Sat, Mar-08-08, 01:35
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Plan: atkins/intermit. fasting
Stats: 166/136/135
BF:
Progress: 97%
Location: Orange, California
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Originally Posted by poindexter
Hi,
My son has ADHA/Tourettes/Aspergers
One thing we found out when he was only diagnosed with the ADHA was that the feingold diet helped enormously.
Thefeingold diet removes, BHT/TBHQ/BHA--preservatives, as well as artif. food colors ad flavors, and certain fruits and veg that are high in salicilates : apples, peppers, grapes, etc.
We even avoid fragrances, which is hard to do if you want to go to church, or almost anywhere b/c of perfume, airfreshners, candles, laundry detergent. Most these fragrances are petroleum based, which is something that affects him.
We did not limit gluten or wheat, just kind of went natural.
What we found after a week was the preschool teacher telling us that we now had a different child. And that if he had a purple charms lollipop he went loopy, including his tourettes tics increasing.
Then obviously, there is the whole gluten research for special diets for thoses on the autistic spectrum.
I just think that the more processed the food, and the less natural....it can affect your nervous system as much as your brain and your weight
Maggie
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After about 6 years, or so, of marriage to my husband I put 2 and 2 together ( long story ) and began to suspect that he has Asperger's. But, he began low carbing, when I did and he doesn't seem to be as Aspie as he was in the past. I think that the melt-downs are still there but he is able to make adjustments and forgo those melt-downs. He does eat bread and he has some very bad stomach issues. I suspect these issues could be gluten related. I mentioned that to him but he cannot give up bread, completely. He can reduce his intake but I think that if there was a serious link that he would ignor it.
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