Re: To Roger -want your thoughts on gfcf diet and other diets

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> Do you have any thoughts on GFCF/soy free diet recommended by some DANS ? Also

do you think just overall just low carbs or low grains feel better? Any advice

you have may help me .

> Evangeline

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I am not , but I am a mom who has Asperger's and I have a son with autism.

I have found the diet to be very helpful for both of us. We are gfcfsf. We are

also avoiding MSG, sodium nitrate, artificial colors, artificial sweeteners and

preservatives. I stumbled upon each sensitivity by process of elimination. The

first was milk, then soy, then gluten, then sodium nitrate, then artificial

color, then MSG, then artificial sweeteners, then preservatives. It has made me

feel so much better, more clear headed, more calm, more even personality, no

more excema, ability to focus and get things done. For my son, it made him be

able to make eye contact, want to communicate and share interests, calmer, more

focused. He gets Trienza, but not every meal, mostly just when I am not sure if

there might be cross contamination. I tried to just use the enzymes and eat

what I wanted(after 4 years on the diet) and I was good for 3 days, then had

problems. I have also recently started with some supplements that are seeming

to help, they are targeted at yeast. I give him a skin, hair and nails daily

vitamin that is high in biotin, calcium, magnesium, zinc, fish oil, and vitamin

D. I will be adding probiotics soon. We don't do low carb, but we don't do

high carb either. Low carb should starve out the little buggers(yeast). My son

is on the thin side and I am thinking he might not be absorbing fats well, so I

may be starting him on some supplements for that.