Nemecheck protocol? Anyone do this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a scam. There are no studies to support this.

The book is about reducing inflammation in the brain and rebalancing gut bacteria. There are plenty of studies to support this. Look up Dr Amen who is an expert on the brain.

BULLCRAP. But you believe the scam if you like. It is a waste of time of energy. As witnessed by people on this thread seeing no improvement.

[Anonymous]

There are blood tests that MEASURE the level of inflammation in the body. If you feel like your child has inflammation go have the markers tested. Your pediatrician would be happy to order this test for you.

My DS had this done. His level was NOT high.
He is autistic.

Anyone can publish a "protocol " or book.
Anyone can scam someone, even psychologists.

When I Google dr amen I get a link to supplements he sells as the first result.

We all want to help our children as best we can but these Snake Oil Salesmen have been around since the dawn of civilization. Interestingly, they are still selling oil.

[Anonymous]

The protocol helped me a lot with coat hanger pain and healing from SIBO.

Nemechek's protocol doesn't include something I personally found important to recover from SIBO. That is the diet.

I found diet to help support the work of anti-bacterials.

Also, Nemechek recommends only Rifaximin and not herbal anti-bacterials. I have used both.

The anti-bacterials were studied by a doctor at Johns Hopkins, and I followed that protocol for that part of the process. They were quite effective. I had a very bad case of SIBO, so I later took Rifaximin when the SIBO returned.

Nemecheck basically recommends Omega 3s, a reduction in Omega 6 + eating ALAs (found in flax, I think). He also says to assume you have SIBO (not sure I agree with this) and take medicine for it. He doesn't believe the SIBO tests are all that accurate or helpful.

I never had the feeling Nemecheck was selling a scam. He gives the info away freely through his videos. With scammers, I usually think of them has having pricey products to sell or saying you need to buy a lot of supplements that they themselves make. Nemecheck doesn't appear to support the use of too many supplements. Most--olive oil, flax seed, fish oil--are based on foods you can eat.

But if someone thinks it's a scam, I understand. Maybe this did not work for you and it feels like a scam. Maybe it IS a scam?

For me? I wanted to feel better, and his ideas helped me to do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a scam. There are no studies to support this.

The book is about reducing inflammation in the brain and rebalancing gut bacteria. There are plenty of studies to support this. Look up Dr Amen who is an expert on the brain.

BULLCRAP. But you believe the scam if you like. It is a waste of time of energy. As witnessed by people on this thread seeing no improvement.

I can understand if you feel angry if this didn’t help you but it absolutely helped my DS with speech delay and ADHD. He is so much more focused, makes much more eye contact, and his SLP was floored by his progress in a pretty short period of time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a scam. There are no studies to support this.

The book is about reducing inflammation in the brain and rebalancing gut bacteria. There are plenty of studies to support this. Look up Dr Amen who is an expert on the brain.

BULLCRAP. But you believe the scam if you like. It is a waste of time of energy. As witnessed by people on this thread seeing no improvement.

So three people didn't find it helpful so that must mean the whole thing is a scam? ?

[Anonymous]

If they sold something I’d worry more

[Anonymous]

I'm totally open to trying this! why not, I've spent a lot more money on "fixes" in the past that were way less believable.

[Anonymous]

I don't know this "protocol" but we've seen huge improvements with our kids by doing different nutrition-related things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know this "protocol" but we've seen huge improvements with our kids by doing different nutrition-related things.

would you be open to sharing the different things you've tried, that have helped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a scam. There are no studies to support this.

The book is about reducing inflammation in the brain and rebalancing gut bacteria. There are plenty of studies to support this. Look up Dr Amen who is an expert on the brain.

BULLCRAP. But you believe the scam if you like. It is a waste of time of energy. As witnessed by people on this thread seeing no improvement.

+1, its a nutty sales tactic. If it were that simple, you don't think actual medical professional would do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a scam. There are no studies to support this.

The book is about reducing inflammation in the brain and rebalancing gut bacteria. There are plenty of studies to support this. Look up Dr Amen who is an expert on the brain.

BULLCRAP. But you believe the scam if you like. It is a waste of time of energy. As witnessed by people on this thread seeing no improvement.

I can understand if you feel angry if this didn’t help you but it absolutely helped my DS with speech delay and ADHD. He is so much more focused, makes much more eye contact, and his SLP was floored by his progress in a pretty short period of time.

That isn't going to help and he probably just had a natural developmental bump. Your diet may have been an issue in the first place but that is not a cure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The protocol helped me a lot with coat hanger pain and healing from SIBO.

Nemechek's protocol doesn't include something I personally found important to recover from SIBO. That is the diet.

I found diet to help support the work of anti-bacterials.

Also, Nemechek recommends only Rifaximin and not herbal anti-bacterials. I have used both.

The anti-bacterials were studied by a doctor at Johns Hopkins, and I followed that protocol for that part of the process. They were quite effective. I had a very bad case of SIBO, so I later took Rifaximin when the SIBO returned.

Nemecheck basically recommends Omega 3s, a reduction in Omega 6 + eating ALAs (found in flax, I think). He also says to assume you have SIBO (not sure I agree with this) and take medicine for it. He doesn't believe the SIBO tests are all that accurate or helpful.

I never had the feeling Nemecheck was selling a scam. He gives the info away freely through his videos. With scammers, I usually think of them has having pricey products to sell or saying you need to buy a lot of supplements that they themselves make. Nemecheck doesn't appear to support the use of too many supplements. Most--olive oil, flax seed, fish oil--are based on foods you can eat.

But if someone thinks it's a scam, I understand. Maybe this did not work for you and it feels like a scam. Maybe it IS a scam?

For me? I wanted to feel better, and his ideas helped me to do that.

Have your child do a blood test and see what's going on.

[Anonymous]

Traditional medicine doesn't have tests for everything. It's entirely possible that it's a therapy that works for some people with a given issue and not for others with what appears to be the same issue, because of different underlying root causes. This doesn't make it a scam.

(Example: my child has mood and behavioral issues that are significantly affected by gluten exposure (due to celiac in our case, but I know others who have a gluten sensitivity that doesn't register as celiac on tests, but has been clearly demonstrated by trial and error - there is not yet an established biomarker for non-celiac gluten sensitivity but that does not mean it does not exist.).

Removing gluten from the diet is a huge component in managing this child's mood/behavioral issues. Does that mean that removing gluten from the diet fix everything for others with mood issues? Not necessarily, because there are many different causes for mood/behavioral issues (and most of them aren't well understood), and obviously for most of them it's not celiac/gluten. That doesn't mean it's not an important part of addressing *this* child's issues - it is. But under the reasoning of some here, it would be a "scam" if it doesn't work for every child.

[Anonymous]

I got an offer in my email from the Nemecheck protocol - I can buy the fish oil gummies, insulin and evoo + or - the book. So they are selling something but the cost is pretty minimal compared to most autism treatments- I'm tempted but don't know what the risks are....anyone have a bad outcome

[Anonymous]

Oils rich in omega 3s/6s are good for the brain. Lots of evidence for that. Dr. Amen strikes me as a real charlatan.