Re: my questions re gluten free diet

[Guest guest]

1. Can someone refer me to the best website to use when attempting to start

this diet?

http://www.advimoss.no/GFCF_results.htm

2. If the child shows no signs or symptoms of celiac disease, is the diet

still indicated to help with behaviors?

showed no signs of celiac disease, and I was told at first that he tested

negative (we just found out he tested OVERALL negative, but one test was

positive indicating a sensitivity). He had an addiction to wheat, that's the

only way to put it. We saw immediate results, like in the first week. After he

stablized, we started Cod Liver Oil and his sentences lengthened.

3. Has anyone who has used this diet seen relief or cessation of the chronic

mucus and runny nose? The only thing that cleared up was getting allergy

meds. He's on Zyrtek. Have you considered going casein free too? never

showed any addiction signs or intolerances to milk or cheese, so we never did

that part of it. I've heard that a sensitivity to milk (lactose intolerance)

can make you mucus-sy, if that's a word.

Loriann

Wife to Dewight

Mom to , 10 years, Down Syndrome, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, ADHD,

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

And , 16 months and Strong Willed

[Guest guest]

I see that Lori answered the ifrst 2 questions as I wuld but on #3 our

experience has been different.

JJ has had the greenest runniest nose ever. He was often sent home. About

2 1/2 our ENT put him onFlonase which helped but no way cleared up the

problem. In March of 2000 we had him tested for allergies by the best gut

in the area. He said no allergies but it has connected to the facial

structor of DS persons. In April I found a dr who would finally test for

celiac--JJ was postiive and we started the diet right away. The nose was

one of the first things to clear up. In June we took JJ off Flonase. And

we have not used it since. And still have NO green noses. It worked for JJ

and could work for you child.

& Garry, parents of (10 ds), (9 ds/g-tube), JJ (6

ds/autism/celiac), (6 ds), and Esther (3 ds). All adopted.

[Guest guest]

im still investigating the gf stuff but less milk does lessen mucus.

[Guest guest]

thanks nancy i had nathan tested for celiac at last appointments in UIHC and

if that turns out to be the prob, i sure hope then after being on a gf diet

helps, he had his allergies tested too, and were negative also, so maybe its

the celiac thing.