tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892134081049774386.post5642178817002153745..comments2023-12-02T09:37:08.472-05:00Comments on Autism Jabberwocky: Dietary IntoleranceM.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033918835169823548noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892134081049774386.post-71973747707987227442010-06-07T10:20:07.355-04:002010-06-07T10:20:07.355-04:00You may find here the list of how and where the st...You may find here the list of how and where the study is incomplete and it does not consider the status of the art of the biochemical/metabolic studies and others relevant to the outcome of the GFCF- and should be soy free. done in ASD<br />http://www.autismweb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22394<br /><br />http://www.autismweb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22413<br />The Glasers<br />There are published case reports of autism and celiac disease<br />Please look at<br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19564647<br />and<br />http://memo.cgu.edu.tw/cgmj/3204/320414.pdf<br /><br />Well, such as I understand the goal was to test the GFCF diet in a group of autistc children without wheat intolerance by testing and no abnormal results or problems detected in the tests they did:<br />milk/wheat allergies, celiac disease, and anemia/iron status by RAST, TTG and CBC/ferritin respectively.<br />Now, there are autistic children who responds to the diet done longer without clear symptomatology of celiac disease or wheat/milk intolerance or abnormal results in iron status. BUT iron status is not the only parameter to test, especially in a short trial like this. Confounders like fungal or bacterial infections in gut- abnormal gut flora should also be considered carefully. Enzymatic status also should be considered- because digestive enzymes are abnormal in many autistic children following Buie et al. Problems like GERD/fungal overgrowth/gut flora status with careful testing should be also taken into account to know about impact of the GFCF diet. It is not clear if the diet was also soy free for example. No aminoacids testing was including before and after the diet, no other essential and toxic elements to monitor changes due to the GFCF diet.<br />Under this analysis, this study does not say something new, and does not take into account the status of how parents are doing the GFCF diet, in length and with what other concomitant treatments. If the question is ill done- and it does not take into account what is more and more known on CMPs in autistic children- the answer is and will be useless.María Lujánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05619003228550909446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892134081049774386.post-17237900111502293522010-06-07T07:57:45.086-04:002010-06-07T07:57:45.086-04:00I agree with you on the faultiness of the scientif...I agree with you on the faultiness of the scientific design of that study. We put our daughter on the gf/cf diet in 1995. She was 6.5 yo and not potty trained. In two weeks, she could control her bladder. In two months, she was out of day time diapers! She had chronic "incurable" (I was told) eczema. We also did some anti-yeast things and her eczema has been in remission. We also noticed that giving her the wrong food caused the following behaviors: incontinence, rash, irritability, tantrums, and lost abstract skills (she would "forget" math for three days). <br /><br />I believe that, IF the cause of autism for a particular child resulted from gluten/casein intolerance started after a period of typical development and IF the family caught it pretty early, then they might be able to recover the child completely. Those are big IFs. I believe that, once a child goes off the path of typical development, then the child will continue to take a path of autistic development unless steps are taken to redo the milestones of infancy and toddler years that were lost or missed.walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.com