I was reading on an open forum the other day and one mother posted that she gives her child grapefruit seed extract and it was causing her son pain and making him cry. The child had autism. The little boy told his mum that it was o.k. because he knew mum was trying to make him better and so she carried on giving it causing him pain to make him cry because she had looked into the fact that it was a good treatment for candida problems, although he showed no signs. It made me shudder and very angry that parents do not have a clue the damage they are causing to their children. This little boy could have been heading down the road towards an ulcer. She was not the only parent experimenting with their child and causing distress on open forums for autism. This is why with children you should always seek professional advise.