Full Transcript Introduction to the podcast and guest 0:00 Your genes hold the answers to your family's overall health. 0:04 I'm Dr. 0:05 Paula Kruppstadt and on the Get to the Root with Hope for Healing podcast, I sit down with experts in genetics, functional medicine, 0:12 and family care to explore what's really going on beneath the surface so you can stop guessing and start healing. 0:20 From personalized insights to practical tools, we bring you whole family wellness that starts at the root. 0:27 Welcome to the Get to The Root podcast. 0:29 My name is Dr. 0:30 Paula Kruppstad and joining me today is Jeri Alkasser. 0:35 Jerri, thank you for joining. 0:37 Thanks for having me, Dr K. 0:40 Yes. 0:41 So Jeris daughter, Gianna, came to our practice back in March of 2025 and she has pans. 0:49 She has autism. 0:51 she's seven years old and I think your story, Gianna's story will be such an inspiration to other people and everyone's looking for a magical fix. 1:03 There's no such thing. 1:05 And it is a journey. 1:06 So I'd really love to unpack that today. 1:09 And oh, by the way, we're recording this on World Autism Awareness Day. 1:15 It's cool. 1:16 We couldn't have planned it any better. 1:18 Yeah. 1:19 Jerry, just give our audience just a little bit of information about you. 1:25 Sure, yes. 1:26 So I'm a mother of three. 1:27 Gianna is my middle child. 1:29 I am also an engineer by background, so I love data. 1:33 That's why this journey has been so great in working with you on that. 1:38 Yeah, mother three, married, very close-knit family. 1:41 And when we had Giannna, it was actually during COVID, and we started to see some differences compared to my older daughter, 1:50 Eva. 1:51 And we started to say, well, is it just because it's COVID? 1:54 And it was really around the speech delay is where we saw it. 1:57 We also saw some challenges post-vaccinations that I did not have with my other two children. 2:03 So Gianna, through her life, has had a couple of vaccine injuries. 2:06 And so as you and I have shared and have talked before and even with other families, I wish I would have had genetic testing and knowing what I was doing 2:14 because I wouldn't have taken a different path very early on. 2:17 in her life. 2:18 So the genetic testing was just phenomenal information on how we can continue to support Gianna. 2:23 We started noticing that and so we started doing speech therapy. 2:26 I started working on the Nemechek protocol to help balance her gut bacteria. 2:32 was reading and really getting connected to everything I could and it wasn't until we moved back to Houston that we got connected with you where we've
Giannau2019s early symptoms and genetic testing 2:39 really been able to put names to what we'd been seeing and actually get data and information to help us on this road to recovery for Gianna. 2:48 I appreciate that synopsis and specifically the genetics that you're referring to and I'll just give a shout out to our sponsor the Grand Genomics It's 2:58 our proprietary wellness blueprint. 3:00 Typically when children are diagnosed with autism, depending on where you are and who makes the diagnosis, they do potentially fragile X testing, 3:10 a chromosomal microarray or a whole exome. 3:13 But this is different because this has systems throughout the body. 3:18 What you alluded to, and you know, we've talked about this too, is not, I'm not anti-vax. 3:24 I'm not, you know, it's that, and neither are you, we're pro immunization and pro patient. 3:31 So the unique individualities, that's what the blueprint gave you. 3:37 All right, so let's go back to March of 2025. You'd found out about the practice, hope for healing here in Houston and we do genetics anywhere and everywhere 3:48 by the way. 3:49 So I'm so glad it was so fortuitous that you found us and it's so exciting to see the progress she's made because it has been so encouraging to me too 4:00 as a provider. 4:02 we did her initial set of labs and we received some alarming results, some raised antibody levels. 4:10 And do you remember that? 4:12 And can you kind of unpack the conversation that we had? 4:15 Because I know it was a sentinel moment. 4:18 It was, it's one of those things. 4:21 So, you know, because we tested Giana for strep and all the swabs were negative. 4:27 And so we got the blood work back and saw strep and we're like, okay, so, we did a brief round of antibiotics and I'll never forget I got out the call 4:34 and it says, Gianna needs surgery. 4:35 And I was like... 4:37 what's going on, we've been from here to here, I need to understand more. 4:42 And so I appreciate, you spent well over an hour with my husband and I both walking through everything and why we ended up leading to getting her tonsils 4:50 taken out. 4:51 That was truly a pivotal moment in her health journey. 4:54 I know I shared with you, day three after we got her tonils out, she was shaking her head yes and no, and she has never done that in your tired life. 5:02 For a six-year-old child, It's developmentally appropriate for a one-year-old to shake their head yes and no, and maybe not know what it means. 5:12 But for you to see at six years of age, that type of communication, appropriate. 5:19 Huge, huge. 5:20 And she was still also wearing a diaper at night. 5:24 Now, she is potty trained, but still wearing diaper night, within like two or three days, She actually pushed the diaper away at And we haven't had an 5:32 accident since. 5:32 She's not wearing a diaper at night post that. 5:36 And, you know, we were kind of going through like, okay, is this just coincidence? 5:39 You know as you're trying to kind understand this journey and we have seen continued benefit from that pivotal moment from getting the tonsils out and 5:47 then working with her diet and supplements and going, gluten-free, dairy- free and continuing it to where now we're hearing words. 5:55 You would love the, just this weekend, she found a cowboy hat and she put it on and said cowboy verbally and say, yeehaw. 6:03 And I was like, oh great. 6:05 It's rodeo season in Houston. 6:06 So it was just, but I, like we all looked at each other and so she's really making these great connections and we're starting to hear a lot more verbal words. 6:16 Actually, that's so exciting. 6:18 The other thing that you told me was that Gianna had never slept through the night and within two weeks of having the tonsillectomy and the adenoidectomy, 6:27 and it's not like she was snoring or had obvious obstructive sleep apnea, but then, I did only spend 45 minutes, not well over an hour. 6:39 It may have seemed like that. 6:40 Yes. 6:44 I feel incumbent upon me as a medical practitioner and the strep testing that we're referring to is anti streptolysin O and DNase B and part of our workup 6:57 when a kiddo comes in we swab their throat, we swap their nose, and we may swab their bottom. 7:02 We don't stick the cultured in but just around the anus because there are reservoirs of bacteria and what we call group A beta hemolytic strep. 7:14 So she was officially diagnosed with PANDAS, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections.
Strep findings, PANDAS, and tonsil surgery 7:27 but no one child shows up the same way. 7:30 One of the things that I remember too, we typically do pre-medicate with antibiotics when our kids and even adults that have brain inflammation go in for 7:42 a tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy because they can see their bloodstream with bacteria and you'll get a flare after the surgery. 7:53 So I remembered that She didn't have strep growing out of her tonsils, but she had some really disgusting, what we call gram negative endotoxin producing organisms. 8:08 And one in particular, a large amount was called buzo bacterium nucleotum. 8:16 Now a little bit of that is okay, like 6% or so, But she has a larger percentage. 8:23 And that is being associated with Alzheimer's disease and colon cancer. 8:28 And we see it in children who are not neurotypical and in adults who have neurodegeneration here at our practice. 8:37 So I remember, like you said, you're analytical, You need data. 8:43 and I think that that was very reassuring afterwards to see what was growing in her tonsils. 8:53 and then for you to see and you know you're doubting yourself and I think too the questions that go through parents minds and if you care to reflect on 9:04 that it's like why would we want to remove tonsillar tissue or adenoidal tissue that is meant to be a barrier to infection. 9:15 So what was if, you can think back to some of this stuff that you went through in your mind. 9:20 Yes, and so, you know, it really spawned out of the conversation you and I were having around the details in the data. 9:27 And so what really was, to me, is that the chunk that was in her tonsils can cross the blood-brain barrier and attack the basal ganglia and lead to longer term. 9:37 I was like, okay, so we really quickly did what I'll call a high-level risk assessment and says, Okay, we don't need these for longevity. 9:48 what is the worst that can happen here is that we see improvement. 9:51 And so my husband and I went through that conversation pretty quickly, but it was really that data saying, you've seen this in multiple patients and seen 10:01 success and also seen what can hide in there that can cross that blood-brain barrier. 10:04 And so we took action very quickly post that conversation to get her scheduled because you also as a parent struggle like, 10:12 do I want to have surgery for my child? 10:14 What is recovery going to look like? 10:16 And God bless her, the recovery was not easy. 10:19 But the benefits completely outweighed that week or so where she really struggled with recovery. 10:25 Because it's painful. 10:26 But she did really well. 10:28 And like I said, we just continue to see compounding benefits and how connection is with her brother and sister, how she's engaging at school. 10:39 Even prior to this, We had seen a different child because she was in a flare. 10:43 And the school was saying, what have you done with Gianna? 10:46 She's not the sweet little Gianno we know. 10:48 And I was like, she was having rage fits, and that all subsided post the tonsil surgery. 10:54 It's like we got our girl back. 10:56 That's what even the teachers were saying. 10:57 So it wasn't just my husband and I seeing it. 11:00 The teachers we're seeing this as well at her school. 11:02 And we continue, like I said, continue to see benefits with her through her speech therapy, working with the teachers, her engagement, 11:10 the connection she's putting together. 11:12 She's starting to write her name. 11:14 We did not see any of that before and, you know, very interested, following directions like two and three step directions, 11:21 which is not something I mean, and we'd have to tell her even simple directions multiple times. 11:26 She's now starting to be like, okay, Gianna, pick that up and go put that in the washing machine. 11:30 Boom, boom, and you tell it once. 11:32 And so we're really starting see all that come together. 11:34 That's beautiful. 11:36 What you just said, it wasn't easy. 11:38 It was a two week recovery. 11:41 it's hard, but like you said the benefits outweigh it. 11:45 Let's go back to what was in tonsils. 11:47 Its what the organisms within the tonsil produce. 11:51 They're called endotoxins. 11:54 Why is my phone going off? 11:55 That's not right. 11:56 Sorry about that. 11:57 Endotoxins are made by what we call gram negative. 12:01 I call them poopy water bacteria. 12:04 And we've also discovered that Gianna has a medical condition called chronic inflammatory response syndrome. 12:13 which some people will say mold illness, but I say biotoxin illness. 12:18 And, you know, within the interior of a water damage building, it's not just mold. 12:23 In fact, we've learned so much in the last few years is that actually 47% of biotoxin influence is actually a gram positive bacteria called Actinomycetes, 12:40 Actina is to be short, and it lives on people and in people. 12:45 It lives in the mouth. 12:46 People who have periodontal disease, halitosis, people who dandruff and maybe eczematous skin, it can live there. 12:55 But those gram-negative poopy water bacteria, sometimes when people have Pets like cats, if they let their kitty litter get too massive, 13:06 it can also spread endotoxins. 13:08 But mold is actually a very small part of the cause of all of this. 13:12 So your description of everything that she's gained, and then you have the objective third party observers saying, what's going on? 13:25 She's improving. 13:26 How inspirational to give people hope. 13:30 It is and what's been great is being able to share this with other families. 13:33 It's interesting to see just how many families are struggling and across kind of the autism spectrum and things they're seeing, 13:41 whether it be from ADHD to what we diagnose as kind on the Autism spectrum. 13:45 So I've even engaged with three or four families here recently and gone back to like, you need the genetic blueprint if you can, 13:52 and then you see, then I go into diet. 13:54 What are your children needing? 13:56 Where are you getting your food source? 13:58 I get into all these things that really can continue to help their child on the journey. 14:03 And I have a couple of families that are just now doing the genetic testing, which are wonderful. 14:07 I said, get the data. 14:08 Get to the root cause. 14:10 As a society, we treat a lot of symptoms, but it's really understanding why am I seeing that symptom and how do I truly get. 14:17 That's why I love, you know, Get To The Root is just really love the website name and your practice name for that and Under Hope For Healing because it 14:24 is really what we are trying to do here. 14:25 trying to understand why is she having these symptoms? 14:27 What is the trigger that's causing them? 14:30 Yes, thank you for that. 14:32 Jerry, tell me what you have done and I'm also holding here and i can share these. 14:39 I'll just go ahead and share right now and then I want you to kind of unpack and we can put this into the show notes. 14:46 You can, if you want to too, I don't know if have the ability to type into the chat if there is one or not. 14:55 Maybe there isn't, but I'll let you spell it out. 14:59 So Gianna is your daughter and you have created some books and some coloring books that are so sweet. 15:08 One of them is called No Words, Just Love, Gianna goes to school and there's two versions of it. 15:17 Then the next one is called No Words, Just Love. 15:22 The third one no words, just love, Gianna becomes a big sister. 15:31 So tell us about your foundation and where people can find you because you truly are, and I think this just goes into your wiring, 15:40 you are a woman on a mission and it's true, That story is so inspirational and it's a process. 15:49 You're still going through this and that's the thing. 15:52 And you had done some things previously, like you said, the NEMCHEC protocol prior to moving to Houston and all these things work together. 16:00 So tell us about your foundation and where people can find you. 16:07 Yeah. 16:07 So we're working on a couple of things, but I'll start kind of with how this spawned. 16:11 I said there's nothing more frustrating than not knowing how to help your child. 16:14 And so when we got kind in very early diagnosis, I remember just being so frustrated and there was not a sense of community. 16:21 You're doing a lot of research on your own and then you feel helpless. 16:27 It's like, how can I help my child? 16:29 And what does that future look like for them? 16:31 So, and then when we found you, it was so great because we saw data and we a path to healing. 16:38 And I got to reflect there are so many families that don't have, whether it be the physical means, the financial means to be able to get the resources 16:48 and help they did. 16:49 So I said, we have to make a difference. 16:51 We have to help those that are really struggling. 16:54 So I started writing kind of No Words, Just Love. 16:56 And so that's the first book and it really talks about the beautiful relationship between Gianna non-verbal and her sister,
Recovery gains and ongoing healing journey 17:02 Eva. 17:03 A portion of all the proceeds of those books go to Help Other Families. 17:06 We've been able to helps families do multiple different things and we're now on another journey which is not out yet to really create a website and a community 17:15 where families can come together. 17:17 Resources will be a lot more available. 17:20 You can connect with families that are dealing with multiple type of special needs and or disabilities and how we can truly help more people. 17:27 And I'll have to tell you a kind of interesting story. 17:29 So I mentioned I had three children. 17:32 The book came and we were so excited and my little son, Gianluca, was like, where am I? 17:36 And so already setting up writing that she gets a little brother. 17:40 That book was really important to me because we we're hesitant to have another child because, we didn't want to take away the care that Gianna needed. 17:50 I was also concerned like, what if there's also the same type of challenges with the third child and can we support them effectively? 17:56 And then I also didn't know how Gianna was going to respond. 17:59 I'd like to thank Fagran Genomics for sponsoring our podcast. 18:04 Without knowing what your precision genetics are, you don't have a roadmap. 18:10 So please log on to our website, schedule a welcome call, and see what the Wellness Blueprint can do for you. 18:18 That's the premier and proprietary genetic panel that Fogran has allowed us to create. 18:25 Yes. 18:25 I didn't know how she, I mean, very much, you know, the routine is important. 18:29 And so I'm like, what are we doing here? 18:31 And I'll never forget we brought him home and she went over and touched his nose and then she touched her nose. 18:37 It was like the most beautiful scene. 18:40 She like really accepted him and I will, she has never once been aggressive towards him, just loving towards, him very protective. 18:49 You know, I remember he would lose his little binky and should run and go get it to him. 18:52 So just that connection. 18:53 I wanted people to know like, it's okay, that acceptance will be there. 18:57 And then the school has been a big one. 18:59 That's the last book that we just did. 19:01 We just got it, to the School because we truly have a calm team, Gianna. 19:05 and which you are a critical part of, as well as all of the teachers, but we communicate quite frequently. 19:11 And so, wanted to make it available because I know other families struggle with the school system and the support, and we've been truly blessed with Tomball 19:21 ISD and how connected they are with us. 19:23 I talk to the teacher almost daily. 19:25 We're talking about, you know, setting up the diet, what you've able to help us with, with this school, on what Gianna Cannon can't have, 19:31 they've really been partnership. 19:32 So I wanted to also explore that and share with the families and the whole purpose in mind. 19:39 Like you said, I am on a mission. 19:41 Our children need our help. 19:43 They're the future and it starts with all the elements that we've talked about today. 19:47 And so we're hoping we can continue to help families, and also provide funding and resources for those that are really struggling to diagnose and help 19:55 their children thrive. 19:56 It's truly extraordinary. 19:58 What you described when you brought your little guy home from the hospital, to see that within Giana. 20:06 is everything she needs and her beautiful, loving, sweet little spirit. 20:12 And that's what so many of these kids, we need to unlock. 20:17 I think what you're doing, because I, 80% of improvement is in the kitchen and in home and creating that non-toxic environment. 20:30 You're creating a platform for that. 20:32 This is the first time hearing, I know I've written some letters, But to hear what Tombal ISD is doing is so encouraging because trying to describe to 20:44 people that this is not an allergy. 20:46 This is we're being proactive. 20:49 We've identified that that child could develop celiac or if they continue to eat gluten or what we call gluten cross-reactive foods, 21:00 or maybe there's no genetic component, or that with dairy products, what we do know about dairy and gluten, gluten-containing grains, 21:14 how this is very simplified, block cerebral folate receptors. 21:20 And there is a lot of stuff in the news right now about leukovirin, and you can get there with methylation, leukivir, those kind of things. 21:30 to have the school district be listening and seeing that it's opening the door for other people. 21:38 It's like, I think we had to do a compromise on corn or something like that. 21:45 You know, it has got to be organic, non-GMO or just the best they can do or almond or cassava flour tortillas, those kinds of things. 21:55 I'm kind of remembering back. 21:58 You know, Jerry, if you were talking to parents that were on the fence about doing the blueprint, because I'm always like, 22:10 listen, If you do anything at all, start with the Blueprint because that truly is a window into the soul of your child. 22:20 And what you alluded to is that you indeed did see some changes with vaccinations. 22:27 I did. 22:28 Yeah. 22:29 So we identify things genetically where the immune system, T cells specifically, have an abnormal way or they don't properly identify foreign invaders. 22:43 And then it's like it sets off a bomb in the system and you see regression or you a halting of development. 22:53 What did you with vaccines? 22:55 Did you regression, or did just see stop? 22:59 I saw regression and, you know, it was really the image that's burned in my head. 23:04 So Gianna had had her like year and a half vaccines and we saw continued regression so much so that her second birthday, 23:11 I remember taking her birthday cake to her and there was zero emotion. 23:16 There was no smile, no excitement. 23:19 And I just remember taking like, she's a shell of a child. 23:21 I remember thinking, how am I ever going to connect with my child? 23:24 And that's when I started really diving into like the Nemechek protocol. 23:27 We got into diet. 23:28 How am i balancing our gut bacteria? 23:30 Like we got in to all of that. 23:33 She was three and a half. 23:35 She had another vaccine and I had no issues with my first child. 23:39 So I'm thinking like, okay. 23:40 I mean, looking back, I was uneducated and going in and we had a vaccine in the morning. 23:47 We don't know what we don' know. 23:49 Exactly. 23:50 And I dropped her off at school and they called me and she was screaming and crying in a wheelchair and couldn't walk. 23:57 So she lost the ability to kind of walk and put any weight on her legs.
Biotoxin illness, school support, and family advocacy 24:00 So I remember going up to the school just like, just gut wrenched and I had to carry her home. 24:06 I mean, we were so blessed because the next day she was okay and could walk in everything. 24:11 But I was just thinking, what have I done? 24:13 And it was at that moment I looked at my husband. 24:15 And I said, I'm done. 24:16 She's not getting anything else until we find out what is really going on. 24:20 That's what really started leading me to more research. 24:22 Like how do we truly get to root of this problem of what We were looking at going to Chicago and then I was like, we're in Houston, 24:28 and that's how we stumbled upon Von U. 24:30 I said, there has to be some help here. 24:32 And it was there. 24:33 It was done and continued to write letters, which Texas has been very, you know, it's a lot easier to get vaccine exemptions than in some other areas, 24:41 so we were able to do that. 24:43 But those are things like we physically saw in her. 24:46 and I can't do anything else until I better understand. 24:50 her. 24:50 And then that's where I mentioned like, I think every infant should have genetic testing because then you can at least know how you should then go forward 24:58 for your child on what they can and can't do. 25:00 Because like with Eva, we saw no issues with any issues. 25:04 Now she was on a paced vaccine schedule because we were working with another great doctor out in California and very much on the pace schedule. 25:11 But we didn't see any adverse reactions. 25:13 So as a mother, it was like okay, Like I said, I'm not anti-vax, but for Gianna, it was very clearly that her body was having a negative reaction. 25:22 Correct. 25:23 And you are stating what so many parents reflect back. 25:29 Then they get looked at sideways when they go back to the doctor. 25:34 The doctor doesn't even write it down in the chart and you're gaslit medically. 25:39 But I have to say that I used to be a vaccine Nazi. 25:43 I went to Liberia West Africa when I was in medical school and I saw a grown woman die of tetanus and i saw babies die vaccine preventable illnesses but 25:55 then you pull back and you go we're not in a third world country we are not giving things the way that vaccines the We were administered vaccines a lot less, 26:07 a lots less frequently. 26:08 And so plus the toxins in our environment are so much more too. 26:13 You guys were out in California and talked about toxicity. 26:17 There's more problems out there. 26:18 They are waking up to that and they have been for quite a while now, which is really great. 26:24 Yeah. 26:25 But one thing I want to add, and this is where we made the change. 26:27 We need to get different care for Gianna. 26:29 When she couldn't walk, I called her pediatrician and I was told that's just normal. 26:34 And I said, there is no way, shape or form where a child can't walk for a day, which is normal. 26:39 And so that was where I was like, we need true answers and really a medical provider that's willing to talk through us with the data and understand what 26:50 is going on, because that is not normal, and we sometimes just kind of brush that off. 26:55 So we decided we needed to do something different to continue to help support our healing journey. 27:00 That makes me so angry when I hear that a pediatrician told you it's normal for a child not to be able to walk after a vaccine. 27:10 That's not normal and it is okay to get angry about things and I'm so grateful that you and is it Louise? 27:21 It's Louise, yeah. 27:22 Louise. 27:23 I was thinking it's not Louis, it is Louise! 27:26 You're both engineers, correct? 27:28 Correct, yes. 27:29 Yes. 27:29 So thinking through things scientifically, and we do have just a ton of data showing these things. 27:37 Have you seen this in Gianna's class? 27:40 Are there a lot more little boys in her class than girls? 27:44 Very much so. 27:45 There's a class of 10, so we're blessed with a small class size. 27:48 Only two girls, the rest are boys. 27:51 You know, I would like to opine just for a second, if you'll indulge me, why boys tend to, you know four out of four, four of five children with autism 28:02 are boys. 28:03 And the reason that that occurs is because, and when you think about you've got a older daughter that is neurotypical, okay. 28:12 Little girls, it's called the vestibulocochlear system. 28:16 It's like where they are in space, how they interpret data, how do they hear it and process it. 28:24 And I am going to go ahead and use some, and you can't just pigeonhole everyone, but there are differences between boys and girls. 28:35 So girls' vestibulocochlear system matures faster than boys, meaning they can multitask, like they may be holding a baby doll, 28:46 pretending they're talking on a fake little phone, and stirring a pot just like mommy. 28:52 And they are their baby, whereas when you watch little boys play, And this is in all boys. 29:01 Some boys are more verbal than others, but they'll be lining up their toys, doing different things, and their coordination may not be as coordinated to 29:12 interpret all the status. 29:13 Boy's vestibulocochlear system matures more like about 36 months of age and pediatric ear, nose and throat doctors are kind of aware of this. 29:24 Whereas little girls, and we'll never know why for Gianna, why this affected her because there's so many variables. 29:32 There's never a way to pin it. 29:35 I would say that when children are sick, and they've been sick within the six weeks prior to vaccine or during that time period you need to avoid the vaccines. 29:47 We want them well for at least six-weeks but if they have been, sick they need be avoided and you do one aluminum containing vaccine at a time but you're 29:59 not doing that now and we're just not going there but we'll just support her immune system because You're in this to win this. 30:09 And our goal, and I don't know if I said this, to you and your husband when you came in, but I try because, you know, when receive the diagnosis of autism, 30:20 they say, put your affairs in order. 30:23 ABA therapy is the only thing that you can do and depending on where you go, diet doesn't affect it, hyperbaric oxygen doesn' t affect, 30:31 other things doesn t effect it and this is this the plight and there's nothing more you could do. 30:37 What kind of a message is that? 30:40 And then just medicating to treat the symptoms and we have kids that are drooling and it's just terrible. 30:49 So what you're doing is beautiful. 30:52 Now where can people find at least your, like what is the address of your foundation, that kind of a thing? 31:01 Yeah. 31:01 So I can tell you where you can find all the books and we're working on more contact information, which I, I. 31:06 When the podcast comes out, but you get the book and all that stuff on Amazon, they're on Barnes and noble.com, you know, 31:13 Walmart. 31:13 All the kind of online resources and more to come on the website and the community and connection. 31:19 We're. 31:20 Working on that process right now to get that stood up. 31:23 Great. 31:25 Jerry, I really want to thank you for sharing your story, sharing Gianna's story because our hope is that it would provide a profound amount of inspiration
Books, foundation, and helping other families 31:34 and encouragement to so many parents. 31:37 I stopped short of saying what I want share with parents previously is we want children and young adults A lot of times teenage boys are given no hope whatsoever. 31:50 And to provide as much function as possible, the longer that a child has been sick with autism, The longer it takes for them to get better. 32:02 But looking at environmental things, because autism isn't environmentally influenced condition because of this biotoxin thing that we talked about but 32:15 just to peel the layers of the onion to identify what someone needs take away what they don't need instead of grasping at straws and thinking I'll try this, 32:27 I will try that. 32:28 But you can't go wrong with gluten free, dairy free MSG free refined sugar free dye free and low toxin living. 32:37 I'm so excited I am going to be interviewing the branch one of the Branch Basics co-founders in a couple of weeks. 32:44 Wonderful. 32:45 Non-toxic cleaning products and I think every family you know vinegar, baking soda, those kind of things. 32:51 What kind cleaning products do you use in your household? 32:55 Pretty much those type of thing that I will say what is quite fascinating. 32:59 We've gotten back to like stuff my grandmother and great-grandmother used to do. 33:03 And so when I started to, you know, as we're starting on this journey, I was like, oh yeah, my grandmother did that. 33:07 My great-grandmother used to clean with that, and so my mom used wipe the floors with vinegar water, like when she'd clean the floor. 33:13 So we are really getting back to all of that and just really, we have a big garden outside, so we do grow a lot of our own food and definitely eat organic, 33:21 but I call it getting-back-to-basics of how human beings are supposed to are supposed to live. 33:28 I know some of the stuff may be convenience, but our body doesn't recognize it as nutrition and food. 33:36 And so really understanding that is important. 33:39 Our bodies are amazing and the healing is can truly take place under the right conditions. 33:45 And so that's what we've seen with Gianna and continuing to develop that with the supplements and everything, continuing help support her, 33:52 how she needs to be supported in real food. 33:55 Blessing, I love to cook and love be in the kitchen. 33:57 So it is great. 33:58 The kids get involved too. 34:00 They're excited to make their gluten-free muffins with and we mash up bananas and put in there. 34:05 and they're exited to do all of that. 34:07 Beautiful. 34:08 You're building into the next generation You have provided so much hope and encouragement. 34:14 If you had just a few things to say or just wanted to wrap it up and say goodbye to our studio audience, what would you say? 34:23 I want to say there's hope and you're not alone. 34:25 I think those are the biggest things because there was a period where I felt alone and didn't know what to do. 34:30 And especially with your children, there is nothing harder for a parent than not seeing their children thrive. 34:35 What can you do for that? 34:36 But there are resources out there available and what they need most is your love and support and an advocate. 34:43 one thing that, you know, leaning in to really be an advocate for your kids, but there is hope and there's a healing journey. 34:49 It is not a one and done. 34:50 There is no silver bullet. 34:51 it is a continued journey and time is your friend, and also early diagnosis. 34:56 Like I leaned in before she can have infants having genetic testing. 34:59 And as soon as you see something that parent, like mother's intuition is amazing, if you feel that something is off, early detection, 35:06 or early intervention is absolutely critical. 35:09 I love that part about mom's guts. 35:12 Moms know. 35:13 We have to listen to moms. 35:15 And it's just that inborn sense that's given. 35:18 So I just want to thank you again. 35:22 Stating about hope, because our practice name is Hope for Healing and Getting to the Root. 35:28 Again, I'd like to think Vagran, who's our sponsor, and Jerry Alcácer. 35:32 Thank you for sharing Gianna's story and giving hope to other families. 35:39 It's so important and like you mentioned, it's a mission. 35:42 I'm so committed. 35:42 Like I've always been this, I always want to make a world a better place. 35:46 That's something I have always strived to do and there's just so many kids that need help and families that needs support and not everyone is blessed like 35:55 Luis and I are to be able to some of the things. 35:56 So we have to open up that opportunity for others. 36:00 Yeah, I appreciate that. 36:02 I think if folks could do anything, it would be that blueprint and then if they can't afford to partner otherwise, they could at least start the journey 36:13 with the genetics and a few sentinel products and supplements that lower inflammation, improve detoxification, provide methylation, 36:24 mitochondrial support, and autophagy, these systems in the body. 36:30 If they can do that, then you can see a world of difference. 36:34 Completely. 36:35 I want to tell you, you're going to be so excited. 36:37 Gianna is now taking two tablespoons of Barline's fish oil every day. 36:43 And I have no one to thank except her little brother and sister. 36:47 So they're like, it's time for our medicine. 36:49 And everyone comes out and Eva takes it. 36:53 She saw John Luca take it and now Gianna lines up and she takes two tablespoons. 36:57 We've been doing that now for two weeks. 36:58 Super excited. 36:59 That one's been a journey. 37:02 She's not smelling it. 37:03 She is not taking it and now she's like, that is, we are so blessed. 37:06 she takes all of her supplements, all over, but now that we've got the fish oil in, I'm just over the moon. 37:11 Yeah, That's fantastic. 37:13 It's the power of positive peer pressure too. 37:17 And I think John Luca was the one, she's like, oh, he's, like hey, it's time for our medicine. 37:21 And so they all line up and we got our little tablespoons out and now they'll do it and she does her too. 37:26 I was like okay, gee, good job. 37:28 We make a big deal about it. 37:29 It's taken probably about a year, but we've got there. 37:34 How old is John Lucca? 37:36 John Lucas will be four in June. 37:39 Mm hmm. 37:40 Beautiful. 37:41 Yes. 37:41 But just in their relationship is super cute. 37:44 They are now getting to where and it's he'll like talk for and then they like play together and they, but she's so like caring for him. 37:53 Like he starts crying and upsets her. 37:54 So she'll scream and he cries more. 37:56 We got that going on. 37:58 Okay. 37:58 She'll go over and like hug him and she will start rubbing his shoulders and kiss him on the head. 38:02 And she is just trying to comfort him, it is, its adorable. 38:06 Sweet, sweet. 38:07 Yeah. 38:07 Well, thanks again for sharing the story. 38:10 Beautiful. 38:11 All right. 38:12 Will you take care? 38:13 I appreciate your time on a Thursday afternoon. 38:16 Yes. 38:17 We'll have a great, wonderful Easter weekend. 38:19 You too. 38:20 Alright. 38:21 Take care. 38:22 Thanks for joining us at Get to the Root with Hope for Healing. 38:26 If this episode helped you, follow and share it with someone who needs it and leave a review. 38:32 It helps others find us too. 38:34 For a free consultation, visit our website at gettotheroot.com with a number two and schedule a welcome call. 38:42 We'll see you soon.
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