Re: Zonulin

> Hi, Andrew,
>
> So sorry I am just getting to this email (and I missed sending the
> info for your presentation entirely)! How did that go for you,
> btw? Hope it went very well.
>
> You write:
>> I am surprised that anyone on this
>> list is still allowing needles to
>> penetrate your skin with animal DNA, antifreeze, MSG,
>> mercury,
>> aluminum, many viral components, etc., etc. in them.
>
> So true. It has been well over 20 years since I have had vaccines,
> flu shots, etc. I got very ill everytime I got one--it didn't make
> any sense to continue such a practice. lol Even my husband got ill
> with them. When my doctor insisted one year that they had now
> changed vaccines and they were no longer live virus, I tried one
> last time, mainly to appease him. The result was still the same--I
> came down with a serious flu-like illness.
>
> You write:
>> Do you know of any enzymes that can be taken regarding
>> zonulin or
>> anything in that area to help with celiac?
>
> Dr. Alesio Fasano was in drug trials last year for a pill called
> larazotide acetate. It went thru all 3 trial phases and was said to
> be on track to go to market in April of this year. That pill worked
> for minor gluten contaminations in celiacs who did not have bad on-
> going gut damage, as I understand. But what Dr. Fasano had hoped it
> would do is keep the tight junctions closed after one eats glutens
> and repair the damaged tjs which remained inoperational after
> particularly ill celiacs have gone gf. It did not do this, however,
> and so he did not, in the end, deem the trials a success. I have
> not heard whether he is going to continue onto marketing that pill
> for mild gluten ingestion.
>
> Another researcher, however, is now working on an enzyme pill
> (larazotide was a peptide). This enzyme pill is in trials now.
> (Actually my understanding is that there are several researchers in
> different countries competing at this at the moment.) They are
> saying the results so far are good for the one that is in trials,
> but this was leaked about the larazotide pill too--means nothing yet.
>
> Dr. Fasano is still looking for a tj fix, however, which is why my
> money is on him. The enzyme pill will not likely address the tjs.
> I personally do not see an enzyme as working, long run; it is
> similar to using devices to control ES. You are not actually curing
> ES with a device, but stunting the effects of emfs. Same would be
> true of an enzyme, I would think. Yes, if you can get an enzyme
> that is effective enough at digesting gluten it will help symptoms,
> but the tjs are still open; zonulin is still produced. (But
> certainly one would think researchers would know this too--so I may
> be wrong.) But I have noted that Dr Fasano has not moved on--his
> focus has not been changed by the enzyme race.
>
> There is also an enzyme pill already on the market in Canada being
> touted for use for celiacs. I forget the name of that product, but
> it *does not* work for celiacs. It may work for those with mild
> gluten intolerance. It has been around for at least 5 years and
> every year or so someone comes on the celiac forum pushing it. But
> those who have tried it got gut damage eventually; some right away.
>
> Best wishes to you and your wife, Andrew,
> Diane
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Hi, Andrew,
>
> So sorry I am just getting to this email (and I missed sending the
> info for your presentation entirely)! How did that go for you,
> btw? Hope it went very well.
>
> You write:
>> I am surprised that anyone on this
>> list is still allowing needles to
>> penetrate your skin with animal DNA, antifreeze, MSG,
>> mercury,
>> aluminum, many viral components, etc., etc. in them.
>
> So true. It has been well over 20 years since I have had vaccines,
> flu shots, etc. I got very ill everytime I got one--it didn't make
> any sense to continue such a practice. lol Even my husband got ill
> with them. When my doctor insisted one year that they had now
> changed vaccines and they were no longer live virus, I tried one
> last time, mainly to appease him. The result was still the same--I
> came down with a serious flu-like illness.
>
> You write:
>> Do you know of any enzymes that can be taken regarding
>> zonulin or
>> anything in that area to help with celiac?
>
> Dr. Alesio Fasano was in drug trials last year for a pill called
> larazotide acetate. It went thru all 3 trial phases and was said to
> be on track to go to market in April of this year. That pill worked
> for minor gluten contaminations in celiacs who did not have bad on-
> going gut damage, as I understand. But what Dr. Fasano had hoped it
> would do is keep the tight junctions closed after one eats glutens
> and repair the damaged tjs which remained inoperational after
> particularly ill celiacs have gone gf. It did not do this, however,
> and so he did not, in the end, deem the trials a success. I have
> not heard whether he is going to continue onto marketing that pill
> for mild gluten ingestion.
>
> Another researcher, however, is now working on an enzyme pill
> (larazotide was a peptide). This enzyme pill is in trials now.
> (Actually my understanding is that there are several researchers in
> different countries competing at this at the moment.) They are
> saying the results so far are good for the one that is in trials,
> but this was leaked about the larazotide pill too--means nothing yet.
>
> Dr. Fasano is still looking for a tj fix, however, which is why my
> money is on him. The enzyme pill will not likely address the tjs.
> I personally do not see an enzyme as working, long run; it is
> similar to using devices to control ES. You are not actually curing
> ES with a device, but stunting the effects of emfs. Same would be
> true of an enzyme, I would think. Yes, if you can get an enzyme
> that is effective enough at digesting gluten it will help symptoms,
> but the tjs are still open; zonulin is still produced. (But
> certainly one would think researchers would know this too--so I may
> be wrong.) But I have noted that Dr Fasano has not moved on--his
> focus has not been changed by the enzyme race.
>
> There is also an enzyme pill already on the market in Canada being
> touted for use for celiacs. I forget the name of that product, but
> it *does not* work for celiacs. It may work for those with mild
> gluten intolerance. It has been around for at least 5 years and
> every year or so someone comes on the celiac forum pushing it. But
> those who have tried it got gut damage eventually; some right away.
>
> Best wishes to you and your wife, Andrew,
> Diane
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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