autism and diet therapy?
I have a child with autism / developmental delays....had tried the gluten free casein free diet when he was little (2-3) but did not notice much difference so we quit. Now he is 11 and I am thinking of giving this another try. Just attended a lecture on autism & dietary links and there are several therapies I may be interested in looking into. This would be a big change for our family as GF/CF diet eliminates over 90% of what we currently eat, but I think it may help my allergies as well. I believe God has been leading me to start paying attention to what we are eating (not just my son) more closely and this lecture just came up so the timing is right along what I was already feeling in my heart.
Anybody have any experience with an autistic child and GF/CF diet or other diet based therapies? Advice, success stories, etc? Any other mom's been getting this same pressing about paying closer attention to foods & possible dietary changes? Not a "paranoid" feeling or anything - just like a nudging to really become aware of what is in our food and taking steps to make changes.
I have a child with autism / developmental delays....had tried the gluten free casein free diet when he was little (2-3) but did not notice much difference so we quit. Now he is 11 and I am thinking of giving this another try. Just attended a lecture on autism & dietary links and there are several therapies I may be interested in looking into. This would be a big change for our family as GF/CF diet eliminates over 90% of what we currently eat, but I think it may help my allergies as well. I believe God has been leading me to start paying attention to what we are eating (not just my son) more closely and this lecture just came up so the timing is right along what I was already feeling in my heart.
Anybody have any experience with an autistic child and GF/CF diet or other diet based therapies? Advice, success stories, etc? Any other mom's been getting this same pressing about paying closer attention to foods & possible dietary changes? Not a "paranoid" feeling or anything - just like a nudging to really become aware of what is in our food and taking steps to make changes.