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Diet and Autism

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I've been on a food and nutrition deep dive and have been interested in it since I discovered the concept of calories and macronutrients (particularly protein) when I was 17/18/19/20.

Has anyone experimented with diet and their 'condition'.

I only at ground beef (mince meat in the UK), fat and eggs for one month and my mind was calmer, my thoughts were more streamlined and I felt less stress and social anxiety.

The problem I have now is, I've been eating crap (cookies, biscuits, chocolate bars, honey, coffee etc) which gives me a temporary high and I think while I am eating it, my mind is at peace, briefly. 

I basically am in pain between the consumption of carbs and sugar. 

I want to drop all carbs and eat only mince meat and eggs forever but tbh I'm being a wimp.

Has anyone gone on the carnivore diet and what were their results?

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  • I think if you are going to go on such as protien heavy, Atkins type of diet then you should have your heart, BP and Cholesterol measured before and during the diet at least for a month or so. THere have been some studies done and some people have had to come off it this sort of diet after a few days because it's made them so ill.

    I don't think there's a one size fits all diet, I think it's highly individual, for myself I cannot digest meat or fish, my body seem to need a fairly low protein diet, with lots of carbs and veg, I can eat one or two eggs, but more than that will really upset me. I've know people who swear by the food combining Hay diet and theres probably as many diets as there are dieticians.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I read the Atkins diet book with an open mind before I started my weight loss diet in 2002. I based my diet on it, but adapted it to be less restrictive and more suitable to me - for example, adding All Bran cereal and yogurt. Some people think it's a high protein diet but done properly it's not. You just need to have a normal amount of protein and swap starchy carbs for vegetables, salad, nuts and berries. Only the first two weeks should be very low carb to kick start the weight loss, then you can gradually reintroduce foods such as yogurt, bananas and high fibre starchy carbs in small quantities. 

    When I was on the low carb diet I was being monitored by my doctor as I had high blood pressure when I was overweight, and as I lost the weight I got healthier. I saw a documentary some years back that did a study with groups of people wanting to lose weight, which concluded that it was fine for people to use whichever diet suited them as long as it led to sustainable weight loss.

    We are all different and some of us do better with more carbs, some do better with less.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I read the Atkins diet book with an open mind before I started my weight loss diet in 2002. I based my diet on it, but adapted it to be less restrictive and more suitable to me - for example, adding All Bran cereal and yogurt. Some people think it's a high protein diet but done properly it's not. You just need to have a normal amount of protein and swap starchy carbs for vegetables, salad, nuts and berries. Only the first two weeks should be very low carb to kick start the weight loss, then you can gradually reintroduce foods such as yogurt, bananas and high fibre starchy carbs in small quantities. 

    When I was on the low carb diet I was being monitored by my doctor as I had high blood pressure when I was overweight, and as I lost the weight I got healthier. I saw a documentary some years back that did a study with groups of people wanting to lose weight, which concluded that it was fine for people to use whichever diet suited them as long as it led to sustainable weight loss.

    We are all different and some of us do better with more carbs, some do better with less.

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