Dr. Houston's Response To Pangborn's Comments in FEAT article (http://www.houstonni.com/pages/Pang_response.html)

Dr. Houston's Initial Response To Parents As Provided on Enzymes and Autism Discussion Board (Below)

Sat, 04 May 2002

Subject: I GUESS I'M DOING SOMETHING RIGHT...

You know, I don't have to make dietary supplements. I could easily find work with a pharmaceutical or biotech firm, I'm sure my competitors wish I would. I could go back to academic research, too.

But I have found that doing this work through HNI is the most rewarding thing I have ever done, and utilizes everything I have been exposed to in the last 20 years. My grad work, my academic research, my tenure at National Enzyme, and yes, even my faith, have all come into play here. Knowing how enzymes work, how opiates work through receptors, how to do real research, and how it ties into nutrition all come together to help children with autism.

Being able to work for myself, without compromising my principles (which one sometimes must do when working for others), and hearing all the good things about your children's improvements makes for a great work environment for me. Most of you know, that if you call to order, I answer the phone and I try to answer your questions as best I can (and you ask some tough ones!). This is something that other companies can't or won't do. I try to keep my prices and overhead low, as I understand the financial struggles many of you have. I
discount whenever asked. I have quite a list of unpaid orders, but I don't give it much thought. If I won the lottery, I would give these products away!

Well, I had wondered when the other shoe would drop. I know I have been making a dent in other's sales, and this is how they respond.  Lenny at FEAT never contacted me to get my take on Rimland's and Pangborn's articles, which really goes against journalistic ethics.

Interesting that all this occurred on the same day that the Danielle Lin show is airing a segment on enzymes and autism.

I will be spending the day writing a full and complete response to all this and will post on my website.

Thanks for all the supportive emails and calls, it means a lot.
Devin
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Sat, 04 May 2002
Re: Article by Autism Research Institute

See my previous posts, Mary. Suffice to say that Rimland's accusations and recollections are flawed, and Pang's implications that No-Fenol is dangerous are ridiculous. He is making assumptions concerning the formulation of No-Fenol which are wrong.

Occurs to me that this may all be a way to make me reveal the complete formulation of No-Fenol for others to copy, as there is no other enzyme product out there that positions itself as helpful for phenolic problems.

I will be writing a rebuttal which I will post on my website and here.

Devin