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The April 2007 Scientific American notes that a special diet free of gluten and casein has been thought to be a sort of “miracle treatment for autism,” on the basis of “many testimonials posted on the Web.” But, “this enthusiasm is grounded more in hope than in science; so far researchers have no good evidence that dietary interventions can alleviate the symptoms of autism”; the Scientific American notes that the first “rigorous tests” of the diet have been done and that results will be published later this year.
“Grounded more in hope than in science”: Of how many “autism treatments” can this be said?
923 days ago
[...] also found some very useful discussion in the comments section of a post on another blog I read. It makes some other very good points regarding diet and [...]
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1247 days ago
I never associated Rebekahs food issues with her autism although if she has any dairy she tends to be unable to communicate as well and will have more meltdowns. I assumed that it made her feel sick and she just could not tell us. I know for the first two years of her life she had no dairy only soy products at that point the drs said it looked like she had outgrown her dairy allergy since she no longer threw it up. They would have us reintroduce dairy every 4 to 6 months to see if she could tolerate it. We assumed that they knew best(something I rarely do any more) and she had dairy for the next 3 years. With my background in behavior management when she was about 5 and nothing I knew was working I started tracking everything looking for corrrelations and dairy was one. We removed it from her diet and saw immediate results. She was able to sleep through the night for the first time and her meltdowns decreased. I am not sure if it is and allergy or intolerance but we watch her dairy intake very closely.
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1247 days ago
Hi Apple-M—-Charlie has a quite varied diet especially in regard to fruits and vegetables (not broccoli, I have to say, he has a huge liking for cauliflower, though). It’s only very minimal amounts of gluten that we have been trying him on—-certainly not in his school lunch!
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1247 days ago
We have gone in the opposite direction with the SCD diet. if you think CF GF is hard think again.
but with it we have seen improvements in both digestion and behavior. and the funny thing is he actually eats a greater variety of foods now! including broccoli!
I would stay away from gluten if you can.my son is now hyper sensitive and even small amounts of it give him constipation.
my advice to anybody wanting to try gfcf. buy enough CFGF supermarket food to last 3 days and replace milk with diluted orange juice. and try it.
if it only stop constipation its worth it.
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