A Reduced GFCF Diet??? | Autism PDD

YES I believe reduction would help very much so, especially with cows milk/dairy products. Go for it!Here is a little about my experience with GFCF just to update you:
http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17645&PN =3
Anyway, I have been reading a little bit again about GFCF and I was wondering - do you think a reduced GFCF diet would help?
When I did the diet, any possible cross contamination or accidental G or C was basically the "kiss of death" for the "cute". I do not believe in the diet being a CURE, but I do think it alleviates some autistic symptoms. At least it did for my son.
I was wondering, what do you think of reducing G & C? Sort of a Low G&C Diet. Don't you think this could help reduce some of the symptoms? This would allow for occasionally "cheats" or perhaps family meals out or birthday cake, but still eliminate some of the G & C? I just don't understand why this wouldn't help - why does it have to be ALL or nothing? What do you think?ive been curious myself about this, ive gone days without milk, and others with, and no noticible change, of course im very mild, but none the less.

So i saw a survey of others around my age on another site, about 80% dont do this eather, im assuming because we r older kids and back growing up we never had that kind of info avalible to us like u guys have for your kids. Many who tryed the diet did not notice a change.

However, their may be other factors involved, particularly the fact that we r all adults, and kids may be effected differently, also severity may be a factor, and their is no real way to tell how severe someone is and make it fit on a scale.

I guess the best thing to do is try it with your kids and if u notice a positve change and they outweigh the consiquence of not haveing milk, then do it!

but as for me, i think its time for a nice cold glass of milk and a bowl of ice cream prior to work!

good luck all

i did the international autism conference this year and brought that question to the table. my son was young (is) and has hypotonia, oral motor dysfunction, severe sensory integration dysfunction and ritualistic behaviors. most food he cant chew and has a huge aversion to grains *cereals, breads, crackers, etc. he couldnt (and some stil cant) eat/chew meats, etc. well, i was doing what i could, gfcf red. and thats how i toted it to all med pros. weve since become totally dairy free. that was the greatest help and affected his GI tract the most. the endof the month we are testing for celiac when he gets his biopsy procedure done along with looking fo rleaky gut, more allergies, etc.

however, the docs gave me the other persepective and i was greatful and had better understanding. (as for soy, alot of persons still do soy if theyve done the allergyand/or intol test for it)

if you give them any milk theyll stay the same, if you take it away, give it back, take it away...... and this goes for gluten also......you will keep setting them off into a withdrawl and you absolutely will not heal the gut.

i also did complete gf cf awhile also, but it was impossible!

do what you can at the present time. circumstances change all the time. when my son can go gluten free.....if he can.....he will. dairy free absolutely and thats been incredibly hard considering hes allergic to eggs and food dyes affect him like dairy. take it one step at a time. good luck

Better than nothing!hmmm, i dont know anything about this new theory. I must say, as someone once diagnosed with HFA, but now as an adult I probably qualify for aspie DX, their are some days where I eat lots of ice cream and drink a ton of milk, and other days when I dont, and never noticed a difference, just another day at work/home, i treat everyone the same, work the same, i see that its being more accepted and since i did not grow up with any of the info that u have now days i just wonder where the corrolation is??

If it does work, it must only work for less mild cases then mine, as I always felt uneffected, then and now. If their is medical evidence to suggest that it does work somehow then definatly go for it, but I have assumed, at this point it is more speculative. My friend's son is in in his 20's & has autism. She asked him about the gfcf
diet...to which he said he'd never give up pizza, said he'd rather stay as he is
& eat his favorites, than not eat them & be more 'normal.' Not trying to stir
anything up, I just found his take on it very interesting (& funny too).

I do have a family member (NT) who had a lot of GI issues, went on the gfcf
diet & she is doing SO much better now. Her improvements were physically-
related, less GI symptoms. Our dd eats a handful of foods & is already on a
soy/dairy free diet b/c of MSPI, so I can't imagine doing gfcf here. I guess if
it works for you & your family, then by all means, go for it. Forgot to add...LOVE that picture. Your kiddos are adorable!!!

There is no need to EVER give up ANY foods you like, as there are replacements for EVERYTHING!

I make pizza EVERY WEEK - without a DROP of milk! I use VEGGIE CHEESE and SOY PEPPERONI and black olives and my own sauce and anythign else I am in the mood for with homemade dough and everyone LOVES it!

We have slip ups and then the kids become very hyperactive and my daughter gets diarrhoea. The strange thing was in the first year of the diet if we slipped a little you didn't see much of a reaction. But now they have been on the diet for years and there are slip ups the reactions are more severe. I still dont worry if there might be traces in the food and it helps just the same. It can't hurt to try reducing and see what happens for your child. I think everyone is different. Like Woodsman pointed out it makes no difference to him whatsoever. My 7 year old tells me he can't keep still and gets quite distressed after eating anything with milk in it. LizTY! You would not believe how hard my kids are to photograph - well actually THIS GROUP probably would!