how long do we have to do this diet?

June 22, 2006

Hi, my second son has been on the diet for 4 years, and my wife

every so often asks the same question. When can we go off the

diet. My son is almost 8 now, so he's been on the diet for a good

portion of his life. Often the answer comes to us in the shape of

an infraction. His younger brother will urge him to eat some illegal

food, and it won't be too long before we hear him repeating his

favorite lines, or become giggly. It is clear that he has had an

infraction, and that he is still 'symptomatic.' For us, that has

become the answer. Whatever the magic time may be (if there

is one) we haven't reached it yet. It would be nice if there were

a study done on whether or not the diet needs to be conducted

forever, especially since I suspect that the symptoms will be less

obvious once the child becomes an adolescent, and knows what

behaviour is suspect, and then try to control it. By the way,

I remember reading something by Sedaris that made me

very suspicious about his being 'on the spectrum' and how he

had lost the urge to act compulsively over time. Has anyone

found their children gradually lose their autistic traits as they

grow? Our son is doing remarkably well in 2nd grade, thanks to

SCD and being CFGF (were also off soy) He still has difficulties

socially, and problems with if/then thinking. But he has

progressed so remarkably, we are so glad we found your site.

-AW.

April 13, 2007

My son is 3 with ASD and he did great on the GFCF diet for 6 months

and has started stimming again and having ocd behaviors in the last

few months. He continutes to have yeast/bacteria in the gut. If we

did this diet, how long do we do it for? If it is supposed to heal the

gut,then it's my assumption that once that happens, he can go back to

eating normally again.

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