GFCF

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>>> if you did this diet, did anyone see results soon... or did

it take a while.. and of course DID you actually see results

period.<<

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Our daughter(18yrs) has been on the GF/CF/SF diet for 3 years now.

As says, allergy testing for these was not productive.

Traditional and sublingual testing did not identify any of this, An

allergy panel through Great Plains put those items at a +1(minimal).

What convinced me to try was an IgG antibody test for each that were

very high. The diet has been a Godsend for her to control seizures.

She's old enough that she will occ. sneak a forbidden item - we see

the return of her seizures in 8-12 hours like clockwork. Gluten

sensitivity seems to be decreasing as we chelate. She has eaten some

foods with gluten and NOT responded with seizures but still with

very irritable behavior. The casein is still a potent trigger for

her. I would also encourage you to wipe those out of your diet if

you are still nursing. This 18 year old was a totally fussy baby as

I took my daily yogurt while nursing, thinking I was benefiting both

of us. B.

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> We are luck. I did not believe that supplementation would make any

difference, but after just 3 months on the supplements, we had a

totally neurotypical child.

Congratulations!

> 1. Can just building health detox a young child?

The Pfeiffer protocol is based on the theory that proper

vitamins/minerals can start the body's ability to detox on its own.

So far as I know, it is still too new for data on whether or not it

actually works that way, but you can read more about it here

http://www.hriptc.org/

> 2. Is it possible that she does has a " chemical imbalance " instead

of mercury toxicity?

Yes, but I would want to go further and ask " what is the cause of the

chemical imbalance " . If you test for metals, you might find your answer.

> 3. Would she benefit from ALA?

My kids are fully chelated using ALA, and it did remove most of their

issues. The remaining issues were addressed by anti-virals and

certain supplements.

Dana

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> Dear a:

>

> I also find it interesting. And here is the other thing. We tried to take her

off dairy, but it made her worse.

This suggests getting plasma cysteine determined, or trying a high

sulfur diet.

> She as well as your son may just be atypical as that is all I hear that dairy

and wheat are bad.

The only really bad things in the autism world are the cults that chant

and chant and chant about something you are supposed to do for " moral "

reasons without regard to whether it is good for your kid. Two

examples are pediatricians who give vaccinations and people who think

every autistic kid needs to be on the GFCF diet.

> She has not regressed off of her vitamins while still on the dairy

and wheat. I do not fully understand it either.

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I give both of my sons 60mg in the morning.

a

-- " Dagmar " <dagmarjahr@...> wrote:

a,

Can you please tell me how much Ginko you give your son.

Thank you,

Dagmar.

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> I also find it interesting. And here is the other thing. We tried to

take her off dairy, but it made her worse. She as well as your son may

just be atypical as that is all I hear that dairy and wheat are bad.

My son regressed when I removed wheat and used rice instead. As it

turns out, his rice intolerance was MUCH WORSE than his wheat

intolerance. I added back wheat with HNI enzymes and removed rice.

This caused nice improvement for my son.

http://www.houstonni.com/

Altho many autistic kids have problems with gluten/casein, your child

might be different. Mine was.

Dana

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The GFCF diet has been a blessing here. It not only has offered our

daughter the best seizure control we have seen, but it lead me to

the mercury connection and this group. After 4 years, our daughter

still responds with seizures to eating any amounts of gluten and/or

casein. The cooking efforts to replace bread products(breads,

waffles, pancakes etc) are way too much time in the kitchen for me!

We have essentially deleted most grains except for one substitute

that holds a weekly 'pizza' mix(mostly veggies in that mix). We do

use lots of stir fry. It's easy and quick. I have been able to

introduce new foods a tiny bit at a time so that they become a

familiar sight and accepted. You can also dump many supps into the

final cooked product without changing the taste.

From: " andrewhallcutler " <AndyCutler@a...>

Date: Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:53 pm

Subject: Andy - Re: [ ] Re: GFCF

> Andy,

>

> Could you tell more about why GFCF diet is bad? I thought it was

rather

> benign, at least compared to vaccinations...

>3 problems with the GFCF diet:

>First, the one inherent in the diet. It reduces thiol/sulfur intake.

>This is bad for some kids. Good for others. Some kids who " improved "

>on the GFCF diet probably are just high cysteine and could eat all

>the gluten they wanted, and dairy in small amounts. Others have the

>actual immunologic problem.

>Second, the one inherent in how the diet's advocates explain it:

>instead of using naturally GFCF foods like chinese or japanese

>cuisine,

>jambalaya, paella and other rice based american and european foods,

>etc., they make lots of fake breads and fake grain products. This

>requires the use of additives like Carageenan in LARGE quantities.

>Carageenan just happens to be what is fed to rats to give them

>inflammatory bowel disease for experimental purposes.

>Third, the one inherent in the religious view that the GFCF diet is

>GOOD and morality has some role in whether people use it: people who

>don't need to use it spend a lot of time on it they could be

>spenidng

>figuring out what actually would help their kid.

>Andy . . . . . . ..