Gluten free diet blog

Just a question, been on the diet a couple of months and my sons BM’sare just awful now — hasn’t had a solid one since we started… and heseems to be losing weight which doesn’t seem normal for a 4 yr old. AmI doing something wrong?

Does anyone have a list that i can buy from the store of gfcf soy free any kindof candy, lollipops, treats, or chocolate. chips etc would be appreciated too

Can anyone help me with this?

Hi I’m Charlene, My son Joseph is 2.2 years old and it’s been about 6months since the doc said he has Autism… He’s been on the diet forabout 3 months and within the first two weeks we saw amazing resultsin his eye contact, he spoke saying mom 8 times and of course his nextword was NO at least 3 times. By the time Joseph was 18 months he hadlost all his words and was just sqealing and screaming if frustration.ABA and this diet are the best two things in our lives right now…Joseph is very sensor motivated… has anyone had any luck with theweighted vest? And what else do I need to know? He is still havingissues with his bowls… I have the special diets for Special kidsbook but I have not read anything about removing soy… or aboutavoiding certain vitamins… I am reading as fast as I can…about 100messages today in hopes of helping my boy feel better… let me know

I want to order some for my daughter (7) but there were severaldifferent types on Kirkman’s site-any recommendations? If its acapsul it will have to be opened since my daughter won’y swallow themso taste is a consideration.

NATALIE THANKS FOR TELLING ME ABOUT THE OATS!ANYONE USING A GOOD BUBBLEBATH NICK LOVES BATHS I GIVE HIM ONE EVERY NIGHT.

A gluten-free diet is an intervention for autism and associated spectrum disorders
Autism is the result of the short breakdown and surplus peptides’ absorption with opioid activity derived from foods containing gluten and casein, forces destruction to biochemical and neuroregulatory processes. Biochemical studies have showed the presence of raised peptide levels in the urine of people with autism; and previous behavioral studies have indicated a link between the long term gluten and casein exclusion from the diet and improvements in the behavior of some children with autism. The study monitored the introduction of a gluten-free diet to children with autism and associated spectrum disorders during 5 months using a battery of parental and teacher questionnaire sessions, observation reports, psychometric tests and urinary profiling. And an outcome demonstrated that the behavior of gluten-free diet participants was improved significantly. With this there was no reduction in specific urinary components excreted comparing with controls and a gluten challenge group.

Many of you are aware we lost our 2 week old in June.The attending ped at the hospital was highly p.o. ed that i opted out of theHepB and refused to see our son.anyway, long story short. He had an immediate vitamin k upon birth .The autopsy and further testing concluded he had viral meningoencephalitis(sp.) Resulting in severe respiratory distress that resulted in death. I found a website with a link to ingredients in all vaccines. i cannotrecall where it was but, i am searching for this information.

We have been on the diet for about 3 weeks, first with casein andthen decided to add gluten. I knew we were supposed to do themseparately, but my son has just been diagnosed, at age 3 3/4, aftergetting lots of run around and waiting lists for about 2 years, anddidn’t want to wait on something that might help. Anyhow, his majorissues are speech and language, tantrums, attention, eye contact andoccasional flapping. His eye contact seems to have improved-longergazes, more focused and he seems more chatty than ususal with longersentances, wishful thinking this early??

So, we are hoping it is working, but are worried about his behavior.Lately, he has been flapping a lot and his tantrums are the worse wehave ever seen. But, in between melt downs he seems more focused.I am keeping a journal, but some days he seems great-improved, andothers-awful. Is this typical? or should they get better each day?I also was wondering how you all deal with relatives and feedingissues..I am getting lots of heat b/c they think I am torturinghim. They claim it is making him worse…no one bothers to learnabout it, but they sure feel like they can offer their strongopinions. And they certainly don’t mind eating pizza in front ofhim..Ugh. If only they lived our lives

We challenged my son with some gluten today… was wondering how longall of you usually take to see the peptide reactions come out for yourkids.