RE: autism..casein/gluten & sc diet?

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Dear ,

Welcome to the SCDiet. You are correct it can be rather confusing and daunting.

I thought I should share a bit about us, in hopes that it could help you. Like

you, we came to the SCD conclusion totally paranoid about the gluten and the

casein. We where fanatics about the GF CF diet. We had horrible reactions to

these two proteins and I did not want to mess with them either. I read up on it

and learned that Elaine discovered that the proteins in the yogurt are denatures

so that it is rare that a reaction occurs. Here is what Elaine says:

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The Process of Making Yogurt Changes the Casein

From Elaine Gottschall:

" When we make yogurt and the pH falls to about 4.5 rather than 7.1-2 (as in

fluid milk), the proteins are denatured which means that because of the acidity,

the proteins lose their 3 dimensional structure (sterochemistry) which would be

the reason allergists worry about casein. In yogurt and in the natural cheeses,

the casein is denatured into a two-dimensional structure which would be less

likely to cause allergic reactions. "

I was so thrilled to learn this that we gained the courage to try it, we first

used the goat yogurt. Now we can tolerate even the bovine. I now know why in

the book she doesn't tell people with ASD NOT TO EAT THE YOGURT. Instead she

says that there are guidelines that some find helpful...that you might want to

try the yogurt but that SCD can be done dairy free. TRUST ELAINE before anyone

else. I know that the autism community has brain washed some of us to being so

careful about gluten and casein that we are truly paralyzed. Yet, I am so glad

that we tried it now.

Some are having success with the dairy free version and this is good. But I

want to share that when we tried SCD without the benefits of the yogurt, we did

not have the benefits that we had or the success that we have received since

being on the yogurt. It was amazing the results we had with our autistic

daughter. She started to ' " try " to talk for the first time, her deliriums

vanished, her drop seizures vanished and her GI pain and diarrhea vanished.

Within three months of using the yogurt she was smiling and laughing all the

time, stimming had vanished and she now learned how to play! her eye contact

was better and she even started to give hugs! It was truly like watching a

miracle. AT the time I could hardly contain myself...I shared with everyone who

would listen about our ELAINE miracle.

Read testimonies and see that the yogurt is not the " bad guy " any more. Maybe

the old store bought kind...but it isn't SCD yogurt. Some say to go slow on

introducing the yogurt because the transition can be rough. It isn't the casein

that causes the problem...it is the " die off " reaction. You see as the SCDiet

starves out the bad gut guys...they release toxins as this bad gut flora

dies...this makes us feel like we have the flue. Sometimes ASD behavior can

worsen during this time. Going slow can help control this. The women here can

help you with this if you want to go slow. It is a personal choice. WE chose

not to go this slow. Activated charcoal and Epson Salts Baths help much with

the symptoms of " die off " . After our first " die off " with the yogurt was when

we realized that SCDiet was going to help our autistic daughter. She emerged a

new child after this.

In order to have the best results with SCDiet it is imperative that you go by

the book. My book is tattered and even highlighted because of this. Elaine

told us that what we do not digest does harm.....meaning that when we are new to

SCD and the gut is healing....we do not always digest whole nuts, peanut butter

and raw fruits and vegetable that well. When this happens the undigested food

particles (SCD legal or not) reside in the intestines and they FERMENT bad gut

guys...and the vicious cycle continues. In the beginning it is imperative for

even us with ASD problem to go by the book and introduce things slowly. Review

chapter 9 and 10 with a fine tooth comb. It was not fun...I am not going to

lie to you...but after eating the SCDiet for 7 months, we now can eat most

everything. We still have problems with the SCD dry beans and the honey candy

and nuts...but we are doing so well we don't care.

You can also go to www.pecanbread.com<http://www.pecanbread.com/> under food

preparation, there you will find stages on when to introduce foods. Some find

them helpful. I noticed that you are already eating foods that are way to hard

to digest with a new gut on SCDiet. Even though ASD kids are often not confirmed

as having intestinal problems, Elaine discovered with her research that almost

all of them truly do have a GI condition. I know that this might make it hard

to understand that you can't " jump " to eating whole nuts, beans and raw carrots

yet...but try to go with it and see why. Keep in mind that it was the tortes

that one the race and not the hair.

Hope this helps you....best wishes and best of success. God Bless you and your

boys!

Antoinette and (both celiac) parents to three kids (celiac, colitis, add,

adhd, autism and hyperekplexia) SCD 2/06 Healing now when no other way worked.