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Name: Paul79
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Hi all,

I'm a carer who is doing some research into dietary interventions for Autism after seeing the documentary 'The Autism Enigma' on four corners (you can see it online here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=NCAATk_WZQ8&feature=related),
and looking at ways in which my respite centre may be able to implement some of this research to help some of our clients and their families.

The documentary (which I highly recommend watching) advances the theory that some cases of autism may be related to gut bacteria which can produce behavior-altering neurotoxins. It suggests that the reason diet can affect behavior in autistic children is that it is only when specific bacteria in the gut come into contact with specific foodstuffs that these neurotoxins are produced and behavior is affected. As a result, the theory is that autism can be helped in some cases by specific diets (such as GCFC) that starve the autism-causing bacteria and promote the growth of other competitor bacteria.

It doesn't mention it in the documentary, but the woman who did the research that led to the documentary being made, Ellen Bolte, actually has her son on a diet called a specific carbohydrate diet, or SCD, because in her case the GCFC diet didn't prove effective. Info about the SCD is here: http://www.breakingthevicio
uscycle.info/p/scd-autism/.


I'm very interested to hear from anyone who has tried or is interested in trying dietary interventions for their autistic children.

In particular i'm interested to know:

1. What diet/diets did you try?
2. Why did you choose these diets, and who did you consult about them?
3. How was your experience in terms of implementation, eg. how difficult was it to get your child onto a new diet, to substitute foods, to resist demands for newly disallowed foods.
4. How long did you try each diet for?
5. What effects did you notice from each diet?
6. If your child has an ASD, did they have autistic symptoms all their life or did they develop them later on (This is because as far as I know all the research into this gut-brain relationship has focused on regressive cases)?
7. Based on your own experience, how do you feel about the gut-brain theory? Do you find it plausible? What flaws can you see with it?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. Parents of people with ASDs are heros, supermen and (more often) superwomen.

Paul
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