anyone with asd kids able to do cheese?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I can't seem to

find answers in the archives. Could anyone who's had success (no

regression) with SCD cheeses for children on the autistic spectrum

please chime in here? All details would be appreciated, such as

whether your child was ever sensitive to casein before and what

kind/brand of cheese they can tolerate. I'm pretty desperate to add

more foods, since we used to be vegan and getting my kids to eat

meat is a real challenge. Only my son can eat whole eggs; my

daughter eats just the whites at gunpoint.

Thanks in advance.

-, mom to Lukas and Chloe, SCD since June/2004

[Guest guest]

My ASD son has no problem whatsoever with SCD legal dairy. He eats

cheese, homemade yogurt using cow's milk and butter. I had him on

the GFCF diet for years before switching to SCD but took out both at

the same time. Throughout the time he was GFCF I was certain he

could not handle gluten (horrible infractions) but always questioned

the casein. He never had a casein infraction that I know of. After

2 years on the GFCF diet I reintroduced dairy with enzymes with no

problems. I tried to reintroduce gluten with enzymes but through

this attempt came to realize he has celiac disease (like his younger

brother). When I switched to SCD, I allowed him to have the legal

dairy but had quit the enzymes since they were considered illegal at

the time. He had no reaction to SCD legal dairy without enzymes.

Once he did get into the commercial yogurt I use for starter and he

did have a reaction (more like a phenol reaction) which made me think

maybe he has a problem with lactose, not casein. Now he is back on

enzymes in addition to SCD. In all, he has been doing dairy for well

over a year.

I would highly suggest if you want to reintroduce SCD legal dairy to

your son, that you do it with enzymes. Houston's Peptizyde is

designed to break down proteins - especially gluten, casein and soy.

If he is still sensitive to casein, this should break it down to

where he would not have a reaction as well as other health benefits

from the enzymes.

> Hi,

> I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I can't seem to

> find answers in the archives. Could anyone who's had success (no

> regression) with SCD cheeses for children on the autistic spectrum

> please chime in here? All details would be appreciated, such as

> whether your child was ever sensitive to casein before and what

> kind/brand of cheese they can tolerate. I'm pretty desperate to

add

> more foods, since we used to be vegan and getting my kids to eat

> meat is a real challenge. Only my son can eat whole eggs; my

> daughter eats just the whites at gunpoint.

>

> Thanks in advance.

> -, mom to Lukas and Chloe, SCD since June/2004

[Guest guest]

I'm adding my input to 's.

I also give my ASD son the SCD legal dairy with no problems. We

started with the dairy free intro and saw no regression or other

problems with the introduction of legal cheese and butter. Last

week I made my first batch of yogurt (yeah- a success!). I decided

to try the cow's milk yogurt since Nick has not been having any

problem with dairy. I was prepared to stop and switch to goats if

there was any sign of problems, but we've had none. We started slow

as recommended and have seen some minor signs of die off, slight d,

but it has already resolved. In fact Nick finally had his first

normal colored stool.

Mom of , 5/Nick 3 (ASD)- SCD 9 weeks