Re: Ray and Food For Children (my email)

[Guest guest]

Dear Delightful Ray,

I want to be among those who connect with the Yum-O project. I developed celiac

disease

seven years ago and was following The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (neither low

carb nor

low calorie) when I learned the fifty year old wholesome free diet was helping

restore

social and behavioral abilities in children on the Autism Disorder Spectrum.

Despite lack of

formal trials anecdotal evidence that the diet can help is impressive. I have

archived many

inspiring stories attesting to it. Thousands of ASD children have used various

dietary

interventions and there is strong evidence of the gut brain connection.

Our diet excludes carbohydrates not easily digested as they then become food for

bad

intestinal bacteria. Although we cannot consume grain, starch, sugar, rice,

corn, soy,

liquid milk and some root vegetables, and use very few commercial products, our

homemade food is fabulous. We bake with nut flour, sweeten with honey and

leaven with

baking soda. We make a killer lasagna using zucchini strips instead of pasta and

you can't

tell it from conventional. We also have pizza, ice cream. waffles, pancakes that

you would

not dream could be so good without grain. Our food is on the menu of the one of

the best

spas in North America. A new center is under construction where families can

come, stay

and learn more. There are hundreds of SCD compliant free recipes on the

Internet and

great cookbooks created for SCD. I co-conducted special cooking classes for six

weeks

over two years with the co-authors of Grain-Free Gourmet who have been making

appearances in the U.S. We have parents who would appear on your show. I am 76

and

unable to travel due to an environmental illness.

I have no $$ interest in all of this and am just a volunteer sharing my support

and

experience with the diet.

The success I have seen for adults and children gives me chills and makes me

shed tears

of happiness!

www.pecanbread.com

www.breakingtheviciouscycle.com

http://www.grainfreegourmet.com/

http://www.gottschallcenter.com/index.php