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The sections below contain information on the supplements Nicholas is currently taking or has taken in the past. For each supplement, I have listed why he is/was taking it and other information that I think may be useful. Please keep in mind, I have not included complete information regarding these supplements, just information as to how it applied to my son’s case. At the bottom of this list, I have included references to where I found information on supplements as that may be of use to you as well. (Bear with me, this is a work in progress.)p>

Kirkman Vitamin C – buffered - Nicholas took this Vitamin C for quite some time before I found the liquid one above. It worked well to mask some supplements, but we just got to the point where I needed to change the taste of his supplement juice.
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Carlson Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
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Vitamin World 100% Natural Vitamin E d-Alpha Tocopherol - When we first started biomed, I had read about this particular Vitamin E from Vitamin World that was helping so many of our kids talk so I tried it and saw the same results - it really did help him with his babbling when we first started biomed. On several occasions I stopped giving it to him and did see a change in his speaking, so it always ended up back in the regiment. When my stash recently ran out and I went to re-order, Vitamin World had replaced it with this one. It has proven to carry the same results for Nicholas.
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Kirkman Biomax Zinc - Nicholas gets Zinc each day because he did have a zinc deficiency which presented as his constant chewing on everything - toys, his shirt, etc. Once I added Zinc, the chewies went away. Since we started chelating, the chewies did come back at one point and I had to raise his dose a bit and the chewing/mouthing has not returned.
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Inositol Powder from Kirkman - Inositol has helped us with compliance and with symptoms of OCD, such as constantly having to play in the kitchen sink (for hours on end). He is much more compliant and easy going when taking Inositol. (IP-6 is not the version of inositol I am referring to. We did not have a good experience with IP-6 here.)
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Biotin - Biotin has been a god-send in this house when it comes to yeast. Shaw wrote about biotin deficiency and how the biotin keeps the yeast from changing form which is what it does when it is going to invade the tissues and organs. (I’ll post a more details on this later) When yeast is present, I increase Nicholas’s daily dose from 30mg to 40mg and it does help.
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Green Pastures Blue Ice High Vitamin CLO I added this CLO into Nicholas’s regiment when I wanted to add a natural Vitamin A (mycellized is synthetic). Green Pastures makes excellent products and is in the process of coming out with new CLO’s. The orange version that we use will be available in their fermented CLO - which I understand to be a better option anyway.
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Evening Primrose Oil - This was a supplement I started early on because I had read that it helped with hyperactivity and it really did. This along with Gaba and epsom salt baths kept us from even thinking Risperdal was the answer for our son.
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Klaire Labs TherBiotic Detox Support Probiotic - This is also a great probiotic - this is one of the probiotics that Nicholas is currently taking. I do believe it is working well for him.
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Culturelle - This is one of the first probiotics I ever gave to Nicholas and it really does work well. Right now, the TherBiotic Detox and Living Streams Probiotics are working quite well, so I save this one for when I believe he’s dealing with Clostridia or a tummy bug. (If your child is casein-free, they may not be able to tolerate this probiotic.)
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FoodScience of Vermont Aangamik DMG Liquid - This is the DMG Nicholas is currently taking. It definately has an effect on his language both with length of sentences and spoken clarity. This doesn’t have much of a taste, so it is super easy to mix in with juice. (125mg of DMG needs 400mg Folinic with it)
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Kirkman GABA Gaba really helped to calm Nicholas down. He was always hyper and then he had calmed down with starting epsom salt baths, evening primrose oil, etc. But then we started mb-12 shots and he was hyper again. Gaba worked and it’s been in his daily regiment since.
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L-Theanine (Suntheanine) from Nutricology - This helps with anxiety and stress and is very calming.
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Custom Blend from Metabolic Maintenance - We had bloodwork done to determine the formula for this custom blend. As with other supplements, I believe it has contributed to his progress - but there were no huge WOWs with this supplement. As it is on the pricey side, I may try Klaire’s amino blend in the future and see if we find the same results.
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Advanced Formula Biocidin - We gave Nicholas this to deal with some bad bacteria we saw on one of his test results. It seemed to do the trick - although I would not use this supplement every day long term.
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Enhansa - If I had to rank our supplements in order of importance, Enhansa would be #1, hands down. This supplement has been amazing for our son and I am very thankful to Lee Silsby for making it. The first three weeks our son was on it, die off was practically unbearable, but we saw things happening which gave us the strength to push through and we are so glad that we did. His yeast was gone for the first time since starting biomed and we were able to reduce the number of probiotics we were giving him. We were able to stop yeast-fighting enzymes such as Candex and Candidase. We were able to stop difulcan (fluconazole). We did see our son go through some viral die-off as well. It’s just one of the best supplement choices I have made to date.
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Enzymedica Virastop (Protease Enzyme Supplement) -
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Enzymedica Mucostop
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Enzymedica Candidase
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Candex Yeast Management System
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Houston Nutraceuticals No Phenol - as needed for phenol effects
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Houston Nutraceuticals Peptizyde - (as needed)
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Houston Nutraceuticals Zyme Prime - (as needed)
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Milk Thistle Extract
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Vinpocetine
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