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diet research?I am wondering if someone could provide me with legitimate research that discusses the proof that special diets have a positive effect on children with Autism. I don't mean to discourage anyone who is considering this or who already has their child on a special diet. I simply would like to see scientific research that gives "proof" that these diets have an effect on behavior and/or symptoms of Autism. Thank you.gmv, Good luck finding that research, (seriously). I understand where you are coming from. There isn't much out there in the form of hard scientific proof that these diets work, or why they work. Our Daughter has been on a GFCF diet for about 8 moths now. We have seen a dramatic reduction in her hyperactivity and a dramatic increase in her ability to focus or concentrate on activities. Is she "cured" certainly not. We were very skeptical of starting our daughter on something (diet or other treatment) that really isn't supported with hard evidence. After reading all the testimonials of people who have seen improvement with there children after implementing a special diet, (whether it be GFCF, Specific Carbohydrate Diet, etc...) we decided to try the GFCF. Actually we started with the CF part only because that was the easiest to implement for us. And we didn't want to eliminate too much and were worried about depriving her of a healthy diet (and didn't want to supplement if we didn't have to). I know this isn't the info you are looking for but I don't think you are going to find it. - I know I haven't yet. If you do, please share it. If you are skeptical that’s understandable, you should be. You are considering making a major decision based on conjecture and second hand evidence. All you can do is weigh the evidence you do have (which is limited) with the impact it will have on your child and your family and make a decision from there. I actually have seen studies of gluten free diets and their impact on behavior but they were targeted towards celiacs. I have to look for them but I remember them saying that celiacs could have all sorts of psychological problems that they have concluded were in direct correlation with eating gluten and removing the gluten made their symptoms better and the need for medications was gone. This though, again, was for Celiac disease. I have to look for them again but am a little stressed for time right now so I will try to post them later.The only studies I know of center around the Feingold diet, which has proven effective. I wish there were some good ones of the GFCF diet, SCD, etc., but I've never heard of any. I don't need the studies though - it works for my DS!
Here is one and I can not get the original one that I had seen because I have to subscribe to the medical journal but I do remember having seen it before so I am not sure why it is not letting me this time around. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/5/14 But I do remember that a child with anxiety and depression who was taking meds for these conditions found out she had celiac disease and after three months of being on the GF diet her symptoms were gone and the need for meds was over. That is just one of the case studies but it made me realize that it can affect behavior especially if you are sensitive to gluten and although my child has autism I do believe he is sensitive to gluten because he is so much better without it. I believe that there were about 15 participants but only three or four were children.
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