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What is GFCF? It is a well-known diet that eliminates foods containing the grains wheat, oats, barley, rye, spelt, semolina, triticale, and kamut. These grains contain gluten proteins that are difficult to digest. Products containing the milk protein, casien, must also be eliminated, because it is also difficult to digest.
April 12, 2011 in Autism Diet, Autism Intervention by admin
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Gluten proteins can take as long as 6 months to be removed from your system, so I’d say a fair trial would need to extend past 6 months. Track foods, any infractions, and changes in rashes, behaviors, bowel movements, sleep. This information will be extremely important for you to determine if the diet is working Read more
April 12, 2011 in Autism Diet, Autism Intervention by admin
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Autism and food allergies vs. sensitivities Some children with autism test positive for food allergies or celiac’s disease, but many show a sensitivity to dairy and wheat, which may also be a broader sesitivity to gluten and casein. Since there is no test for food sensitivities. Parents like me are left to a lot of Read more
March 29, 2011 in Autism Diet, Autism Intervention by admin
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Okay, folks, we learned this one the hard way. Our boy loves him some bread, and our family adores it. One of their favorite things in the whole world is when I grab some cheddar cheese bagels from Safeway, the LEAST gluten free casein free items on the planet, I’m sure. Sure enough, whenever we Read more
June 3, 2010 in Autism Diet by admin
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When my son was diagnosed with autism at age three, we had already been aware of potential food sensitivies or allergies and had begun by removing dairy products and later wheat from his diet. Dairy proved to make the biggest impact on his behavior. Within the first few days of removing dairy from his diet, Read more
June 3, 2010 in Autism Diet, Autism Intervention by admin
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