Re: Starting the GFCF Diet

[Guest guest]

> Hello. I have a two year old little boy (A.J.) and I am interested

> in starting him on the GFCF Diet but I am not sure on how to do

> that. He has Autistic Tendencies and I want to help him in anyway

> that i can. He is presently on Rice Milk, what is next?

>

> Please help.

Kathy,

You can get a lot of information at gfcfdiet.com site. They have a

FAQ section, food lists, references and other things to help you get

started.

.

[Guest guest]

At 07:22 pm 7/27/01 +0000, you wrote:

>Hello. I have a two year old little boy (A.J.) and I am interested

>in starting him on the GFCF Diet but I am not sure on how to do

>that. He has Autistic Tendencies and I want to help him in anyway

>that i can. He is presently on Rice Milk, what is next?

Hi Kathy.

My son 's (4 1/2) been on the diet for over half a year now. I think

we're still less than 100% GF/CF, because I keep reading about

cross-contamination issues and because there are still some occasional

cheating episodes, though those have reduced considerably in the past month

or so.

I think it's easy to remove casein almost completely and immediately.

Gluten's harder, but if you're up to it just read up on the 'bad'

ingredients, start reading labels, and make up your mind not to give your

son anything containing either casein or gluten.

If you're able to avoid eating out and prepare everything from scratch then

the diet's pretty easy... especially if you can stick to basic ingredients.

As you probably already know, all meats, fish, fruits and vegetables are

fine, as well as rice, nuts, corn. That's assuming you have no other issues

with any of these foods.

There are plenty of folks on this list that can help, and with lots of

knowledge and experience with the diet.

Good luck,

Marty

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