I was asked in the comment section of one of the postings to list the food items that my kid as able to eat prior to NAET.  Here's my response:

"That's easy.  For 7 months it was basically water, meat, and white rice.  We had to take out everything because almost everything was causing a reaction--honey, egg, oats, tomatoes, citrus, peas, chick peas, corn, dairy, soy, wheat, broccoli, celery, nuts, blueberries are the ones that come to mind.  During those 7 months we slowly added things back like apples, carrots, and green beans that we were certain he was okay with.  He's now eating everyting on the list aside from nuts which we haven't approached with NAET.  He also refuses to drink "cow milk" as he calls it, but does eat yogurt daily and has had baked goods with milk."

I have previously posted his RAST IgE results pre and post NAET that show the dramatic reduction in everything aside from the egg.  At the time of his last RAST he was still having issues with egg (although reduced), but has since undergone a handful of addtional combination egg treatments and is now able to eat them.

Dr. Mom?

I got the chance to expand on my doctor mom skills this week. My son came down with some goop in his eye, more than likely pink eye. On a the few occassions that he or I have had this issue, I've resorted to the Simalison Pink Eye Drops which work like a charm--even faster than any prescription antibiotic eye drop I've ever used.  (Being a longtime contact user, I must admit I used to wear them far past their useful life and would end up with eye infections.  That was many years ago, I've since wised up and take them out nightly now!)  Anyways, after the prompt recovery my son made I said to my husband, "We should have been doctors."  Which he replied, "No, because if we were, our son would still be a medical mystery with no answers."  Given our past experience with the so-called "experts", I'd have to agree.  What this journey has taught me is that when it comes to your health, you have to be your own best advocate and seek answers.  And once you discover certain truths and information, it's nearly impossible to put your head back in the sand no matter how much easier that would be.

Enjoying Life & Food!

Enjoying life, and food!  That's what my child has been doing these days.  We had a family birthday that led to a weekend of food, family, and friends.  Friday we had dinner at a Japanese steakhouse, hibatchi style.  I was hesistant to bring my son for the fear of an allergic reaction, but when I broke it down he's been eating most everything as of late so we decided to give it a try.  He had chicken & vegetables with teriaki sauce,  white rice, and some soup.  As a precaution, I had his food cooked in back in a separate pan.  However during the hibatchi entertainment, the chef proceed to fling fried rice at my kid,which is made with butter/margarine, soy sauce, and egg.  Needless to say, he enjoyed the flavorful food immensely!  And he even shared in some birthday ice cream--all without one sign of a reaction.

The next night we enjoyed pizza, breaksticks, store bought cake, and vanilla ice cream (made with egg.)  What a joy to watch him eat and mingle with his little buddies without being singled out.  And the best part is that he is healthy!

Published NAET Study

There is a study published in the October/November 2011 issue of Integrative Medicine—A Clinician’s Journal comparing two groups of 30 autistic kids, ages 2.5 to 10 years, all in special education classrooms. One group received NAET treatments for a year and the other did not, so it wasn't actually a blind study (it would be hard to fake a treatment.) Both groups were allowed to continue their other therapies.

Twenty-six of the 30 NAET kids completed the year of treatment. Twenty-three of those were able to return to regular school classes with their non-autistic peers after one year of treatment (that's an astounding 88.5% of the once labeled 'autistic' kids being introduced to regular classrooms.  You may recall how I wrote of my pediatrician's expereince with NAET, he had 60 of 63 autistic children under going NAET that were being mainstreamed--95%.)  Meanwhile all of the 30 children in the untreated control group continued to need special education.

“We found that NAET is an effective, safe and simple treatment for children with allergy-related autism,” said Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, head author. “In human terms, NAET can provide profound and dramatic benefits, giving children with autism and their families their lives back.”