CuringAutismBlog

Logically speaking, my daughter Shannon and I must have the same killer gene as Mike, the one that increases the production of the CBS enzyme, C699T. I am guessing that we are protected from the worst effects of the gene by estrogen. In my case, estrogen is ebbing, and I fought depression for years until I discovered a workaround, a very low carbohydrate diet.

So Shannon and I have been taking Dr. Amy's vitamin, which contains a variety of nutrients intended to nourish the methylation cycle, such as broccoli. Why not try it, if you are in the gene pool? It certainly might help, and isn't any more expensive than other vitamins.

I took one for a week, then more, up to three a day. At first things got remarkably better. Then with the increase, they got worse!! I am talking about my ability to tolerate carbohydrates without getting fog in the brain. I must have inadvertently nourished the drain in my methylation cycle caused by the CBS mutation. So I backed off to two tablets a day, one in the morning and one at night. Shannon has been taking one in the morning. (Dr. Amy recommends up to two or three per day for those on her protocols. But the dosage on the bottle is six per day. So for people in the gene pool but not on the protocol, maybe the dosage could be higher.)

We went to visit a friend last weekend who has cats. Shannon and I have always been allergic to cats, and so is everyone in my family of birth. But now Shannon and I are not allergic! A long-haired cat who used to cause sneezing kept sitting on Shannon in the night. I "tested" him by sticking my nose in his fur. No sneezes for either of us!

A friend who is an engineer and grandfather of a child with autism (and therefore in the same gene pool) came to visit this weekend. He mentioned that he is allergic to cats. Could cat allergy be an effect of an inefficient or broken methylation cycle?

My kids are all wanting to adopt a cat now. I am wondering if we are really cured.