autism or celiac

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Hi friends,

All this talk about autism and celiac. When my son was two--and had just

regressed into autism, I had him tested for celiac--he came back negative. He

was and still is not allergic to wheat or milk. I knew though that these foods

were giving him tummy aches since he was about ten months old, unable to sleep

thru the night, not progressing weight wise etc. We dont have a medical name so

to speak for this condition except in the autism community-- this leaky gut--

which is NOT NECESSARILY celiac but can also be that for some. Hopefully

someday this will be a recognized condition. These foods were leaking thru his

gut and slowly causes damage to his neurological system. I see it like this:

maybe he lacks a gene to detox all the mercury,( environmental toxins and those

in foods as well) etc and this destroyed his gut. It also has caused and left

us with metabolic problems, immune system issue in regard to candida ,

neurological issues, and God only knows what else. My son is on his way to

" recovery " so to speak in that I see him daily moving toward being

unrecognizable eventually (he will be 4 next month). However, in my mind, I

will always consider him autistic because every time I have him tested he comes

back having the same internal things going wrong that most autistic children do.

He is all messed up inside. This diet has helped tremendously. I believe the

younger you stop some of the assault the better your results may be (there are

exceptions to every rule). Some children seem to be able to detox themselves

over time better than other children and almost pull themselves out of the

autism characteristics and some children never do or are unable. Maybe some are

more able to detox genetically than others. I have freinds who's kids who are

NOT autistic however they are showing all these other behavioral issues and OCD

behaviors along with these exact metabolic, gut, yeast issues!! Some children

fall into the autism well, and some do not. I think my daughter has the SAME

issues but her immune system was effected differently--asthma, severe allergies.

How our childrens symptoms will present from very similar assualts and

internal damage will be very individual--ADD, ADHA< Asthma, allergies, Type 1

Diabetes even, autism, aspergers, lupus, chronic fatigue. And how easily we

are able to pull them out of that hole will vary as well. I beleive that the

key is detox in every way you can. The mercury, additives, preservatives,

gluten , casein so the gut can heal etc, of course the yeast as well. Of

course, this sums it up in too basic of terms because the mechanisms are quite

complicated --how they become immune compromised to yeast etc. I will shut up

now. I could go on and on ....sorry. Probably took them for ever to believe

those with celiac and maybe someday these Dr's will accept and name the actual

disorder so many of our children have today. My son then wont be labeled

autistic maybe, but detox compromised hahaha or maybe just mercury poisoned.