new to diet

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm thinking of trying the diet for my 4 year old ASD son. A few

questions to those parents who are also gf/cf:

1) did you stay cf when starting the diet?

2) how picky are your children? (mine only eats a handful of food--I

looked at a sample diet and realized he wouldn't eat anything on it)

3) how many of you have seen improvement? In many of the

testemonials I've read the parents talk about " getting their child

back " but my child did not regress---he's always been the way he is.

I guess I'm just looking for a few opinions. My son has been on this

diet about a year and a half and I don't know that I've seen any

changes.

Thanks.

[Guest guest]

Hi Marcy,

If you have been GFCF we recommend that you stay CF for the first

couple of months, anyway. This way when your child has symptoms

from die-off (lethargy, tiredness, more stimmy, irritable, etc.) you

won't blame the yogurt.

My daughter was very picky pre SCD, and still is very picky, but at

least the dozen or so foods that she WILL eat are completely healthy

and will allow her gut to heal, as opposed to the bread, fries,

chips, etc. that she ate before.

I hope you decide to give this diet a try. It is a wonderfully

healthy way to eat. My girls' immune systems are so good that we

have seen only one little cold each this winter. Last year my

younger daughter (NT) had cold after cold after cold.

Sue (from Pickering)

Mom to , 4, formerly? ASD, SCD 10 months

> Hi,

> I'm thinking of trying the diet for my 4 year old ASD son. A few

> questions to those parents who are also gf/cf:

>

> 1) did you stay cf when starting the diet?

> 2) how picky are your children? (mine only eats a handful of food--

I

> looked at a sample diet and realized he wouldn't eat anything on

it)

> 3) how many of you have seen improvement? In many of the

> testemonials I've read the parents talk about " getting their child

> back " but my child did not regress---he's always been the way he

is.

>

> I guess I'm just looking for a few opinions. My son has been on

this

> diet about a year and a half and I don't know that I've seen any

> changes.

>

> Thanks.

[Guest guest]

> 1) did you stay cf when starting the diet?

of course

> 2) how picky are your children?

in the past, oral-motor defensiveness, picky, but eats everything

now. Sometimes I need to help him along a bit, but telling him the

food is good for his tummy & poop, he'll eat anything

> 3) how many of you have seen improvement?

we have seen a lot of improvements. My son was also born with lots of

difficulties, he has had no regression. So things can literally only

get better, we don't know where this stops.

Marjan

The Netherlands

mom to Nick, 7, scd since jan 18 2003

[Guest guest]

> 1) did you stay cf when starting the diet?

I forgot to tell you that there is a very safe alternative to get

probiotics into your child: nut yoghurt. Excellent taste, great

yield, no casein, no lactose, safe. Recipe on pecanbread.

Marjan