Re: OT: vegetarian diet for ASD

[Guest guest]

It's funny how each child is different. Our daughter is worse with tomatoes,

green peas, pinto beans and grapes than anything else. But, she has never eaten

meat. She's only taken a bite from a hamburger every now and then.

Shari

OT: vegetarian diet for ASD

This may be an ambitious thing but have anyone of you tried vegetarian

diet on your ASD children? My family used to be on lacto-ovo vegetarian

diet. Since my son became ill and his diet more an dmore limited, I

started giving him turkey, chicken and beef each once a week. Now, we

are dealing with yeast (came along with chelation unfortunately). I

wonder if maybe he is not able to digest the meats although I give him

enzyme before each meal. Meat stays in the gut longer than any food and

so there is more food for these gut bugs. I tried two kinds of rice

protein but I am not sure if he is tolerating them either. Maybe the

timing coincided with the yeast. Just thinking here..anyone want to

join in? Thanks.

Sheila

[Guest guest]

Hi Shari..I was just intereted in your post and what your child eats.

I don't think I've read of many other children not eating meat who

are on gf/cf/sf etc and just wondered how you get it all balanced

out. We are not big meat eaters (except my child who is now off

spectrum really likes it)but we do have some each day and try to use

other things to compensate. My son is a real mess without meat and

even tends towards hypoglycemia we are thinking now.

Please know I am not judging your choices ... we all find what

works for our child. I'm just curious how you and others make it work.

All the best,

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> It's funny how each child is different. Our daughter is worse with

tomatoes, green peas, pinto beans and grapes than anything else. But,

she has never eaten meat. She's only taken a bite from a hamburger

every now and then.

> Shari

> OT: vegetarian diet for ASD

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>

> This may be an ambitious thing but have anyone of you tried

vegetarian

> diet on your ASD children? My family used to be on lacto-ovo

vegetarian

> diet. Since my son became ill and his diet more an dmore limited,

I

> started giving him turkey, chicken and beef each once a week.

Now, we

> are dealing with yeast (came along with chelation unfortunately).

I

> wonder if maybe he is not able to digest the meats although I

give him

> enzyme before each meal. Meat stays in the gut longer than any

food and

> so there is more food for these gut bugs. I tried two kinds of

rice

> protein but I am not sure if he is tolerating them either. Maybe

the

> timing coincided with the yeast. Just thinking here..anyone want

to

> join in? Thanks.

>

> Sheila

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[Guest guest]

Interesting post, especially about the yeast and bacteria. Is the

meat digested faster if cooked a certain way? Unfortunately, enzymes

tend to constipate my son. I have heard from parents who were GFCF

and vegetarian for religious/family reasons and did it with success.

I think they ate a lot of beans, lentils etc.

Hope

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> This may be an ambitious thing but have anyone of you tried

vegetarian

> diet on your ASD children? My family used to be on lacto-ovo

vegetarian

> diet. Since my son became ill and his diet more an dmore limited, I

> started giving him turkey, chicken and beef each once a week. Now,

we

> are dealing with yeast (came along with chelation unfortunately). I

> wonder if maybe he is not able to digest the meats although I give

him

> enzyme before each meal. Meat stays in the gut longer than any food

and

> so there is more food for these gut bugs. I tried two kinds of rice

> protein but I am not sure if he is tolerating them either. Maybe

the

> timing coincided with the yeast. Just thinking here..anyone want to

> join in? Thanks.

>

> Sheila

>

[Guest guest]

She eats a regular diet. We are not GF/CF. We tried it for months with no

positive results. We even compounded her medications to make sure she was

completely GF/CF- corn free, too. After several months on the diet she became

almost skeletal. People asked me if she was anorexic. We took her to Arkansas

Children's Hospital and we had a swallowing test, endoscopy, fatty oxidation

test. Bottom line - she can't really metabolize meats very well and the

geneticist thinks that is why she never wants it. He suggested that we use beans

and white cheese for protein. She tolerates some vegetables but she just has a

very hard time with pinto beans, tomatoes, peas and grapes. She eats eggs,

broccoli, sweet potatoes, cabbage, spinach, white cheeses, strawberries,

bananas, green beans, lima beans. She doesn't do well with white rice. We use

Houston enzymes. I wish I had suggestions for you but we just do the best we

can. High fat soluble food and vitamins cause her to have seizures. And, the

supplement carnitine causes seizures which was measured with an 8 hour EEG at

Children's after taking carnitine. We also had a glucose test because she seemed

to have drop in sugar. She did and we make sure she eats throughout the day. She

doesn't like peanut butter but sometimes she does well with a peanut butter and

jelly sandwich. We have to use all natural strawberry jelly because she has

reactions to corn syrups. She can tolerate wheat and milk a lot better than

corn. Corn has been our biggest battle and there isn't an enzyme to counter it.

Shari

OT: vegetarian diet for ASD

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>

> This may be an ambitious thing but have anyone of you tried

vegetarian

> diet on your ASD children? My family used to be on lacto-ovo

vegetarian

> diet. Since my son became ill and his diet more an dmore limited,

I

> started giving him turkey, chicken and beef each once a week.

Now, we

> are dealing with yeast (came along with chelation unfortunately).

I

> wonder if maybe he is not able to digest the meats although I

give him

> enzyme before each meal. Meat stays in the gut longer than any

food and

> so there is more food for these gut bugs. I tried two kinds of

rice

> protein but I am not sure if he is tolerating them either. Maybe

the

> timing coincided with the yeast. Just thinking here..anyone want

to

> join in? Thanks.

>

> Sheila

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>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Shari, I second . My son did not taste meat until we started

gfcfsf.. rotation diet etc. He is only 3 yo and does not crave

anything except rice and blueberries.I really would like to try going

vegetarian. How do you do it? Thanks.

Sheila

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> > It's funny how each child is different. Our daughter is worse

with

> tomatoes, green peas, pinto beans and grapes than anything else.

But,

> she has never eaten meat. She's only taken a bite from a hamburger

> every now and then.

> > Shari

> > OT: vegetarian diet for ASD

> >

> >

> > This may be an ambitious thing but have anyone of you tried

> vegetarian

> > diet on your ASD children? My family used to be on lacto-ovo

> vegetarian

> > diet. Since my son became ill and his diet more an dmore

limited,

> I

> > started giving him turkey, chicken and beef each once a week.

> Now, we

> > are dealing with yeast (came along with chelation

unfortunately).

> I

> > wonder if maybe he is not able to digest the meats although I

> give him

> > enzyme before each meal. Meat stays in the gut longer than any

> food and

> > so there is more food for these gut bugs. I tried two kinds of

> rice

> > protein but I am not sure if he is tolerating them either.

Maybe

> the

> > timing coincided with the yeast. Just thinking here..anyone

want

> to

> > join in? Thanks.

> >

> > Sheila

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Hope. I do not know if there is a certain way to cook meat so it

can be digested faster. My son takes enzymes too but twice when he

got constipated too bad a few times I have him ripe papaya and off he

went. Ripe papaya is a very good source of enzyme. I eat some before

each big meal and it helps.- Sheila

> >

> > This may be an ambitious thing but have anyone of you tried

> vegetarian

> > diet on your ASD children? My family used to be on lacto-ovo

> vegetarian

> > diet. Since my son became ill and his diet more an dmore limited,

I

> > started giving him turkey, chicken and beef each once a week.

Now,

> we

> > are dealing with yeast (came along with chelation unfortunately).

I

> > wonder if maybe he is not able to digest the meats although I

give

> him

> > enzyme before each meal. Meat stays in the gut longer than any

food

> and

> > so there is more food for these gut bugs. I tried two kinds of

rice

> > protein but I am not sure if he is tolerating them either. Maybe

> the

> > timing coincided with the yeast. Just thinking here..anyone want

to

> > join in? Thanks.

> >

> > Sheila

> >

>