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Milk and Wheat

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There are two opinions about the relationship between autism and Wheat and Milk. Does anyone have a practical experience with this issue?

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  • Just my experience but I have had to now be gluten and dairy free because I have intolerances/sensitivities. I believe my autism could well be the cause of these sensitivities as I have many other sensory difficulties.  If I eat gluten or dairy I have stomach problems, headaches, joint pains, lethargy etc and it can make me very grumpy! Therefore, these studies that show that cutting gluten/dairy from diets reduces autistic ''symptoms' such as challenging behaviour could be that the child was experiencing pain from those foods which maybe they couldn't express and now without the foods they feel physically better and therefore less.likely to show anger and frustration through their behaviour.  So not 'curing' autism behaviours but easing physical suffering so they are less likely to occur .   That's just from my experience anyway XX 

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  • Just my experience but I have had to now be gluten and dairy free because I have intolerances/sensitivities. I believe my autism could well be the cause of these sensitivities as I have many other sensory difficulties.  If I eat gluten or dairy I have stomach problems, headaches, joint pains, lethargy etc and it can make me very grumpy! Therefore, these studies that show that cutting gluten/dairy from diets reduces autistic ''symptoms' such as challenging behaviour could be that the child was experiencing pain from those foods which maybe they couldn't express and now without the foods they feel physically better and therefore less.likely to show anger and frustration through their behaviour.  So not 'curing' autism behaviours but easing physical suffering so they are less likely to occur .   That's just from my experience anyway XX 

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