How much does food matter???? - Autism Spectrum Message Board

lpears123 · 02-10-2005, 07:14 PM

My little guy has been DX with ADHD and a little OCD and we are now getting him tested for Asperger's which I really think he has...We are just learning about it and I would love to hear from anyone about what types of food we should have him eat or not eat...Ive read that dairy is a huge trigger...what about soy?

Thanks so much,
JakeysMom

KathleenW · 02-11-2005, 05:57 AM

[QUOTE=lpears123] What about Soy?

In all my posts I talk about eliminating milk from my son's diet. After my son's diagnosis of PDD we removed all milk from my son's diet and switched to soy. In one month my son went from having 25 words to 250. The first six months he was talking his language at 2 and a half reminded me of my friend's children at about 18 months. His language was very rote, he would walk around labeling everything. He would point to a dog and say doggie, but he still was not putting words together. Three months before he turned 3 we removed soy. It was like the fog lifted. My son seemed so alert and lost the far away look in his eyes. His language exploded. At 29 months my son's language and cognitive level was at a 16 month level. At 2 years 11 months my son's language and cognitive level tested at a 3 year 1 month level. (I also had my son in speech therapy 3 days a week and an ABA program and was working with him every second of the day. It seemed he could comprehend things better and focus when milk and dairy was removed)

I have read that a lot of children with autism who react to the proteins in cow milk are also affected by the proteins and soy milk. I always tell people how can it hurt? Remove milk from your child's diet for a month and if you don't see a difference then obviousley milk does not affect your child.

Initially I switched my child to rice milk. The company went out of business recently so the poster Lisa in Indiana recommended. Vance's Dairy free milk. We currently use that. My son is currently 4 and a half. I have no plans to go back to using milk or soy.

Joey'smom · 02-11-2005, 06:33 AM

We noticed that my son had meltdowns when he ingested anything with red dye in it. We eliminated that and he became more verbal and then verbally he told us that he did not want to drink milk. He became even more verbal and then he told us no cheese or ice cream. He has been milk free for almost a year and he is doing remarkably well at school.

sarahrose · 02-11-2005, 07:42 AM

I say get him tested first, to see if he has an intollerance to those specific things. Sam is allergic to wheat, milk, oats, sesame, and deathly allergic to peanuts, so the diet is absolutely mandatory for us, but I would get him tested to start. They use a blood test called RAST test, it's simple and can test for tons of things with just one tube of blood.

Tammy1 · 02-11-2005, 08:02 AM

I just started my son on the GFCF diet(gluten free, casein free) this week. I eliminated the dairy first and then the gluten. I have seen an increase in his energy level and his temper tantrums have decreased. He went the whole day yesterday without one.