Enzyme Health

Before I even get started on this subject I will tell you that the author of the website and book, claims 93% success rate. That is huge, and coming from another mom with two kids with health problems all over the place, I was sure willing to listen.

Other statistics to consider, 80% of your bodies energy is used for digestion. Also, 80% of your bodies immune system is in the small intestines. It then starts to make sense that if your small intestines are not producing the correct enzymes, then not only could your digestion be messed up, but your immune system as well.

www.enzymestuff.com

Read it, research it - it is amazing and has been life changing for my family. My son's problems were all in sleeping and attitude/behavior and obedience. It has turned around completely for him. My daughter had cronic sickness and produced more mucous that you could imagine and screamed almost non stop - had trouble sleeping, etc. We realized that the mucous was making her unable to hear and now on the enzymes (and off of milk products for the most part) she is a completely different kid. We also added grapefruit seed extract ear drops to her routine and after about a week on enzymes and the drops, she was saying 20 new words a day.

My husbands lifetime athlete's foot has almost disappeared, I am no longer groggy in the morning and cranky at the end of the day.

None of us stay sick for longer than 12 hours and don't have any more problems in the bathroom after eating anything.

I will continue adding more information to this as we go down this road, but I will completely support the challenge laid out by the author of that website, to try it for 30 days, you will actually see results in less than a week.

Where it all started

My kids are now 3 1/2 and 1 1/2 and we are in sooooo much better shape that we were when my daughter was born a year and half ago. At that point, we were a mess. It all started when my sweet son one day decided to rebel and rebel big time. Giant fits of rage, angst as I called them started up about 14 months old. Night terrors followed and he was hitting and kicking me all the time. We have used Dobson's methods for disciplining and I was as consistent as I could be. He understood consequences at a very young age and all of a sudden that went out the window. We called the pastor about the night terrors (see night terror entry for more information) and my mother-in-law mentioned he could have a problem with red dye. My nephews in GA had similar issues she said, so I started picking the brain of my sister-in-law and what she discovered. She sent me to www.feingold.com. An amazing website that lists all the ingredients that can make your kids crazy with rage, anger, angst, etc. The big ones for us were all the dyes (red, yellow and blue), food preservatives, artificial flavors, and corn syrup.

The weird thing was that after about 3 days off of all this stuff - my son started having withdrawls - it got really bad, terrible for 2-3 days then disappeared completely. I mean completely. He was my happy sweet boy again. We have relapses when we have to use Benydryl or Tylenol/Motrin even though we use the dye free kind, they all have artificial flavor. We use Oil of Oregano and Flaxseed or MaxEpa Fish Oil (rubbed on the soles of his feet - for fastest absorbtion) to help his little body get rid of the toxins and it helps tremendously.

We also had to avoid the other salicylate foods on the list until we started using enzymes (see enzyme entry). Remember to look in the ingredients of all the products you put on the baby or child. I went through the house with a black sharpie and "x" through all the stuff that was bad so my husband could folllow suit. The diaper cream I was buying was bad, the detergent for the laundry, the hand soap, bath soap, baby lotion - you name it and it has either dye or preservatives in it.

I had to take the time to spend hours at the grocery store and health food store reading all the ingredients looking for these bad things. YOU CAN DO IT - it is worth every minute times 1000 to have happy kids around this house.

Don't let anyone tell you that its just because they are 2 or 3 or having a bad day. You know your kids and it is not normal.