New with twins on Spectrum

[Guest guest]

Please help, I have 5 yr old twins both autistic. I am determined to

switch over to the SCD from GFCF. I only saw a few improvements from

GFCF diet and from my research on Stan Kurtz's website have decided to

switch. My boy twin will only eat quesedilla w/ almond cheese, pizza,

rice crackers, and corn chips... he does not eat any veggies, how can

I start him on this diet so he won't strave. My girl twin I think is

ready for this diet as she refuses to eat any rice pasta which was

once loved and craved and is now starting to eat veggies (believe it

or not she is lower on the spectrum but is becoming more flexible than

brother). Scared to death, but determined this is the right thing to

do. Also do I keep the dairy out? They can handle the almond cheeses

which have a slight amount of casien in them or do I use the legal

cheeses?

Thanks, R.Englund

[Guest guest]

In 'Gut and Psychology Syndrome', Natasha -McBride

recommends to wait 6 months into SCD before you add casien into the

diet of an autistic child, and add in the form of home made goats

yoghurt. I recommend you get this book (ISBN 0-9548520-0-1)

Also, maybe the small amount of casien in the almond cheese could

be one of the reasons why gf/cf has shown little success for your kids.

These diets really need vigilence to be successful, and a

food/behaviour journal to check for other food intolerances. Having

said that, your boys diet sounds quite unhealthy. Try substantially

reducing his grains, then maybe hunger will cause him to try more

meat, eggs, vegetables and fruits. But watch for food intolerances

when you add new foods in.

Maybe this sounds too harsh, I don't know, but autism is such a terrible

disease, I believe a few hungry days will be worth it in the long run,

when it's potentially possible to improve the lives of these children.

Kath (Mum to 3 boys, one ASD)

>

> Please help, I have 5 yr old twins both autistic. I am determined to

> switch over to the SCD from GFCF. I only saw a few improvements

from

> GFCF diet and from my research on Stan Kurtz's website have

decided to

> switch. My boy twin will only eat quesedilla w/ almond cheese,

pizza,

> rice crackers, and corn chips... he does not eat any veggies, how

can

> I start him on this diet so he won't strave. My girl twin I think is

> ready for this diet as she refuses to eat any rice pasta which was

> once loved and craved and is now starting to eat veggies (believe it

> or not she is lower on the spectrum but is becoming more flexible

than

> brother). Scared to death, but determined this is the right thing to

> do. Also do I keep the dairy out? They can handle the almond

cheeses

> which have a slight amount of casien in them or do I use the legal

> cheeses?

>

> Thanks, R.Englund

>

[Guest guest]

how can

> I start him on this diet so he won't strave.

At first the new foods will be quite strange to him and the bad gut

bugs will be craving the old foods. He may not eat. Just offer the

intro diet foods and keep him hydrated with water and diluted grape

juice. You can make popsicles from the juice. You can put broth and

pureed carrots in the popsicles, too. Be sure you cook the soup the

recommended length of time. Some people have trouble with carrots if

they are not cooked 4 hours.

We have very sneaky ways to hide vegetables in things. Check all the

recipes on www.pecanbread.com. You can put pureed carrots in a " Sneaky

Veggie Pancake " .

If your son normally has diarrhea, he'll need to be on the intro 5

days. But if not, he only needs to be on for 2 days. After that you

can introduce an additional food; ripe banana (with spots) is a good

choice since it doesn't have to be cooked.

Also do I keep the dairy out? They can handle the almond cheeses

> which have a slight amount of casien in them or do I use the legal

> cheeses?

I don't think the almond cheese is legal. Keep dairy out for about 4

months. Then you can try a small amount of legal cheese or SCD yogurt

and see how they do with it. My son, for example, does fine with SCD

goat yogurt and legal goat cheese.

Welcome to the group!

mom to -12

SCD 4/23/04