POPULAR SCHOOL GIRL DEVELOPES ADD AFTER ANTIBIOTICS

* "Spaced-Out"  *fatigue  *mood swings  *allergies  *poor concentration  *skin rash

It so happened that in February 2000 an 11-year old girl was brought to me suffering from several of the above symptoms. She had been Awarded the "Citizen of the Year" title in her school and was most popular and successful at her studies. But toward the end of 1999 had begun to develop a considerable itching rash. She had been taken to a local doctor who prescribed anti-biotics to treat what the doctor considered to be an infectious skin problem. Her condition rapidly worsened, the skin rash increased and she became dizzy; her teachers were concerned for her, as she became hyperactive, and attention deficient – vague and withdrawn. Her patient questionnaire showed a very high sugar intake, thrush, sleeplessness and her worrying vertigo. Combined with the recent anti-biotic reactions and resultant increased skin rash I knew she had candidiasis. Applying our standard candida therapy she quickly improved and has remained healthy as long as she is sensible with her total sugar intake.

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THE STORY OF JORDON

I began to treat Jordon on December 4 , 2001. He was possibly the worst ODD I had come across.
He had presented as ADHD, with moodswings, aggressive behaviour, extremely hyperactive and unable to concentrate. He was totally ‘out-of-control’. As a result he had few or no friends.
He also had trouble getting to sleep and was vague. He also had signs of Aspergers. But the worst aspect was his extreme hyperactivity and aggressive & defiant spirit. I remember very well how both his mother and grandmother (who had come to help control him) were both obviously exhausted and “at their wits end”. They were fit women, but with haggard looks and dark eye circles.

Dec 5, 2001: Mother phoned me. Acting upon my advice and giving him the natural remedies I prescribed, within 24 hours his mother reported: ‘I cant believe the change so quick! He woke up quietly for the first time in ages and peacefully ate the protein breakfast you suggested – no fuss’.
Following this, there were several follow-up conversations, and one visit.
March 12, 2002. Mother and grandmother reported: socializing better; 35% language improvement; bowels now OK (had been very loose); attention improved; eating much better.
On 5/3/03 (one year later) they visited me again. He is now 4 yrs old. I myself could hardly recognise him as the same boy! He had improved so much. He was now a delightful little boy, obedient, loving and even thoughtful. He still has occasional moodswings, but so do many normal boys. His speech was almost normal.
His treatment is ongoing for another year. He could easily regress if the treatment is not continued until his physiology is completely repaired. This restoration has been the result of dietary changes and times of eating plus the administration of the repair nutrients and neuro-transmitter enhancers.

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THE STORY OF JOSHUA

Note: Joshua was one of our “Distant Clients”. He lives in flying distance, not driving ! We never came face-to-face, all consults were by Questionnaire, phone or email.

Joshua’s mother phoned in the last week of March, 2003. Janita had seen an article on our work with ASD in the “Classroom” magazine, a journal for teachers.
Her son was 5 years of age. Because of a pregnancy complication (polyhydramnios) he had been born prematurely, weighing only 1965 grams, with a forceps delivery.
Between three and four years of age his parents noticed he was not developing normally. He was also developing obsessions over certain routines and would grind his teeth. His walking, running and balancing were poor. Other symptoms included some ‘stimming’ when frustrated (head banging and spinning).
At school the teacher had become very concerned for him. Joshua was worsening. He was “lying around all the time”. In the classroom he would lie on the carpet, apparently very tired and obviously lethargic. He was sometimes exhibiting irregular behaviour, “almost drunken-like”. His eye contact deteriorated, he did not interact with family or friends, did not join in with school activities, and was a most unhappy little boy. His speech was significantly behind, and learning was very slow. But he had unusual skills with numbers, and puzzles and jig-saws.
His mother and father had become alarmed at his behaviour. In fact, when his mother phoned her voice was one of quiet desperation.
She was sent a Questionnaire by email.

INVESTIGATIONS
Later, we organised a Complete Digestive Stool Analysis, an Intestinal Permeability Test and a hair analysis (he lives in a town somewhat contaminated with industrial hazards, including arsenic).

TREATMENT
The first step I took was to send her digestive enzymes, essential fatty acids, and child intestinal bacteria, and Metagenics Zinc Tally to test his zinc levels. These were sent immediately. He was also placed on a gluten-free, casein-free diet. I also requested his mother (who works in a pharmacy) to buy “Nylstat”, an anti-fungal – to help reduce what I believed was a gut-born yeast infection.
These measures made some improvement in a few days, but the mother was still very
concerned, as the major symptoms had not improved.
As the various pathology results were not yet in , I worked through his Questionnaires phoned her again for more clues and as a result sent her a magnesium replacement therapy (from Bioceuticals), vitamin B6 high dose, B-Vital – a fortified B vitamin powder and .
A few days later I sent Janita dimethyl-glycine (a neuro-transmitter enhancer).
On April 9 Janita phoned, very excited by major improvements – she told me that J. had begun talking with adjectives (descriptive language) had asked to play hop-scotch and was even having conversations with children at school.

When the pathology results were all in, we found Joshua had:

* A “leaky gut”
* Hypochlorhydria (low gastric enzyme/acid production) & resultant maldigestion
* Putrefactive phase digestion
* Above normal arsenic level, boron beyond highest limit
* Essential minerals imbalance and four trace elements undetectable
* Among them, significantly, Lithium was undetectable (sodium levels were normal)

15/4/03 To adjust some of this functional and nutritional pathology, we added:

* Lithium (Li) orotate (which is non-toxic). Lithium (Li) supplementation can reduce excitable and restless symptoms when given to those who are deficient in Li.
* Fullhealth Australian colloidal minerals – which supply nearly all the trace elements
* Bioceuticals ‘Rejuvanex’ – a most effective gut repair nutrient powder
* Swedish Bitters, taken before meals, to increase gastric output
* Gastro-D a homeopathic for stomach function
* Spirulina, a total nutrient supplement (less Vit C) that also enhances gut flora
* I reduced his meat levels drastically and replaced with other protein (to counter putrefaction quickly)

On April 30, Janita phoned in crying with happiness! Joshua had been back at school. After the two weeks holiday his teacher had seen wonderful changes in J. So much so, that when Janita arrived she found the teacher in tears! (Tears of relief).
The teacher said, “It was as though someone had ‘flicked a light-switch on’”.
She said, “Joshua is a new boy, he is doing actions in the song time, interacting with the other children, his energy is back, he is not lying around, he is happy!”.
Janita told me that Joshua still had much more improving to do in the co-ordination area, but she and her husband would like to say, “How can we thank you enough? You have given us our little boy back!”

Improvements now will be sought in eye contact and motor co-ordination. I believe that in another 8 months of treatment he will be almost a normal boy.

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The Story of Brock

Presented at the Clinic on January 8 2003, brought to me by his mother Colleen, and father Stephen. He was 2 yrs and 10 months.
Had been diagnosed by his pediatrician as Autism Spectrum Disorder. His parents wished to avoid medical drugs.
Brock had developed this bunch of autism-like symptoms immediately following a later than usual triple-antigen vaccination, at 3 months of age. On the same day he began to scream uncontrollably, this lasted for seven days. He went “blue & limp” at two different periods over two weeks. He was hospitalised twice. These episodes are known as Apparent Life Threatening Episodes or A.L.T.E. Pediatricians admit (at least among themselves)[1] that both ALTE and SIDS deaths are commonly associated with vaccination adverse events. Brock’s episodes peaked on day 5 and day 12 post-vaccination. According to several studies[2] those days are among a group of critical days in the dangerous three weeks post-vaccine period for major “flare-ups”. In fact, his worst ALTE (when his condition was serious) was day 12, known to be a time when both immune defence and body exhaustion sets in. He was hospitalised both times.
Before this Colleen said, he had been a “dream baby”, sleeping well, happy, affectionate, normal bowels and digestion. No skin problems , no symptoms at all (except for a runny nose at 2 months – which caused his mother to delay the vaccination, agreed by the pediatrician). But Colleen had intuitively felt he should not be vaccinated at all. However, and she casts no blame (neither do I) – fathers are often the keen ones to unquestionably believe the authorities in this matter. Wishing what they think the best for their child, they demand vaccination.
This is a good place to say - “Listen to a mother’s intuition”. And mothers, cultivate your intuition in matters that affect the health of your family –contemplate, pray and listen to that gentle prompting. And then do some research via the internet if you have access, or books from the library or references as you will find in a book like this one. Your intuition will find plenty of confirmation from respected sources (‘respected’ by those who see the obvious professionalism, experience and transparency in pioneer researchers and physicians).
Immediately after this adverse event, Brock began a list of increasing regressive symptoms, typical of the most common form of vaccine related regressive autism-type disorder. No longer a “dream child” – these problems now included:
• As he grew older his social attributes did not develop
• Neither did his speech
• A lack of his usual affection
• Ceased eye-to-eye contact
• Would ‘stiffen’ and not agree to being lifted from his cot or pram
• Bowels became alternating loose & hard
• He reacted to certain colors
• He ‘rocked’ in his cot and would hit his head against a chair
• Aggressiveness, long and often with tantrums
• Possibly the most lethal of all was a T.I.A. (a transient stroke) that left him with some paralysis of his left side plus imbalance. Fortunately, his mother worked with physiotherapists who showed her how to restore him. Today there are no visible effects
• He became “Very very destructive” – he would destroy toys & books etc
• “He sniffed everything”
• He had other obsessions - especially with Otto bins (“whirly bins”). He would follow the truck down the street (no stopping him) – he would replace lids that were open, try and right bins that were thrown over, right round the streets. He would listen for the garbage truck. It became a grave concern to his parents. Other obsessions included absolute demand that their water fountain be kept “on” at all times.

(incidently, Brock was never vaccinated for anything again – although they tried to coerce Colleen to have all his shots, even trying to get him into hospital so they could do this against her will. If this had happened, he would likely have become a total low functioning autistic boy or worse).
So, this was the unhappy, restless little boy and his anxious parents that presented on Friday January 8, 2003.

[1. Stated in a letter I have read, from a Professor of Pediatrics to a G.P. colleague
2. Vera Scheibner Ph D “Vaccination” 1993 cites Bernier et al (1982); Walker et al (1987); Coulter & Fisher (1991) plus her own studies with scientist Leif Karlsson]

MY FINDINGS AND TREATMENT
Because of his condition and multiple symptoms I ordered a Complete Digestive Stool Analaysis (CDSA) that also included a search for pathogenic bacteria, yeast forms and parasites. This was commenced on his second visit, on January 24.
On his first visit I also tested his zinc level, which was at the lowest point measurable.
As with nearly all these children, he had sugar cravings and multiple allergies that included cows milk, penicillin and yeast.

TREATMENT
As usual, I changed his meal times so that his major meal was breakfast and included protein[3] . He had another protein based meal at lunch, and his evening meal was vegetables only, or soup or gluten-free porridge (polenta) or gluten-free wholemeal cereal or crispbreads and avocado or similar. These all digest easily and quite rapidly. With this program his sleep began to improve (although for a few days he had nightmares – his body was “changing”, for the better). An initial reaction to treatment is common in children, for him it was so for every change. Fortunately, Colleen recognised these changes (which in Brocks case often included 40 degree fevers) for what they were -- “good” events. On my advice, she did not try and suppress the fevers. She told me that after every period of these fevers yet another permanent improvement manifested. His case is most illustrative of what is called Herrings Law –a law of the order or progress that takes place in natural healing, where fevers are a friend not a foe (see chapter on Fever in this book).
His initial remedies included:
• ‘Digezyme’ enzymes – to help his gut to digest food better & more completely
• ‘Intestamine’ – a powder that helps the gut to repair
• ‘B-Vital’ Powder – that supplies high dose B vitamins, minerals and amino acids
• ‘Lifestart’ bacteria – the bifido bacterium infantis probiotics that repair & protect
• ‘Zinc Drink – to replace his zinc deficiency
• Later, these were added: after the CDSA revealed a high level of candida glabrata (a fungal yeast) in his gut he was given ‘Nylstat’, an anti-fungal. (For older children, who can swallow capsules, I give a product that contains a New Zealand herb called Horopito. This has equivalent ‘kill’ ratio to any of the powerful anti-fungal drugs).
• ‘Hepato-D’ – for a suspected bile problem. This is a homeopathic remedy
• Blackmores CP & PPMP for nerves & calcium

He was also taken off all sugars (including fruit, except one apple) – replacing the sugar with ‘Stevia’, herbal drops that are 30 X sweeter than sugar (but virtually no calories – which feed the gut pathogens). He was given vegetable juices made from carrot , green apple and spinach. This was also the ‘vehicle’ for his medicines.

[3 The rationale for this important step is found in the Nutrition Section]

OUTCOMES
In the first 16 days Brock began to improve. His bowels normalised (after a short period of ‘mega-diarrhea’ – Herrings Law at work), his tantrums did not last as long, and he began to concentrate better. He was calmer. His appetite really began to improve.
Today, 3 months after treatment began , Brock is a new boy. He is no longer destructive, he shows affection and looks at you directly with his eyes. He plays with people, like any little boy – but still has traces of compulsive activity, occasionally “the needle gets stuck in a groove”. His aggression is far less and far shorter – getting better as the treatment works. His Autistic Association worker, who visits regularly for sessions, says he has changed so much since the treatment began, it is now possible to interrelate normally with Brock. His speech is much improved, but there is a way to go here.
However, he still ‘sniffs’ things, his social skills need further improvement, and his ‘whirly-bin’ anxiety is now localized to the family bin! He no longer needs to have the fountain ‘on’. He has just turned three, and my prediction is that by four years of age any residual condition will be indiscernible.

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A CLOSER LOOK AT WHY THE TREATMENT WORKED
How is it possible for eye-contact, social skills, affection and so many other ‘brain’ things to change so dramatically by taking common bread, milk and sugar out of the diet, killing off some common gut yeast and adding a few simple nutrients?
Many have asked that question! I remember the father of an autistic boy whom we treated successfully who told me that when he heard about this method he said “What a lot of nonsense!”. There are good reasons for each of the above changes and treatments. But first we will look at the yeast problem.
Maybe we should let the pathologists speak. Pathology is the science that can find the “why” behind unusual clinical success. Without such ‘proof’ western medicine will not consider taking on a new therapy (and if it is not a drug or patentable, it will still not take it on).
The pioneer pathologist in the field of autism spectrum disorders has been Dr William Shaw, director of the Great Smokies Laboratories. While working at Children’s Mercy Hospital, the pediatric hospital for the University of Missouri, he became interested in the role of abnormal levels of urine organic chemicals called metabolites while evaluating two brothers who had autism as well as occasional muscle weakness.[4] Previously, he had worked for the Government Centres for Disease Control, and used the then new investigative tool named ‘Gas chromatography- mass spectrometry’ (GCMS), which enables a pathologist to see peaks and valleys in quantities and types of body chemicals, with speed and accuracy never known before. Dr Shaw said:
“When I first started in this field, the analysis of a single chemical compound would have taken most of the day. Since then, we can identify a thousand different compounds in a single afternoon”.

This technology had never been applied to study abnormal organic body chemicals in autism before. In a famous interview, Dr Shaw said:

“Since some inborn errors of metabolism are associated with muscle weakness, I was really looking for metabolites (products of body chemical activity) characteristic of these conditions which were all negative. Instead, I noticed that several unusual compounds were consistently elevated. None were adequately described in the medical literature.
Colleagues in the field of metabolic diseases said they were probably from gut flora (microorganisms). Since several of these compounds were analogs (altered forms) of normal energy production (Krebs cycle) compounds, I thought these compounds may be significant, perhaps as anti-metabolites.[5]
At the same time, I was testing the culture media of a large number of different yeast and bacteria strains from the human gastrointestinal tract in order to find out which compounds in the human might be derived from the yeast and bacteria.
During the same time period, I began a collaborative study of evaluating urine samples of patients with schizophrenia obtained by Dr. Gattaz at the Central Mental Health Institute of Germany in Mannheim.These samples were very valuable since they were obtained from patients who were drug-free. Thus, any biochemical abnormalities would be due to their condition and not a drug effect”.

[4 This work was published in (Clin Chem 41:1094-1104,1995).]
[5 Antimetabolites interfere with the normal pathway of metabolites.]

A child with an acute psychotic reaction had been tested when relatively well and then was tested again during the psychotic reaction had a much higher level of a compound derived from tyrosine (an amino acid) during the psychosis than when he was well. A colleague in the field suggested that this compound was derived from microorganisms in the intestine.

“The compound that was elevated in this child during the psychotic episode was also found in a large percentage of the adults with schizophrenia. Since tyrosine is the raw material used by the body for the production of neurotransmitters, I suspected that this product might be very important”.

This finding showed a strong connection between psychotic disease and autism and abnormal conditions in the gut.
Later, Dr Shaw found another significant metabolite that showed another connection between the gut and autism.
The compound that led to the discovery was tartaric acid. It is a known toxin that inhibits cell energy production, and reduces brain function. Humans do not produce this chemical. The only source of tartaric acid is yeast, and is known as tartar in the wine-making industry – a sludge produced by yeast activity fermenting the grape sugar.
The brothers with autism and severe muscle weakness had extremely high values of tartaric acid in their urine. Another child with autism had a urine value of tartaric acid 600 times than that of normal children.
Dr Shaw then examined the medical charts of several other children with autism, they had similar abnormalities and immediately he saw a possible causal connection. He was aware of Dr William Crook’s clinical discovery that treating for yeasts cured many behavioral disorders. He said:

“The next step seemed obvious. If these compounds were from yeast and were causing some of the symptoms of autism, antifungal drugs which kill yeast should reduce some of the symptoms of autism.
At that time a two year old boy was currently being evaluated for autism at the hospital where I worked and I had just done the organic acid test. The child had been developing normally up to about 18 months of age and had a vocabulary of 100 words. He was treated several times for ear infections with antibiotics and developed thrush (a Candida or yeast infection of the mouth and tongue).
His behavior deteriorated quickly after that. He lost all speech, became extremely hyperactive, woke up all night long, lost eye contact with his parents and was diagnosed with autism. His organic acids that I thought were due to the yeast, including tartaric acid, were very elevated. The neurologist at the hospital would not prescribe the antifungal drug Nystatin for the child so the parents and I convinced an outside pediatrician to prescribe it. The child’s eye contact returned by the following day and the elevated organic acids decreased markedly, although it took 60 days to return to the normal values.
I have found that these metabolites are not specific for autism but may also be associated with other neurological conditions such as ADHD, seizures, learning disabilities, or speech disorders. In one set of identical twins, one of the twins was autistic while the other was not autistic but had speech difficulty.
The factors that influence which condition is present probably include which metabolites are elevated, how high their concentrations are, how long the exposure to these products lasts, the number of exposures, and differences in the ability to detoxify these products”.[6]

With Brock, as with so many of my children, the initial rapid improvement came as a result of taking away the sugar that fed the yeasts (candida). The gradual improvement came from the slow repair of the gut with the specialist nutrients and bacteria. I then prescribed the simple to take liquid ‘Nylstat’, to speed up the anti-candida process. From there on, he began to rapidly improve.

Later in this chapter I will share with you the new pathologies and the newly discovered herbal treatments we now use to combat candidiasis. ‘Nylstat’ is a useful drug, with no side effects, except with prolonged use it can cause the candida to migrate through the bowel membranes into deeper layers, where the yeast buds can ‘hide’ to begin again once the anti-fungal levels reduce.[7]

[6 For a good read try Dr William Shaw’s “The Biological Basis of Autism and PDD”]
[7 I first found this in a study of 63 of our patients in 1986]

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