Re: BECKY GRANT/ Food intolerances...what am I looking for?

[Guest guest]

Dear Becky,

You are speaking to some one who was misdiagnosed for over 37 years who had

malabsorption and missed celiac disease. I have permanent disability and

permanent damage that renders me also on the spectrum.

Although IQ test has proven me to be in the 130 range. Also graduating with

honors with a BA in psychology. But had to have special help, but did it none

the less! For those who think I may be impaired in intelligence, I am not.

I wish SCD was a magic bullet for me. I would do anything to take back the

damage that has been done on my spirit, body, brain and mind thanks to being

misdiagnosed!

I know more than anybody here, that some of us can not be cured! I believe it

is due to PERMANENT DAMAGE! I am one of them!

My daughter however is only 23 months old...and yes may have permanent

damage...but SCD is giving her brain the ultimate change to revive it's self

with the best nutrition available. We hope she is young enough that she may be

the lucky few that are recovered.

My son on the other hand will be five....and yes he heart breakingly so has

permanent damage. NO DAN! or anybody can fix it either. Although SCDiet is the

best I have found for him to eat, to keep this vicious cycle from getting the

better of him!

NOT AN EXPENSIVE DAN!, Expensive TESTS, Elaine or any miracle diet can repair

PERMANENT DAMAGE. We all have to think, before we get sucked into this

expensive financial trap.

So yes you are right. It is not the cure all....that even I wish it was for my

own sake and for my dear son. And for many poor kids on this serve....who have

to some how learn how to make the best of their disadvantages and find their

gifts and hang on to their strengths.

But from personal experience with being GF and CF for 15 months...I wouldn't go

back to this way of eating if my life depended on it. In my opinion...being ASD

myself...IT DOES NOT WORK FOR ANYBODY! Not just my family...ANYBODY! It just

keeps the vicious cycle going. My mother died from undiagnosed

malabsorption/celiac...so did my sister.....the consequences are grave for some

of us...AUTISM is not the only consequence of the vicious cycle going unchecked.

And yes it is a SLOW death...but a miserable one any how. The side affects of

malabsorption and this vicious cycle going unchecked can be CANCERS, multiple

system compromise, chronic respiratory and pulmonary problems and SYNDROME

X...for starters. On SCDiet this more than likely will never happen. Because

Elaine herself refers the SCDiet as the " original diet " of mankind. Reflecting

how all of mankind was designed to eat! Not just us Autistics!

So PLEASE do not get on your soap box with me. I have had a horrible life,

thanks to good intentioned doctors and their fixes....they never helped me. I

am not angry at you. Just want you to understand better where I come from, and

who I am.

ELAINE and her diet finally have worked for me when nobody could help save

me...and she has saved thousands. And too think that my autistic/celiac

toddler...is now coming out of her cave....is a miracle.

And yes I do envy my daughter...I wish somebody had known enough to save

me...but it is better late than never. Thank God I have the tools in my kitchen

to save her! This way she doesn't turn out like me. A life of suffering, 14

surgeries, 4 miscarriages, and not being able to think like everyone else...and

being different than most! Yes she may have permanent damage too...but I will

teach her how to be different...in a good way! AT least we stopped this monster

in its tracks with my family of five!

To see yourself what Elaine says, Please go to:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/beginners_guide/beginners.htm<http://www\

..breakingtheviciouscycle.info/beginners_guide/beginners.htm>

I paste a little of it here:

The Specific Carbohydrate DietT is biologically correct because it is species

appropriate. The allowed foods are mainly those that early man ate before

agriculture began. The diet we evolved to eat over millions of years was

predominantly one of meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, nuts, low-sugar fruits. Our

modern diet including starches, grains, pasta, legumes, and breads has only been

consumed for a mere 10,000 years. In the last hundred years the increase in

complex sugars and chemical additives in the diet has led to a huge increase in

health problems ranging from severe bowel disorders to obesity and brain

function disorders. We have not adapted to eat this modern diet as there has not

been enough time for natural selection to operate. It therefore makes sense to

eat the diet we evolved with.

The Specific Carbohydrate DietT was clinically tested for over 50 years by Dr

Haas and biochemist Elaine Gottschall with convincing results. From feedback

from the various lists and other information at least 75% of those who adhere

rigidly to the diet gain significant improvement.

Check out the reviews of the book of the diet by Elaine Gottschall Breaking The

Vicious Cycle at

Amazon.com<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0969276818/ref=cm_cr_dp\

_2_1/103-3495497-3984621?v=glance & s=books & vi=customer-reviews>, the vast

majority give an excellent review.

Sincerely, Antoinette...a rain women of sorts.....and proud of it...because of

my high intelligence I can now help HEAL my family.....and spread Elaine's word

to others....before it is too late for some!.... EARLY INTERVENTION BEFORE

PERMANENT DAMAGE NEEDS TO BE THE KEY!

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