Re: GFCF for Aspergers- Yes

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My son(just turned four) has been GF/CF for almost a year now. He doesn't have

any " true " allergies(IgE) but does have various food sensitivities(IgG)We have

done a lot of testing and have seen much improvement from dietary changes. You

don't have to have stomach pain to have gut problems. You may not even be aware

your child has gut dysbiosis. My son never complained of stomach pain even

though he used to be frequently constipated. We learned through testing he had

severe yeast overgrowth and bad bacteria in his gut. (He had previously had

eczema, and thrush further confirming the yeast overgrowth. We had testing done

through a pediatrician.

When people try going GF/CF a big problem is that they often try and compensate

for what they removed from the diet by giving their child chips, or sugary GF/CF

treats, cookies, etc. If you want to clean up the diet you need to remove all

junk such as yeast contaning foods, added sugar, dyes, preservatives (things

that feed yeast and bad bacteria in the system). My son has overcome many

obstacles since we cleaned up his diet and he is very HF.

For my son this was not overnight, it has taken time. A close friend of mine

tried GF/CF w/ her HF child and her experience was different than mine in that

her child responded very quickly to the dietary change and came totally out of

his " fog " .

I have also learned a lot from this site www.gapsdiet.com

Dr. Natasha -Mcbride(MD) has written a great book called Gut and

Psychology Syndrome(which address gut health and how it relates to austism,

Asperger's , Schizophrenia, etc)very interesting read!

Keri

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> > Has anyone here seen really good results with GFCF for Aspergers?

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> > My son is 9, and he's fairly high fxning.

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> > Main problems are ADD type behavior, argumentative and very emotionally

labile. Also has low

> frustration tolerance.

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> > I have been to the DAN doctor couple months ago and I was given a few

different tests to send off for him to a lab.

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> > I know it is going to be very tedious, so I need to know if it's really

worth it for a high fxning child?

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> > Thanks!

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