Guest guest Posted March 1, 2001 Report Share Posted March 1, 2001 Hi When my DD gets any casein, she acts as though she's high on drugs. It happens within 20-30 minutes. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2001 Report Share Posted March 14, 2001 > Hi!! I am new to this diet and have many questions, but I'll only ask > a couple now. I have taken my son off dairy and am trying to be as CF > as I can. Should I notice any changes even if some casein sneaks in? > I mean in additives and things we are just not aware of. I also > wonder if removing dairy from his diet should or could constipate > him? Thanks I'm also relatively new to the diet (6 weeks), but I can tell you that my son was chronically constipated until we took him off dairy about a year ago. We saw no behavioral changes, but it gave him almost constant diarrhea. I took him to see a GI doc, who suggested that we might need to use trial and error to figure out the optimum amount of dairy to balance out his system; maybe a small piece of cheese a day or whatever. It didn't hit me until later that we were really just covering up the problem. Now my son is GFCF, still has very loose stools (and of course, I never give him cheese!), and we're off to see another GI doc tomorrow who is an autism specialist. As a practical matter, it is easier to be CF than GF- just watch for hidden whey or caseinate in foods (they are always on the label). However, the casein and gluten proteins are so similar that we didn't see any behavioral changes until we stopped the gluten, too. Now Brett is much more focused and is attempting to talk a lot more. Best of luck! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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