When does the clock start ticking?

[Guest guest]

My son has been on the GFCF diet since mid-May, but has had a

few slip ups where some gluten or casein has made it into his body.

I have read that you need to stay on the diet for at least 3 months

(to a year) in order to see if it works. As casein seems to leave

the body fairly quickly, we have been able to see the reaction when

he gets an overload of dairy products. With the gluten taking longer

to leave, it is difficult to determine if removal of it makes a

difference.

My question is this... When calculating the 3-12 month timeframe, do

you start from the beginning date of the diet or the time since the

last contamination?

I have to admit that some aspects of this diet doesn't make sense to

me. For instance, I don't understand how trace amounts can cause as

much if not more problems than the levels before the diet was

instituted. Regardless of the answer to this, we are going to keep

plugging along, no matter how difficult it is (unless it takes me 3

years to reach my 3 months!).

Thanks,

Chris