Biomedical Recovery from Autism - the GFCF Diet: 2 MONTHS

My autistic son at the age of 2 years 11 months, less than two months after we put him on a fully Gluten-Free, Casein-Free diet. (Began phasing in the diet in February, 100% compliant as of March 24, 2009.) He has never received any ABA therapy, nor is he on any other medications. Note he has not only awareness of and interest in his baby sister, but even affection towards her. And of course, note the lack of a tantrum when the music ends, and his ability to use (with prompting) nearly complete sentences with non-reversed pronouns to request what he wants. Still having problems with stimming, as you may notice when he unexpectedly smacks himself in the face.

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[smithcd77]

What a cutie!! Have you added in vitamins yet? This is also very important. My son improved dramatically on the gfcf diet. It was unbelievable. His tantrums were reduced by over 75% in 2 wks, noises he made reduced by 50% in 2 wks and he potty trained himself in 2 days. I couldn't believe it. Here we are 2 yrs later. The diet is extremely easy for us now. We have finally been able to add back in a small amount of dairy, but gluten is still out.

[clodfobble]

Thanks! Yes, he's been on some specific vitamin supplements almost as long as he's been GFCF, plus some supplements for immune system support. I agree, the diet gets so much easier over time, you wonder how you ever thought it was hard. But in those first few weeks, man, what a lifestyle change. :)

[andrearawson]

Wow this is an amazing transformation. I have a 3 year old high functioning autistic child and I am considering trying a gfcf diet but am so nervous about how hard the change will be.

[clodfobble]

I won't lie, it was the hardest thing I've ever done. But it was made much harder by not being sure what the outcome would be. It's hard to believe random people on the internet, I know. :) But as soon as I started seeing results, it was all worth it, and I knew I had to do everything I could to spread the word. I have a cooking blog that (I hope) can help with the transition - see the video info box for a link. Good luck!

[SageHealth136]

It's not so hard! There is a lot of info out there as well as recipes and places to shop on line! The best book I read on this was "Gluten Free for Dummies". I really didn't know much about it before, but it really cleared up a lot of misconceptions I had!

[TheUrbanaStyle]

what race of recovery!!!!!!!!!! they re normal and very sweety!! they both are :))

[WildeL8y]

GFCF helped out daughter trememdously as well.

[xhaz0rdx]

My son went from LOW FUNCTIONING to a regular goofy little boy thanks to going GFCF. I know it doesn't work for everyone, but it seems to work for enough children that it certainly is worth trying for anyone with a child on the autism spectrum. I don't know why so many parents get so upset when I mention GFCF to them.

[pkiddin]

my 5yr old son is autistic i am very much interested in the gluten free diet i think my son would benefit so much from it but my son practically only eats oatmeal!!!...he's tall but skinny and im worried he will starve...any advice would be grately appreciated!!!

[Winter077]

It makes me so happy to see how well he's doing..it gives me so much hope.