gfcf diet

I never heard of this diet - but I swear by eating oily fish, it takes about 4 or 5 weeks eating every other day, or every day if you can afford it, before you start feeling better within yourself. I definitely feel less stressful and less enclosed. My theory is that fish of a certain size are constantly in danger 24 hours a day and evolution means they have learned to adapt by producing certain hormones/chemicals etc.. which prevent them from being so stressed and keeps them alert - because as you know stress leads to making mistakes therefore the fish who were the most stressed got eaten more than those who were more relaxed and alert, so the genes of the eaten fish were not passed on. Anyway if might be the omega 3, but whatever it is, eating oily fish does work. One test proved it lowered stress hormones and increased anti stress hormones and another interesting study with childred showed good improvement in their brains and its been proven by scientists to improve blood flow in the brain !

www.bbc.co.uk/.../omega_three.shtml

twink said:

I am commited to finding help but i would not be so foolish as to trust in charlatons as you have previously suggested

I am in no way implying that you would knowingly trust charlatons.

However, the people that sell these diets and information about these diets use very sophisticated marketting to sell their products.

Might I suggest that you read the following Wikipedia page on the GFCF diet:

en.wikipedia.org/.../Gluten-free,_casein-free_diet

and that you pay particular attention to the Effectiveness, Saftey, and Practicle Implementation sections of the page, as well as this sentence, in the introduction paragraph:

A study by the University of Rochester found "eliminating gluten and casein from the diets of children with autism had no impact on their behavior, sleep or bowel patterns"

Now, that's not to say that a GFCF diet will definitely not help your son - if he has a gluten or casein intollerance then it most certainly would - however it would be wise to first establish if this is in fact the case, and procede from there. Your GP should be able to help you with that.

I am not looking for a miracle cure , my boy has terrible problems with constipation .He enjoys a healthy diet and unfortunatley can somtimes go 2 weeks without a bowel movement .I think this diet is worth a try to help him , i think he for some reason isnt getting enough vitaims from his food .I think he is full of toxins as a result of his bowel problems . I am interested in speaking with people on here who have had a similar problem and have found relief from following a gfcf diet.From research i have done it suggests many other people with asd are also having difficulities with their bowels. This is a problem that affects my sons emotions i will leave no stone unturned in trying to help him .I am commited to finding help but i would not be so foolish as to trust in charlatons as you have previously suggested , thanks for your concern .

The symptoms of autism can be exacerbated by various evironmental stressors.

These environmental stressors can include diet.

However, what affects one person on the spectrum may not affect another.

So, there are no 'magic bullet' diets or supplements.

In fact, you could find that you spend hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds on such 'treatments' (and I use that word extremely loosely) and find it has absolutely no affect what-so-ever.

Or, indeed, you may see some changes, and even improvements, but they may not have been due to the diets and supplements at all, and may simply have happened anyway.

The best thing you can do for your son is to figure out, understand, and ultimately eliminate as many of his unique stressors as you possibly can.

Giving your money to snake oils salesman (which many of the people peddling these diets and supplements are little more than) is unlikely to help him.

Proceed with a critical eyes open.