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Kirsten's avatar

I'm so sorry. 😔

Maybe you get all kinds of advice, so pardon me if the following is annoying.

When I read your comment, I recalled the naturopaths and holistic doctors that have died under suspicious circumstances over the past 10 years. I remembered one of those doctors treated kids with autism. Here is an article and what he was using, GcMAF. Maybe you've heard of it...

https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/death-gwinnett-autism-doctor-spawns-mystery-for-some/qSjvKrxZPOGNxdkY5W5vsJ/?mode=new

Maybe you've looked into all this stuff. I know it's hard to get autistic children to eat different things, but a quarter cup of cilantro mixed in water and a high-speed blender taken over a couple weeks is a great heavy metal cleanse, and while blueberries will help those metals out of the body.

I've also heard that the doctor from that vax was researching gut health, so homemade sauerkraut would be a great thing.

Take good care, sending much love. ❤️🌷

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MKnight's avatar

Thank you so much. I’ve not read about GcMAF - how interesting! I have a phenomenal biomed doctor who has walked with us through some really dark stuff, and we’ve added a homeopath in the last two years. We’ve definitely walked a strange and painful road.

I’m trying to write about it as personal therapy, but maybe it’ll be useful to others!

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Kirsten's avatar

Yeah, I imagine it would be kind of like journaling, therapeutic. It's great you have good doctors now. I have two new unvaccinated friends who are also homeopathists, and I have been impressed. One of them cleared up her husband's plantar fasciitis within a week with homeopathy. My ex had terrible hives for about 5 years, finally turned to homeopathy and that's what solved them.

I imagine you've walked a strange and painful road, quite challenging. My ex is an occupational therapist and owns a OT clinic and provides OT in schools. Many of her child clients are on the autism spectrum.

I always remembered that doctor. I thought if they killed him he might have been on to something with that GcMAF.

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cl's avatar

re GcMAF ,I couldn't access the site for the story (from UK, blocked) but the UK Column News website about dr David Noakes might interest you too. hmmmm..

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Kirsten's avatar

Interesting that you couldn't access the site. I've read about Dr Noakes, but I forget the details...

Here is the original series of articles from HealthNet news following the suspicious deaths of naturopaths in the US. Dr Bradstreet is listed under June 19th, 2015.

https://healthnutnews.com/recap/

And her interview with the Bradstreet family after his death, including a discussion of GcMAF.

https://healthnutnews.com/video-dr-jeffrey-bradstreets-family-breaks-silence-for-the-first-time-since-his-tragic-death/

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SomeDude's avatar

ugh, I tried using archive.ph and 12ft.io to dodge the region block on that link and neither succeeded. first time I've seen either of those fail to open a page.

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Castigator's avatar

Try searching with keywords: GcMAF, Noakes, Thyer, Immuno Biotech, Iain Davis. Some source is liable to come up and work. Davis wrote an article in 2019.

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Kirsten's avatar

Soooo interesting. If you want to try other ways to read about him through health nut news, see my response above. Makes me think there's something to GcMAF.... 🧐

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Harmen's avatar

I hope this is not an overburden of advice but I'd like to say a few words on the topic which might be helpful.

I've read success stories for autism spectrum with alpha lipoic acid heavy metal chelation. It's the Andrew Cutler protocol if I am not mistaken. It's quite an intensive protocol but some report to almost fully reverse and that is very promising. I did not see such an effect size with other alternative treatments.

Also, I found this recently posted study where children got dmsa to chelate heavy metals and found significant (p<0.01 and even a lot of p<0.001 values) improvements on various autism rating scales.

Safety and efficacy of oral DMSA therapy for children with autism spectrum

disorders: Part B - Behavioral results

Coriander, Alpha Lipoic Acid, DMSA all help with detoxifying heavy metals. Chances are that is a big part of the solution.

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MKnight's avatar

Thank you! We've done some ACC, and I have a fantastic doctor who has his own spin on it that we'll probably do at some point. We've found a lot of success with homeopathy, actually - and some with diet and supplements (targeting aluminum, actually). Autism and the damage that's been done can be so multi-faceted. It's just going to be a journey.

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Harmen's avatar

Ah great to hear you had success with treatment! What homeopathy treatment do you attribute it to?

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MKnight's avatar

We work with a classic homeopath, meaning she takes the symptoms and behaviors in total, and we try a single remedy in varying potencies in a methodical way. It took about 18 months before I was pretty convinced it was helping. My oldest was able to stop all meds I had inflicted on him and start to heal. Can't say enough good about homeopathy as an approach!

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kitten seeking answers's avatar

primary commonality in areas with the highest proportion of centenarians is gut health as a result of diets high in prebiotics like bananas, onions, greens (foods that nourish the good bacteria in your gut) *and* probiotics (fermented foods) like sauerkraut, kiefer, yogurt that repopulate the gut with good bacteria.

especially good idea to follow this regimen after a course of antibiotics has wiped out your healthy gut bacteria.

gut essential to immune system health makes commonsense since provides nutrition to entire body.

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Colin Brace's avatar

Great observation. We're learning so much about the absolutely critical role the gut biome plays in health, not least of all mental health (it's all connected). I enjoy making (and eating!) lacto-fermented vegetables like carrots, beets, gherkins, garlic and so on. So easy to do, and very tasty.

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Kirsten's avatar

Wow, good to know. We're finding out more and more how important that got bacteria is. I've been making my own homemade sauerkraut and it feels so good to my body.

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Irunthis1's avatar

Don't forget miso a great soy sauce replacement that is fermented. Many uses.

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MX's avatar

Soy sauce is also a product of fermentation

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LJ's avatar

But a lot of soy sauce has wheat in it. Plus often GMO. Coconut amines supposed to be good replacement. I have not tried however.

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Rosalind McGill's avatar

Bragg liquid coconut amino acids is great, I’m gluten free and non gmo from numerous autoimmune issues and biotoxin mold illness. I got a booster shot for work in autistic classroom ( ironic!) . Had to go on disability in 2003. Doctors had no answer why I suddenly had autoimmune issues. I’d had a thyroid problem previously and was recently sober from drinking . Blamed myself for many years. A few years ago, my upper middle class Drug Rep cousin admitted she forbid her daughters to take Gardasil vax. She refused to discuss it. Must have signed a non disclosure agreement along with selling her soul for a nice income.

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MX's avatar

Tamari is wheat free

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ISL's avatar

And most of the immune system is in the gut (where most of the potential pathogens are all the time). The gut biome is important to many other systems, too. I highly recommend Ronda Patrick who carefully researchers in the med literature each topic she covers on her podcasts (but skip her when she is talking about the covid vaxx).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOZcbNw7sng

There is a body of research showing that Kim Chi has the widest diversity of good microbes and pre-biotics, and after you eat it a few times it starts to smell good (first time is difficult).

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An Ominous's avatar

Some doctors recommend sauerkraut in addition to kimchi, so if you like the taste of at least one of them, it or they should be part of your diet.

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Dee's avatar

I'm dealing with this issue now after 2 courses of antibiotics for sinus infections from the germs my toddler grandchild picked up in daycare and sneezed into my face. It's a slow process.

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Beckie Takacs's avatar

For what it's worth, my daughter had chronic sinus infections for many years, and antibiotics only cleared them for a few weeks. She started taking oil of oregano (1 pill 2x/day Gaia brand) and almost immediately her chronic sinusitis/infections went away. She hasn't had another infection in 20 years.

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LJ's avatar

I had chronic sinus infection also. A simple homemade nasal spray and lots of nutraceuticals later? None. Many years. Spray: take sterile bottle (I just use basic saline nasal spray bottle from grocery store pharmacy) and refill with distilled water, about 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon xylitol (I buy from store), pinch sea salt, and optional pinch sodium ascorbate (stains clothing so you can leave out), and 4 drops NOW brand eucalyptus oil per 4oz bottle. When I’m not on a trip I use a 4 oz glass bottle or neti pot at home with same per 4 oz water.

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Dee's avatar

I used a neti pot and natural nasal spray with xylitol both times when I first started to feel congested, and instead of making it better, it seemed to make the mucus impacted in my sinuses. Never happened in the past so I don't know what happened. But I had never before been sneezed at right in my face multiple times while changing a diaper either. My granddaughter was constantly sneezing, coughing and snotty after she started daycare. I'm sure the prior lockdowns, even though they were relatively brief here in Florida, and the staff all wearing masks and constantly touching them at the nose to pull them up, didn't help.

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Jerome V's avatar

Beware daycare search insecure attachment. Best you keep her when her parents can't.

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Dee's avatar

I just started taking oil of oregano in dropper form. The recommended dose on the bottle is 4 drops per day. I mix it with water so it only burns a little. I don't mind the burn; I can eat pickled jalapeño peppers right out of the jar. I'm going to ask my integrative doc about upping the dose.

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cl's avatar

UK column news website has an article by Iain Davis about dr David Noakes who was recently imprisoned in France for 6 months, his company immuno biotech was making and giving his patients who needed it free GCMAF for cancer, with success apparently. he and Lynn Thyer paid a price it seems for doing so. hmmm nothing to see there then...

UK Column ran a campaign to help him, he suffered badly in prison. They say he is a good honest doc.

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Nancy's avatar

Quite a few summers ago, 12 drs that were curing cancer were found in their offices dead with a “heart attack” or floating face down in a river! Wish I had printed and kept that. I remember it so vividly because one dr. was from New York City, Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez, who m I had recommended to my nyc daughter in law!😢😡

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Kirsten's avatar

Yep, he's listed in health nuts news compilation of doctors dying under suspicious circumstances. Especially naturopathic doctors, and doctors who were successfully treating autism and cancer.

https://healthnutnews.com/recap/

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Rosalind McGill's avatar

My primary care doctor was treating Lyme successfully. Medical mafia bullied him and threatened to keep him in court, examining every Medicare and Medicaid bill until he was bankrupt or retired. I see an integrative medicine doctor for actual help. Disability makes me see primary care doctor.

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Beckie Takacs's avatar

For heavy metal chelation, check out the alginate product PectaClear by Econugenics. Binds most heavy metals with the exception of aluminum. https://www.dreliaz.org/formulas/detoxification-formulas/

Only sialic acid-rich water (and IV chelation) will remove aluminum.

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MKnight's avatar

Thanks! I’ve had my sons on liquid silica for some time - it’s been quite extraordinary to see the difference, indicating aluminum to be one of the core problems. But it takes a long time.

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Beckie Takacs's avatar

Actually, this product is not supposed to do anything with Al, but I'm so glad your son is doing better. it is only sialic acid. You can email Prof. Chris Exley directly about this - I'm sure he'd be happy to answer any questions about this that you have.

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MKnight's avatar

Silica is known to bind to aluminum - there’s a lot of information around about that, so it’s one of those “maybe it will maybe it won’t help” things, but here it absolutely does. But now I will absolutely chase down sialic acid! Thank you for the info!

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Beckie Takacs's avatar

And by the way, I don't know if your child has the typical GI issues with food sensitivities and diarrhea and all, but I found that tiny amounts (1/8 tsp, 1-2x/day)) of raw horseradish root, freshly minced before serving in a little spoonful of applesauce given daily with a meal completely stopped my child's GI problems. It was immediate but had to keep it going for 9 months before I could successfully stop with results maintained. I suppose it takes that long to change the microbiome. Does require compliance due to strong taste.

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MKnight's avatar

That is fascinating!! One of my boys had GI problems from day one. The other didn’t develop them till much later after extended antibiotic treatment for PANDAS/PANS. It wrecked him. I may give this a try with him!!

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Beckie Takacs's avatar

I'd love to know how it goes if you try it. The horseradish can't be the prepared stuff - it has to be the fresh root. You mince it just before giving it - I assume it is something similar to garlic where an enzyme is released from a compartment when crushed, making the active ingredient. Start out small, like less than 1/8 tsp. put into one mouthful amount of applesauce on a spoon. Once in a while, my daughter would complain that it hurt her stomach. Then I just cut back and gave it in 2 smaller doses during the day instead of one. I'd ask her to swallow the applesauce (one gulp) fast and quickly drink the glass of water. to minimize the taste. It was always just after, or in the middle of, a meal. Really lucked out with that.

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Beckie Takacs's avatar

Good luck. Please let me know what you find. And do email Exley - very nice person.

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