Tips to Maximize your Results with Respen-A
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Welcome to our Respen-A
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newsletter, a way for us to share tips on how to maximize the benefits of the Respen-A
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, to feature upcoming events, and to introduce you to some of the people whose lives have been changed due to this Homeopathic Treatment! Please read on, and share...
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I Don't Always Get it Right...!
My son, Tyler, diagnosed with autism at age 5, has been using Respen-A
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successfully for eleven years. We've never supplemented with anything except the required calcium/magnesium, and zinc/P-5-P because we saw benefit, which indicates that he has Pyroluria. The ONLY time we added something was when his naturopath advised DHA. Two weeks later, when I'd just about had enough of full symptom return, I called Elaine for advice. That's when I learned that DHA negates Respen-A
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because it inhibits MAO-A, which is what the Respen-A
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makes active in the body. Since then I've learned that far more supplements than we realize inhibit MAO-A. I've also learned to say no when well-intentioned practitioners advise supplements, and to always ask Elaine for advice.
HOWEVER...that doesn't mean that I always get it right!
Tyler and his brother are on a year-round swim team, and both rank in the top 3 - 6 swimmers in the state in their favorite events. Tyler would like to compete in the Olympics. With such an ambition, I found it easy this past season to support his desire for better nutrition and expensive sports supplements. These came in the form of gels, powders, tablets that are added to water to create a fizzy drink, and capsules. With buzz words like Peak Performance, Daily Essentials, Well-Being, Fuel Kits and Endurance, Energy and Quick Recovery, how could I go wrong? Did we see results? It just dawned on me, after all the expense, that the answer is no...AND yes, but I'd already figured the out the 'yes', which is why I am sharing.
Both of my boys had minimal to no improvement in their times, whereas the previous season they were setting new team records and placing higher. In fact, they both added time in many of their events. However, more eye opening was the fact that Tyler became more and more irritable and aggressive over the months till his behavior reached a crescendo, which I chalked up to his being a teenager trying to establish his independence. It wasn't till the season ended that I had a light bulb moment when it dawned on me to review the ingredients in his sports supplements. It was then that I realized his MAO-A had been inhibited by ingredients in the supplements, starting slowly then escalating to the point of out-of-control.
In all honesty, I initially had asked Elaine whether or not I should be concerned back when we first investigated the high energy electrolyte powder/drink. The known culprit was L-carnosine, and the amount was 52 mg per 28 ounces of water consumed at intervals during a two-hour practice. Theoretically, due to the intensity of the practice, Tyler would be burning it off as quickly as he was drinking it. All seemed golden for a comfortable while. Then we added more sports nutrition items from the same company, none of which I checked the ingredients of. By then I'd begun to trust the well-known name and didn't give it a second thought except for the cost.
It wasn't till Tyler uncharacteristically began dropping out of events he'd excelled in, both in advance of and at the meets, that I found I had a much bigger problem than the cost of the supplements on my hands. Two weeks before the state meet I researched the ingredients of everything he was taking in the form of sports nutrition and discovered that many of the items are known to inhibit MAO-A, which then makes the Respen-A
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nonviable. Perhaps a little bit here or there may not have caused a problem, but combined, over time, they were detrimental to the peace and harmony within our home, and to my relationship with my son. I took him off of everything immediately and it took more than two full weeks for him to recover.
As a parent, having spoken with many, many parents over the years, I can share that the ones who see dramatic results with the recovery of their children are the ones that don't supplement. The ones that do, struggle. Yes, they are happy that their child is calmer...some of the time..., has fewer tics, is more verbal and has better eye contact, etc. Eventually they want more and better, and each supplement they give up brings another gain.
I wanted the most for Tyler well in advance of day one on Respen-A
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, and all we'd known to do was to have him be GF/CF because we definitely were not interested in putting him on the mind-numbing, stupor-inducing drugs that the doctor had recommended. We'd found benefit with him being GF/CF only in that we'd had no more meltdowns, but it did nothing for him socially, with focus or anything else. I am grateful that we never had to jump through hoops with trying to recover our son through the use of supplements and other interventions because, from my experience in talking with other parents, it always seems like the gains are small and short-lived...and now I know why.
Because it activates MAO-A, Respen-A
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is a game changer. From day one, within the first ten minutes of using it, I saw dramatic changes in Tyler. That first day was a miracle with gain upon gain that did not end until we turned out the lights at bedtime, and even then it continued because Tyler had his first full night's sleep in years! Prior to that I used to check on him throughout the night and had always found him sitting up in bed, eyes wide open, which was heartbreaking. It did this mom's heart good to see her child finally SLEEPING peacefully and deeply because his body finally had access to MAO-A!
We also had no more social or focus issues, no toe-walking or thumb-clenching, and he was finally speaking! Quickly following, he had friends instead isolation, and joy instead of frustration and anger. AND, since Elaine's second reformulation of Respen-A
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(there have been four reformulations as Elaine is persistent about developing the best of the best), he has had no problems with gluten or casein. In fact, gluten brings more gains because it releases the serotonin so the body can utilize it.
Tyler has been in mainstream classroom with no IEP since Kindergarten. We switched to homeschooling four years ago. He is currently a Life Scout on his way to his Eagle Scout rank, and has just passed his driver's written test to get his driver's license. I share this as an encouragement to keep reading ingredients lists, if you choose to supplement, to be certain the item is 'clean', that there is nothing that will inhibit MAO-A, which is the root to the tree of life in the body.
I highly recommend reading the feature articles in our previous newsletters:
August 2018 Newsletter, MAO-A, The Tree of Life
October 2018 Newsletter...The gluten question
Submitted by Kerri McCormick
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Please Join Us!
Monthly Webinars
2nd Monday of each month
Time: 7:00 p.m. MST
June 8th Webinar Topic:
Do Electronic Devices Affect MAO-A?
To help parents achieve maximum results with Respen-A
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, Elaine and Kerri are hosting webinars on the
second
Monday of each month, at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
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Invitations will be emailed to those on our email list with reminders to non-openers sent a few days later.
Because we have people worldwide and in many different time zones who are using Respen-A
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, webinars will be recorded and made accessible through this newsletter. Recording of March 30th Webinar:
Could Our Latest Discovery Be the Answer to Pyroluria and Phenol Sensitivity?
(1 hr 1 mins)
Recording password: SaYjFn6Z
New topics will be covered each month, with 30 minutes following topic available for questions/answers. We look forward to your joining us!
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Does Your Child Have Seizures? This Info Might Help...
People with autism have an increased risk of seizures, most likely because of the high amount of calcium influx into the cells causing them to be very hyper reactive. Reserpine, which is what Respen-A
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is made from, almost completely abolishes the ability of calcium to go into the cells. So in this regard, IF the seizures are due to too much calcium going into the cells, Respen-A
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has the potential of preventing this. In fact, this is why we have to supplement calcium with the Respen-A because we have to maintain a balance of calcium able to go into the cells as calcium is a necessary neurotransmitter in itself.
Of course seizures can be caused by other things, some we don’t even know. One thing that can cause seizures is lipid peroxidation, such as from too many polyunsaturated oils. If an oil stays liquid in the refrigerator, it is polyunsaturated and can cause lipid peroxides if out of balance with saturated fats. This is yet another reason to eat the whole food and not take the EFA supplements like fish oil.
The following is a message we received from Angie, a pharmacist/mom with a son who is on the spectrum and has/had seizures:
I want to pass on the Vitamin E info. The study out of the University of Toronto, many years ago (I found a pubmed article in one of my thousand random Google searches), was done on kids with intractable seizures in spite of meds, surgery and implants. It was a small patient pool - only 24 kids. There was great success though. They specified that you need to use NATURAL (not synthetic) d-alpha tocopheryl acetate 400 IU/day. You can't use mixed tocopherols or gamma or beta ones....must be d-alpha and must be acetate.
Also, natural has a full 400 IU of the Vitamin E while synthetic has about 200 IU of natural and 200 IU of synthetic - the body preferentially uses the natural and gets rid of the synthetic, so you would only actually be giving 1/2 of the dose needed. The natural is more expensive than the synthetic, but both are SO much less expensive than any meds and most of the other supplements I give him.
Having said that, I started out with the synthetic, and Michael did fine - once I learned about the difference (again, Google searching) I switched to the natural kind. I could not find any at Whole Foods or GNC. Oddly enough, I DID find it at CVS - they have their own CVS brand of Natural d-alpha tocopheryl acetate 400 IU. They are small gel caps. I give him one in the morning and it is magic. I have not skipped any doses or anything so I don't know what would happen if I did.
Additionally, I have given him 500 mg Taurine twice a day (1000mg total) since he was diagnosed with seizures....it is an amino acid antioxidant. I found that it helped decrease the frequency and intensity of his seizures, but never stopped them. I have not stopped giving that to him since the likelihood that the antioxidant properties is helpful is high.
The review of the U of T study surmised that the effect the Vitamin E had on the seizures was not anti-epileptic per se, but instead was antioxidant. Vitamin E inhibits lipid peroxidation, which is what they think is causing some of these kids' seizures. I know when I put Michael on Cod Liver Oil, his seizures went through the roof. I didn't realize that until I started him on the Respen-A
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- Rachel told me to stop the CLO as it causes lipid peroxidation, which in turn decreases MAO-A, which is the opposite of what they are trying to do with the Respen-A
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. When I took him off of it, his seizures stopped for about 12 days. Sadly, they came back, but these kids are under a lot of oxidative stress, so clearly he needed some antioxidant help - Vitamin E is one of the most potent antioxidants and works specifically on lipid peroxidation.
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR CHILD FEATURED IN A FUTURE NEWSLETTER, PLEASE LET US KNOW!
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FREE one month supply of Respen-A
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to New Users!
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Elaine is offering one month of Respen-A
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FREE to
new users
. This is a $50 savings!
We want every parent to experience the joy of recovering their child from autism, ADD/ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and more, so tell your friends and people you know about this special offer!
You'll pay for shipping ($15 in the U.S., shipped USPS Priority Mail, other countries may cost more), and $10 for a one-month container of calcium/magnesium skin cream necessary to make the Respen-A
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work. Order ships upon payment.
Please help us help others by telling your friends about this opportunity to try Respen-A
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, FREE, and help us to change the face of autism! Tell them to send their request for this offerto Elaine at info@respen-a.com.
(Photo shown is of Jacob, a happy Respen-A
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user!)
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Question of the Month...From US to You!
Did you know that calcium binds to oxalates?
If your child struggles with too many oxalates, then have him chew 1 tablet of Tums with each meal as the calcium will bind to the oxalates in the food and prevent it from being absorbed.
To bind the oxalates, the calcium needs to be chewed (Tums, Puritan's Pride), or swallowed (liquid calcium carbonate by Roxanne Laboratories). You can't just swallow calcium pills as the binders of those tablets don't get broken down till they are low in the intestines. You have to chew it (which is why Tums is a perfect option), drink a liquid calcium or take a powder.
The calcium taken with meals won't be absorbed as it is bound to the oxalates and will be excreted in the feces, so don't calculate this amount into your daily 2,000 mg of calcium needed when using Respen-A!
Q: Won't Tums will lower stomach acid and interfere with protein digestion?
A: not if you take it with meals. Without food it acts like an antacid, but with food it just acts like calcium.
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HAVE YOU HEARD?
Glutathione is an antioxidant in plants, i.e. a phenol. So if a person has phenol sensitivity it will diminish the effects of the Respen-A
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. Best to start protocol without it.
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We are offering 3 months of FREE RESPEN-A™...
How to get it: send us a before and after video of your child on Respen-A
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that we can post on our
www.respen-a.com
website under testimonials, and on our Facebook page.
This offer is valid WORLD-WIDE and includes the calcium/magnesium skin cream. Simply upload your video to YouTube or Vimeo, then send us the link at info@respen-a.com.
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Respen-A
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Campaign
MedDEV-OTC Inc. has launched a grassroots campaign to raise the necessary funds to have Respen-A
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manufactured and marketed as an over the counter treatment that is easily accessible to millions of children and families worldwide. Please watch our campaign video, above, and share!
100% of purchases and donations will go towards our Phase 1 Milestone campaign goal of $609,726 USD. As of 01/21/2020, $73,479.21 has been raised through fundraising and purchases. That covers item #1 of the first Milestone, which is for base documentation required to develop processes and validate chemical compounds with an emphasis on engineering and regulatory procedures. It also brings us to under $100,000 remaining on item #2, which also falls under Engineering and concerns the Device (Respen-A
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) History Record.
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TOGETHER, WE CAN
CHANGE THE FACE OF AUTISM!
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Please stay tuned for our July, 2020 Newsletter !
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| MedDEV-OTC Inc. | 360-652-2816 | info@respen-a.com | www.respen-a.com
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