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Dietary Strategies well worth considering
October 21, 2004
Secrenase October Newsletter
Dietary strategies well worth considering
The benefit to the majority (80%) of children from
introducing a strict Gluten-free and / or a Casein-free
diet has been well-documented. [ Paul Shattock and Karyn
Seroussi - www.autismndi.com ]
Only about 10% of children show 'positive' when tested for
food allergies or intolerances; yet 80% benefit from the
diets.
Other items to consider are:
Stop or restrict citrus fruits including apples and
oranges. These fruits contain what are called 'phenolic'
compounds which bind sulphur. Children with ASD lack
sulphur ions and these are needed for the proper digestion
of food (see web page on 'peptides'). Incomplete digestion
of proteins produces high levels of peptides in the blood (
Caso-morphin and Gluteo-morphin - see web page on
'peptides' ).
Cranberries and cranberry juice are rich in sulphur, so
well-worth trying to get your child to eat the fruit or
drink the juice. ( Cranberry juice is an excellent
'disguise' to get the supplements in as well ).
Self-injurious behaviour (biting, hitting head against
things) has been linked to a lack of calcium, so well-worth
giving supplements - we routinely recommend this as past of
our therapy.
Molybdenum also helps to get digestive enzymes (peptidases)
working properly; again we routinely recommend and give
this to our clients as well as zinc, magnesium and vitamin
B6 - all of which have a very positive effect on
therapeutic outcome in our children.
Finally, most ASD children are deficient in GLA ( Gamma
Linoleic Acid - Omega-3 oil). We have recently 'switched'
from fish oil to Flax seed oil since this contains more
than twice as much Omega-3 as fish, and tastes a whole lot
better !
For any further advice on these details, please call us.
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