Re: addict behavior

[Guest guest]

Amy - I am so glad I read your post. My son has been GFCF for about

3 weeks. I have been struggling with what snack foods I can send

with my son that he will eat. I am told he is determined to get

whatever the other kids have. I thought it was because I just have

not yet found the snacks he likes. I now realize that it is because

he wants his fix. This also encourages me to know this is a passing

phase. Now I can relax and know whatever snack I send him will not

be what he wants but it is not my fault!

> Short story:

> We had tried to take our son off gluten and casein twice before we

> committed totally to the diet. We did not notice a significant

change

> either time.

> We had his peptide levels tested and they were the highest the doc

has

> ever seen! Gluten tested at 185, and casein at " over 200. " They

didn't

> even give an exact measure for the casein, it was so high....and he

was

> mostly off casein at the time of the test!

> Now I am beginning to see addict behaviors (we are about 2 months

gfcf).

> The other day, there were some leftover french fries from a fast

food

> restaurant left on the table from a lunch I had with my younger

son. I

> threw them away in the bottom of the garbage. My autistic son (age

8)

> came in to the house from outside to go to the bathroom. On the

way back

> out the dining room sliding glass door, he must have smelled them.

In

> about two seconds flat he was under the sink, with his head in the

> garbage, and had already swallowed a fry! It was so fast it made

my head

> spin! He is a kid where " out of sight, out of mind " usually holds

true.

> Poor kid was eating out of the trash! Thankfully at least it had a

new

> trash bag in it and was relatively clean still.

> I am amazed at the things they will do to get their fix.

> Amy

>

> Mom to Dylan (8 autism), Jonah (6 ADHD, Bipolar), and Connor (2)

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