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I was recently asked if I would try a sample of some of NuLife Foods. As a person who loves to eat, I was impressed with the food considering it was free of gluten, casein and soy. Here’s my and Nicholas’s take on the foods we tried:

The chicken nuggets were just about the best chicken nuggets I think I ever had. Juicy and delicious! I am so glad I kept one off of Nicholas’s plate because he ran and hid with them when I asked him if I could have one. (I guess the answer was no!)

The chocolate chip cookies were equally delicious. We ate them right out of the oven. I could not tell that these were GFCFSF at all. And I like my cookies and desert!

The meatballs were also delicious. I made these when Grandma came over, so the three of us split them. Moist and juicy - loved the taste of these. I didn’t pour sauce all over them so we could taste the actual taste of the meatball and we just loved them.

The french toast was tasty. I must admit, bread - good bread, is one of my favorite foods, so I’ve made french toast with some great bread. I have tried several GF breads and I have never been able to get myself past the thought of ever losing real my beloved bread. But if I was GF, these would be a welcome addition to my freezer.

The cheese pizza was also tasty. My oven did not crisp the crust - and I should have just thrown it back into the oven without a pan to make it crispy. The daiya cheese on it was really good - that was the first time I had it. My only thought is that the pizzas needed more cheese, but they were good. For a child that cannot have a quickie pizza because they’re all loaded with ingredients they cannot eat, this is a fantastic alternative.

I still have to sample the chicken burgers and will post an update to this thread when I do - but the food was great and I highly recommend you try NuLife’s products if you or your child is GFCFSF.

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On Friday, June 4th at 2:00pm EST, Pierre Fontaine will be live on Biomed for Autism’s radio show.
You can dial into the show to listen to the live show at (347)989-8377 or you can listen directly online here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/biomed-for-autism
Visit the Biomed for Autism Facebook page to keep up on future events or to post questions for Pierre!

Pierre Fontaine, RSHom (NA), CCH, has been a professional Homeopath in New York City since 1994 and is the author of “Homeopathy Sweet Homeopathy”. He is a registered member of the North American Society of Homeopaths “RSHom (NA)” and is certified by the Council on Homeopathy Certification “CCH.” Before studying Homeopathy he spend five years investigating the whole range of alternative health care such as: Acupuncture, Herbal and Vitamin therapy as well as Ayurvedic medicine to mention the most popular ones. He found little satisfaction in the principles of the diverse modalities he was researching. After briefly enrolling in the Gary Null School of Nutrition and while contemplating registration at the Tristate School of Acupuncture he discovered Homeopathy. It was “love at first sight”. Pierre graduated after following the four year program from the School of Homeopathy; Devon, England. Half of it was pursued in New York, the other half in England. “I wanted to have the best education I could get. This is why I did not hesitate to travel to England, one week every three weeks for a year and a half. It was an enormous effort but it was the right thing to do because England has a much more sophisticated educational system in the field.” Consequently, his dedication to homeopathy and to his patients is obvious. His leadership qualities were instrumental in the birth of the New York State Homeopathic Association of which he was the founding Vice President. Pierre Fontaine has lectured on Homeopathy at SUNY, St. John’s University, Queens College, Southampton College, Queensborough College, and many various different organizations. He is the author of many published articles and was the host of the TV show “Homeopathic Times”.

Please visit Pierre’s website for more information:
http://www.homeopathicservices.com/

His book, Homeopathy Sweet Homeopathy, is an excellent read for those looking to understand how homeopathy can bring a person back into a healthy state.

The Impossible Cure by Amy Lansky is also a great read if you are interested in homeopathy:

Michael Wagnitz: Decision raises question: What exactly is thimerosal?
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/column/article_2b1205ea-45e6-57a5-9c49-64d7c9e0be24.html

Michael Wagnitz | local columnist | Posted: Sunday, April 18, 2010 4:45 am

Since the March 12 decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, which concluded that thimerosal in vaccines is not linked to autism or any other childhood neurological injury, I’ve been asked by many people: What exactly is thimerosal?

Thimerosal is a fungicide/bactericide used as a preservative in medical products. It is prepared by combining the fungicide ethylmercuric chloride with thiosalicylic acid. The reason for this is to increase the solubility of ethylmercuric chloride in water so it can be added at higher concentrations to products such as vaccines. Thimerosal is 10,000 times more soluble in water than ethylmercuric chloride.

Due to multiple accidental poisonings from ingestion of treated seed, ethylmercuric chloride was banned for use as a fungicide and all other purposes in the 1970s.

The symptoms of ethylmercuric chloride poisoning occurred months after the ingestion of treated seed. The first symptom noticed was paresthesia (nerve damage to fingers and toes) followed by ataxia (loss of coordination of the muscles), dysarthia (difficulty in articulating words) and loss of vision. While some functionality did return in some victims, the underlying damage was mostly irreversible. Tens of thousands of parents feel they saw the same symptoms in their children following vaccination with vaccines that contained thimerosal. Most of these children were eventually diagnosed as autistic.

Nobody knows what the safe amount of ethylmercuric chloride is for children. Thimerosal is added to multi-dose vaccine vials at a concentration of 50,000 micrograms per liter (mcg/l) mercury. In Wisconsin, any liquid waste solution which contains more than 200 mcg/l mercury is classified as hazardous waste.

There are four vaccines currently used in Wisconsin that contain this amount of mercury. They are vaccines administered from multi-dose flu, H1N1, meningococcal and tetanus/diphtheria booster vials. The flu and H1N1 vaccine are administered to pregnant women and children 6 months of age. The tetanus is approved for children 7 years and older. The meningococcal is approved for children 12 years and older. This year’s flu and H1N1 vaccines will expire soon and have to be treated as hazardous waste.

The next time your physician or nurse tells you that mercury is no longer used in vaccines (or that the quantity is small), feel free to share this information with them.

Michael Wagnitz of Madison is a chemist specializing in heavy metal poisoning.

For those of you who don’t know this author, she is one of the driving forces behind the AgeOfAutism.com website. I truly enjoy Kim Stagliano’s writing and am looking forward to reading her book. Jenny McCarthy has written the forward to her book which is a huge compliment Kim! Congratulations!!!

I cannot wait to read this….

Do you have an iphone or ipod touch? Your child might benefit from some of the free apps from kindergarten.com - so you should check it out. For the month of April, all of their apps are free in honor of autism awareness month.

http://kindergarten.com/

Change the variables and you’re not doing Cutler’s protocol… even if you *think* you are

Cutler’s protocol is not just simply dosing dmsa & ala every 3-4 hours. If you change any of the variables, you are not necessarily following Andy’s protocol. I’m getting more and more feedback lately from parents that concern me, so I just want to clarify a few things in hopes that it helps…

1. Night dosing IS required. Skipping the night doses or deciding to dose at midnight, then 8am - is NOT this protocol. Eliminating the dose in the middle defeats the purpose of doing the protocol as you are now creating several opportunities for the redistribution of metals versus the one per round stated on Andy’s protocol.

2. Cutler protocol consists of LOW, not high doses. If you start with high doses, versus the 1/8th -1/4 mg per pound, you are not increasing the amount of metals that are going to be pulled as much as you might think. The whole point of the protocol is to dose low so as few side effects are experienced as necessary, not to make yourself or your child miserable. You DO NOT start a 40 pound child on a 25mg dose. We saw results with 8mg! Have a little faith before you go overboard with the dose.

3. The point is not to make yourself or your child miserable thinking you are pulling more. The top dose is 1/2mg per pound. Again, you are not increasing the amount of metals that are going to be pulled as much as you might think. The whole point of the protocol is to dose low so as few side effects are experienced as necessary, not to make yourself or your child miserable.

4. “sprinkles” of dmsa and/or ala is not Cutler’s protocol Capsules should be divided into the doses you intend to give. I hear of parents opening capsules and just giving a sprinkle of each not knowing how much they are or aren’t giving. If you cannot eyeball the contents of the capsule to divide into the appropriate dose, ask your dr for a script and get them compounded to the correct dose.

5. Starting multiple protocols at one time is a bad idea. This should be common sense, I would hope. Starting an aggressive anti-viral protocol at the same time you start chelating is not recommended. Most find that waiting to start addressing viruses until after round 50 makes life so much easier for all involved.
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6. Ignoring yeast Do not assume that your child does not have yeast issues. If you are chelating and not seeing gains, it could be that any gains you would see are hidden by yeast. Have a test run and see before you assume otherwise. Then get on a good anti-fungal, whether it’s natural or rx and see if that clears it up.

7. Adding products like NDF, NDF+, chorella, cilantro, etc.Adding any of these to Cutler’s protocol is not a good idea. You can search Autism-Mercury’s archives for Andy’s explanation if you so choose and I would actually recommend you doing just that. For me, there is not enough research about any of these being a true chelator doing more than just moving metals around. Using dmsa and ala have worked very well here.

Interestingly enough, this is kind of how I pictured sensory overload to be. I’m sorry anyone has to go through anything like this…. I commend the creator of this video for putting this together so others could understand what sensory overload feels like to him.