Re: HF 5 y.o son craves eating soap

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I've heard there is gluten in some soaps.

[ ] HF 5 y.o son craves eating soap

> Just seeing if anyone can help me figure out why my HF (autism) 5 y.o

> son is craving soap. I have ruled out that he is doing it to get

> attention. I think he generally likes to eat it, the other day when

> listing foods, he included soap on his list. I then told him that

> soap is not a food, later I stated, " I wash my hands with soap " , I

> asked, " what do you do with soap " ? His answer, " I EAT IT " I have

> read that this is considered PICA, but what do I do to eliminate it?

> This isn't the first instance of PICA with him, before diagnosis, he

> used to eat handfulls of sand on trips to the beach. Has any one else

> dealt with this, also, he tries to pluck his eyelashes/eyebrows at

> times. Use redirection and distraction to get him to stop. Any

> suggestions?

> ANY HELP?

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> Just seeing if anyone can help me figure out why my HF (autism) 5 y.o

> son is craving soap.

Fat deficiency. He either isn't getting the fats he needs in his diet

or isn't able to digest them.

Soap is digested fat.

Try animal derived digestive enzymes with ox bile.

> I have ruled out that he is doing it to get

> attention. I think he generally likes to eat it, the other day when

> listing foods, he included soap on his list. I then told him that

> soap is not a food, later I stated, " I wash my hands with soap " , I

> asked, " what do you do with soap " ? His answer, " I EAT IT " I have

> read that this is considered PICA, but what do I do to eliminate it?

> This isn't the first instance of PICA with him, before diagnosis, he

> used to eat handfulls of sand on trips to the beach. Has any one else

> dealt with this, also, he tries to pluck his eyelashes/eyebrows at

> times. Use redirection and distraction to get him to stop. Any

> suggestions?

> ANY HELP?

[Guest guest]

My younger ASD son used to have a similar pica problem, eating sand,

dirt, pebbles, soap and all kinds of other crazy stuff. Six months

of significant zinc and chromium supplementation has almost

completely eliminated the problem. We got this idea from a

presentation by at an autism conference. I found what

looks to be a copy of his presentation here. See slide 38:

http://www.eas.asu.edu/~autism/Research/CombinedASA.ppt

> Just seeing if anyone can help me figure out why my HF (autism) 5

y.o

> son is craving soap. I have ruled out that he is doing it to get

> attention. I think he generally likes to eat it, the other day

when

> listing foods, he included soap on his list. I then told him that

> soap is not a food, later I stated, " I wash my hands with soap " , I

> asked, " what do you do with soap " ? His answer, " I EAT IT " I have

> read that this is considered PICA, but what do I do to eliminate

it?

> This isn't the first instance of PICA with him, before diagnosis,

he

> used to eat handfulls of sand on trips to the beach. Has any one

else

> dealt with this, also, he tries to pluck his eyelashes/eyebrows at

> times. Use redirection and distraction to get him to stop. Any

> suggestions?

> ANY HELP?

[Guest guest]

> Just seeing if anyone can help me figure out why my HF (autism) 5

y.o

> son is craving soap. I have ruled out that he is doing it to get

> attention. I think he generally likes to eat it, the other day

when

> listing foods, he included soap on his list. I then told him that

> soap is not a food, later I stated, " I wash my hands with soap " , I

> asked, " what do you do with soap " ? His answer, " I EAT IT " I have

> read that this is considered PICA, but what do I do to eliminate

it?

> This isn't the first instance of PICA with him, before diagnosis,

he

> used to eat handfulls of sand on trips to the beach. Has any one

else

> dealt with this, also, he tries to pluck his eyelashes/eyebrows at

> times. Use redirection and distraction to get him to stop. Any

> suggestions?

> ANY HELP?

In general what I've heard about pica is that it is related

to mineral imbalance (or deficiency) or metal toxicity.

Please note those 2 things can really be " the same thing "

(since metal toxicity pretty much seems to also mean

mineral imbalances and deficiencies.) I always think of

the book " Turning Lead into Gold " . Very dramatic pica---

the twins ate pieces of the wall, and all sorts of other

things. (They were treated for lead toxicity.)

good wishes,

Moria

[Guest guest]

I know of someone that was an adult that craved smelling laundry soap

(specifically Tide). Beyond what is normal. Thoughts of wanting to eat it but

couldn't get enough of smelling it. She had Pica and severe B-Complex

deficiencies at the time. Hope that helps.

CP

[ ] Re: HF 5 y.o son craves eating soap

> Just seeing if anyone can help me figure out why my HF (autism) 5

y.o

> son is craving soap. I have ruled out that he is doing it to get

> attention. I think he generally likes to eat it, the other day

when

> listing foods, he included soap on his list. I then told him that

> soap is not a food, later I stated, " I wash my hands with soap " , I

> asked, " what do you do with soap " ? His answer, " I EAT IT " I have

> read that this is considered PICA, but what do I do to eliminate

it?

> This isn't the first instance of PICA with him, before diagnosis,

he

> used to eat handfulls of sand on trips to the beach. Has any one

else

> dealt with this, also, he tries to pluck his eyelashes/eyebrows at

> times. Use redirection and distraction to get him to stop. Any

> suggestions?

> ANY HELP?

In general what I've heard about pica is that it is related

to mineral imbalance (or deficiency) or metal toxicity.

Please note those 2 things can really be " the same thing "

(since metal toxicity pretty much seems to also mean

mineral imbalances and deficiencies.) I always think of

the book " Turning Lead into Gold " . Very dramatic pica---

the twins ate pieces of the wall, and all sorts of other

things. (They were treated for lead toxicity.)

good wishes,

Moria

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