What Those In Science Are Saying About FEAT

What Those In Science Are Saying About FEAT/ARI No Fenol Article

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

To learn more about the science of enzymes, go to the following sites:

http://www.enzymetechnicalassoc.org/toc.htm

http://www.expasy.ch/enzyme/

Letters From Others in Science

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Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 11:58:29 -
From: "Naomi S" <nscearce@hotmail.com>
Subject: re: feat article

Dear editor,

I don't currently use no-fenol with my child. I do read the enzymesandautism board as I seek to find assistance and knowledge in dealing with his disability.

I wanted to express my disappointment at your article on the No-Fenol product. I felt it had essentially no substantiation, but a lot of speculation. This seems to me something the entire community is seeking to avoid as we search for interventions for our children.

The tone of sour grapes pervaded both comments, which did not serve to support their claims either.

As someone with some science background, I had to comment on the claim that tyrosine is essential to life. It certainly is. But to claim that any intermittently dosed drug could eliminate tyrosine from the diet is silly.
It is my understanding also that the enzyme in question does not claim to eliminate tyrosine, but to break it down into it's usable forms.

Sour grapes and bad science does nothing to promote understanding.

Naomi S, MD

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Subject: [Autism-Mercury] Pseudo-Scientists Flame No-Phenol Enzymes and Pronounce Them Dangerous
Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 21:52:08 -0000
From: "andrewhallcutler" <AndyCutler@aol.com>
Reply-To: Autism-Mercury@yahoogroups.com
To: Autism-Mercury@yahoogroups.com

The material presented here by Pangborn and Rimland is devoid of the relevant technical content, and inconsistent with their reasoning.

If they don't have real back-up for this in terms of directly measured biochemistry they had better settle the inevitable libel suit when Houston files it to avoid punitive damages for the apparently willful attempt to harm his business.

The claims of side effects are the opposite of what would occur if the no-fenol were destroying tyrosine.

No particular discussion is given of what phenols no-fenol destroys, or how it does so. This is the heart of the issue since enzymes are generally selective enough the stuff isn't credibly expected to actually destroy ALL phenols.

Andy Cutler, Ph.D., Chemistry

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