Adding back gluten and casein, WE DID IT!

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After reading 's book, and after another failed attempt at SCD

(my guy is so texture sensitive to food and self limiting!) we decided

to add back gluten and casein with enzymes. He had been on the gfcf

diet for over 2 yrs., and give or take a new snack here and there, has

basically eaten the same 6 foods the entire time; gfcf pancakes,

french fries, chicken nuggets, pretzels, rice bars and soy crisps. UHG!

Well, after 3 wks. SCD (and improvement in eye contact firmer stools,

but behavioral nightmare during feeding times!), we went back to gfcf.

That was when it really became apparent how reactive he was to rice

and potatoes, runny poops for 2 wks. when back on his old food. We

began zymeprime and added back oat and barley with no reaction good or

bad, but it was nice to add a few new foods to his diet. Finally I

decided to bite the bullet and add back gluten and casein with the AFP

peptizide. We are on day 4!

So my amazement is this~ No obvious reaction to the foods themselves.

No rashes, sleep disruptions, or behavioral problems. He is a little

stimmy and a little OCD (but we are moving in a week and our house is

3/4 packed!!!), and he is definetely a little more hyper, but I have

to say it is a happy demeanor-hyper.. really enjoying rough play, etc.

Secondly, we are having big yeast/bacteria diarreah.. I took him off

his RX's (always rotating nystatin, diflucan and flagyl) over a week

ago and when we added the AFP, we got those lovely dead fish diapers.

I was actually thrilled! So we still are having very messy diapers,

though I must say their consistency isn't much different than the past

yrs.

I have the POSTER GUT KID! So I am sure it will be a long while before

we get to true gut health. Heck, I think we probably have 2 yrs worth

of rice and potatoes rotting in his colon, so it will probably take

months to even clean him out!!

Regardless, we are beyond ecstatic that he has already allowed 3 new

food into his diet. I can't believe that he can eat regular food.

As we conquer the texture issues, life is going to look a little

normal again.

I don't (well, I know) I wouldn't have attempted this without reading

Enzymes for Autism. We had tried enyzmes on 3 other occassions over

the past 2 yrs. on the diet and I always assumed he didn't tolerate

them. As I now understand more of the process, and can visibly attain

that the gluten and casein are causing no reactions, it is easy to sit

back and watch him ride out these first few weeks.

My son is 3.6 yrs. dx severe asd at 20 mos. We have done much of the

DAN protocol for 2 yrs. He is non verbal ( a few words prompted mostly

with finally some great jargon). We are making progress, he is

relating to his family, and very much in our world, but delay wise, we

have a long way to go! I hope the enzymes help to finally address his

gut issues, as I know in my heart the sing song dance with yeast and

bacteria has masked most of our gains from all interventions

(including a year of chelation, LDN, MB12...etc.)

Thank you!!!

and Ty