A little while back, I decided to try making the nut butter balls since my son always seems to want high protein foods and I wanted him to put some weight on. I used them to add rice protein powder and some of his supplements. He loved them and I was excited to give them to him. I assumed he loved them as much as he did because they made him feel good (satisfaction of feeling full & nutrients). Before I knew it though, he wanted to eat them only which to me is a red flag. I decided to only make them twice a month instead of every week out of concern he would become allergic to peanut butter. All of a sudden, my son who only drank water became interested in apple juice. I thought it was great he wanted to drink something new and used that to put his supplements in. Since he has never had a real problem with phenols, I wasn’t too worried but I still gave him ZymePrime just in case. Before I knew it, he began refusing water. No more apple juice! Saturday night we had In and Out burgers and fries and I caught him scooping a spoonful of ketchup in his mouth. He has become a phenol kid! It started with the peanut butter and when I stopped that, he just kept finding a new high-phenol food to eat.
Over the last couple months my son has been hard to handle. All daylong he goes from one thing to the next getting himself into trouble. He has been climbing furniture, chewing through electrical cords, putting his fingers through the fan, damaging anything he can get his hands on and getting aggressive with his younger siblings. If I ever put my 10 month old on the floor, he runs over and wants to step on his head. It has gotten to the point where I have been wondering how long it will be until we have to institutionalize him for fear of him hurting our 4 other kids. I wondered if this behavior had anything to do with phenols?
I had a bottle of No-Phenol I had gotten since I heard it can help with yeast issues but hadn’t opened it up. Yesterday morning I gave him diluted apple juice but put 1/2 capsule of No-Phenol in. It was the most peaceful morning I have experienced in years. I kept going into my son’s room to check on him since he was so quiet (silence usually equals disaster). Each time he was happily playing with toys. I can’t believe the immediate difference. It’s amazing how problems like this creap up slowly to where you don’t notice it.
