Guest guest Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Hi, I just want to chime in with what we learned about gluten. Last fall I read an article in Wall Street Journal about a man in his sixties whose neurological symptoms had finally become unmanageable. He had the great good fortune to be examined by a medical doctor who trained in Ireland, where celiac disease runs rampant. The doctor made the correct diagnosis and the man was helped by going without gluten. Right then and there I decided Jack would have this trial. For most of his life, he has had abnormally large bowel movements, which many children with disabilities on the spectrum of autism are reported to suffer. The diet quickly remedied this. We are overjoyed. Jack is sensitive and allergic to many foods and we try to do a four day rotation diet, which now excludes both gluten and if possible milk products, although these are apparently less offensive than the gluten and inevitably do crop up in store bought cakes and cookies. Yes, you are right about the eggs and corn and other allergies. I like Doris Rapp's books on childhood allergy. Cornelia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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