Tag Archives: Gfcf Diet
Using the Gluten, Casein and Soy-Free Diet for Children with Autism
The week of September 20 is Autism Awareness Week at DietsInReview.com. Guest Blogger Holly Bortfeld is a work-at-home mom to two children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ages 14 and 16. She home-schools her son and writes content for the Talk About Curing Autism (TACA ) site, including the popular series, “Autism-On-A-Budget.” Follow Holly on Twitter @TACAnow. My son has been on the GFCF diet since 1998. Back then, there was little available as far as information, researc Continue reading
GFCF diet backfire?
Our son started the GFCF diet a month ago and noticed a regression. Have you tried this diet too? If so what was the result? Continue reading
What About Diet And Autism?
Experts theorize that it could be a combination of genetics and the environment, that are possible causes. But, what about diet? Dietary intervention could be the answer or at least a “piece of the puzzle”, that can help some autistic children get on a pathway to recovery. Many parents swear to what the GFCF diet has done for for their children. Continue reading
Beyond Anecdotal Evidence: Clinical Trial of the GFCF Diet
We started our son Charlie on the gluten-free casein-free diet over nine years ago, when he was two years old. After several years of faithfully adhering to it, with the rationalization that “since Charlie can’t say how he feels when eats wheat and dairy, we’d best just keep him off them,” wheat (not dairy—-milk products remain to be avoided) is slowly reappearing in Charlie’s diet and it’s been no big deal. Especially after Jenny McCarthy made claims of seemingly miraculous improvements for he Continue reading