old problems surface. Can we quit the diet cold turkey? Is that what

the Peptizyde is for?

Yes, for most kids, you can use Peptizyde and give gluten. I would

only give small amounts at first, just to be sure you don't notice any

reactions.

Be careful of the types of things you give tho. For example, my kids

still did not tolerate corn, even with enzymes, so when I gave wheat

items that also contained corn syrup, they would regress.

>>I want to put gluten back in. The dairy end poses more of a problem;

he had respiratory issues with dairy items and would get quite

congested if he consumed them.

My son needed Peptizyde and No-Fenol for milk products, and they still

gave him ear wax, so I did not give him much milk, just things like

butter and other small amounts.

> Dana (I think it was you) - is it you child(ren) who had limited

diets in spite of the enzymes? Could you elaborate on that?

Even with all three HNI enzymes, I still had to remove artificials,

rice, corn, and luteins. He tolerated gluten and limited casein just

fine tho.

ALA chelation removed all his food problems, so you can consider that

at some point, if you want.

Dana

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> Even with all three HNI enzymes, I still had to remove artificials,

> rice, corn, and luteins. He tolerated gluten and limited casein

just

> fine tho.

>

> ALA chelation removed all his food problems, so you can consider

that

> at some point, if you want.

>

> Dana

My son was similar. With all 3 HNI enzymes, I had to remove

artificials (including sodium benzoate), apples, cherries, plums,

grapes, soy, and corn. Chelation solved the phenol problem, but he

still can't eat corn without getting a stomach ache, although he no

longer has a behavioral reaction to it.

Nell